Electric

Tadbulb is a Electric-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, with a maximum Combat Power of 1030 CP. Tadbulb best moveset in Pokémon GO is Thunder Shock and Discharge.

Tadbulb is weak to Ground moves. It is strong against Electric, Flying, and Steel moves. Shiny Tadbulb is not available in Pokémon GO. Tadbulb is boosted by Rain weather.

Stats

Max CP	1030 CP
Attack	104 ATK
Defense	73 DEF
Stamina	156 STA
Weather Boost	Rain
Released	Yes
Shiny released	No
Buddy distance	1 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#938
Height	0.3 m
Weight	0.4 kg
Region	Paldea Generation 9
Can be traded	Allowed
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Catch Rate	20%
Base Flee Rate	0%
Catch rewards	3 100
Additional Move Cost	50 50000

Tadbulb weaknesses and resistances

Weaknesses

Weaknesses

Ground	160.0%

Resistances

Resistances

Electric	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Steel	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Tadbulb's best moveset

Tadbulb's best moveset is Thunder Shock and Discharge, with 7.82 DPS (damage per second) and 81.6 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Rain weather.

Best Tadbulb moves

Thunder Shock

Discharge

DPS7.82

TDO81.62

Score8.8

Weather Boost

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If you are unable to get Tadbulb with its best moveset, we recommend to use Water Gun/Discharge. You will lose around 1.0% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Tadbulb's strongest moveset (Thunder Shock/Discharge).

Tadbulb moves comparison

The following chart shows Tadbulb's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Tadbulb's movesets. You can change the weather and the opposing Pokémon to see how it affects the rankings.

Weather

Extreme↓

Opponent

#	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
1.	Thunder Shock	Discharge	7.82	81.6	8.8
2.	Water Gun	Discharge	7.73	80.8	8.7
3.	Thunder Shock	Zap Cannon	7.36	76.8	8.3
4.	Water Gun	Zap Cannon	7.18	75.0	8.1
5.	Thunder Shock	Parabolic Charge	6.66	69.6	7.5
6.	Water Gun	Parabolic Charge	6.64	69.3	7.5

Fast Attacks

• Thunder Shock580.6s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Flying
    • Water

  • 62.5%
  • • Grass
    • Electric
    • Dragon

  • 39.1%
  • • Ground

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	8
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	0.6s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.6s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	3
  Energy	9

  
  

  Effects

  Thunder Shock has no special effects.

  See Thunder Shock details page ↗
• Water Gun550.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ground
    • Rock
    • Fire

  • 62.5%
  • • Water
    • Grass
    • Dragon

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	5
  Energy	5
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	0.5s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.5s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	3
  Energy	3

  
  

  Effects

  Water Gun has no special effects.

  See Water Gun details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Discharge65332.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Flying
    • Water

  • 62.5%
  • • Grass
    • Electric
    • Dragon

  • 39.1%
  • • Ground

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	65
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	2.5s
  Damage window	1.7s - 2.1s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	65
  Energy	45

  
  

  Effects

  Discharge has no special effects.

  See Discharge details page ↗
• Parabolic Charge65502.8s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Flying
    • Water

  • 62.5%
  • • Grass
    • Electric
    • Dragon

  • 39.1%
  • • Ground

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	65
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	2.8s
  Damage window	1.2s - 2.4s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	65
  Energy	55

  
  

  Effects

  Parabolic Charge has no special effects.

  See Parabolic Charge details page ↗
• Zap Cannon1401003.7s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Flying
    • Water

  • 62.5%
  • • Grass
    • Electric
    • Dragon

  • 39.1%
  • • Ground

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	140
  Energy	100
  Weather boost	Rain
  Duration	3.7s
  Damage window	3.0s - 3.5s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	150
  Energy	80

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Zap Cannon has a 66.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Attack by 20.0%

  See Zap Cannon details page ↗

Tadbulb Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

Tadbulb's has 1030 max CP (at Level 50). A Tadbulb obtained from Raids can be encountered from 477 CP to 520 CP, or if weather boosted, in the 596 CP to 651 CP range. In Field and Special Research, Tadbulb can be found in the 358 CP to 390 CP range.

