Blacephalon #0806

FireGhost

Max CP	L403297L503727L51 · Best Buddy3772
Buddy Distance	20 km per Candy
Released	May 23, 2024Apr 9, 2025

Type Effectiveness

Blacephalon takes 160% from Water, Ground, Rock, Ghost and Dark moves.

Weak ×1.6

WaterGroundRockGhostDark

Resists ×0.6

FireGrassIcePoisonSteelFairy

Resists ×0.4

NormalFightingBug

Blacephalon is a Fire/Ghost-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Water, Ground, Rock, Ghost and Dark.

It reaches 3727 CP at level 50, or 3772 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Astonish