Max CP	1030 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	358 CP - 390 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	477 CP - 520 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	477 CP - 520 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Rain	596 CP - 651 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 10/10/10 minimum IVs

More information

• Field and Special Research encounters are always Level 15. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Field Research encounters have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Egg Hatches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught without weather boost are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Raid Bosses caught with weather boost are always Level 25. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Weather boosted Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Wild encounters range from Level 1 to Level 30 Pokémon. Their IVs range from 0 (min) to 15 (max) for each stat.
• Weather Boosted wild Pokémon encounters get a 5 Level boost, bringing their Level range to Level 6 to Level 35. In addition, they have a guaraneed minimum IV value of 4 for each stat, resulting in a 4/4/4 IV floor.

Tadbulb Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

Tadbulb Max CP per level chart. This table shows maximum Combat Power values from Level 1 to Level 50.

Tadbulb evolution chart

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Tadbulb	50 Candy	Bellibolt

• Tadbulb evolves into Bellibolt which costs 50 Candy.

Regular and Shiny Tadbulb

• #938Tadbulb
• #938Shiny Tadbulb

Mega Pokémon that boost Tadbulb

A list of Mega Pokémon that boost Tadbulb's Electric-type moves, Candy, and Candy XL from catching Tadbulb.

Mega Ampharos

Mega Manectric

More information

Mega and Primal Raid Bonus –Mega Pokémon boost the attack power of all other Pokémon when battling in Raid Battles by 10%. Attacks that share their type with the Mega Pokémon's type(s) receive a 30% boost. However, these bonuses do not stack if there are multiple Mega-Evolved Pokémon battling simultaneously; only the higher boost will be applied.

Mega and Primal Catch Bonus –While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.

Note on Primal Kyogre and Groudon

• Primal Kyogre boosts Water-, Electric- and Bug-type attacks and Pokémon.
• Primal Groudon boosts Fire-, Grass- and Ground-type attacks and Pokémon.

Tadbulb Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Tadbulb in Pokémon GO is 24.03%, calculated for catching a Level 20 with no berries. Curved Great throw has a 50.38% chance to catch, and adding a Razz Berry raises that to 65.04%.

Configure

Pokémon level

Level 20↓

Ball Type

PokéBall↓

Electric medal

None↓

Number of throws

1↓

		Normal	Nice	Great	Excellent
No Berry	-	24.03%	27.09%	33.78%	39.85%
	Curve	37.32%	41.56%	50.38%	57.86%
Razz Berry	-	33.78%	37.75%	46.11%	53.35%
	Curve	50.38%	55.33%	65.04%	72.65%
Silver Pinap Berry	-	39.02%	43.38%	52.38%	59.95%
	Curve	56.87%	61.98%	71.67%	78.89%
Golden Razz Berry	-	49.69%	54.62%	64.32%	71.94%
	Curve	68.90%	73.89%	82.65%	88.47%

More information

Catch probability with multiple throws

In order to help Trainers understand their overall odds when catching Tadbulb, we enable the functionality to showing the total chance to catch it depending on the number of available throws. We calculate this chance as if you repeated the same throw N-number of times.

To activate this functionality, change the number of Number of throws to a value greater than 1. The Number of throws option is available in the configuration options above the chart

Catch rate formula

Pokémon GO catch rate formula can be expressed as follows:

• CATCH_MULTIPLIERS = ball * curve * berry * throwType * (type1Medal + type2Medal / 2)
• CATCH_RATE = 1 - Math.pow(1 - baseCatchRate / (2 * cpm), CATCH_MULTIPLIERS)

There are different multipliers that come into play when calculating catch rate.

Curved throws are more effective than regular throws, stronger types of Poké Ball have a higher catch rate, and using a Razz Berry or a Golden Razz Berry also improves your chances.

Catch rate multipliers

The following table shows all the different catch rate multipliers in Pokémon GO:

Multiplier	Amount
Razz Berry	1.5
Silver Pinap Berry	1.8
Golden Razz Berry	2.5
Curveball	1.7
Nice Throw	1.15
Great Throw	1.5
Excellent Throw	1.85
PokéBall	1.0
Premier Ball	1.0
Great Ball	1.5
Ultra Ball	2.0
Bronze medal	1.1
Silver medal	1.2
Gold medal	1.3

Tadbulb family

A list of Pokémon that are somehow related to Tadbulb in Pokémon GO. Includes evolutions, regional, and form variations.

Tadbulb

Bellibolt

List of Tadbulb costumes

A list of Tadbulb costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Tadbulb high resolution sprites

A list of high resolution Pokémon HOME sprites related to Tadbulb. Sprite description is a best guess on what the sprite is related to, use your own judgment. Click to download full 512x512 resolution.

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• #938

Wallpaper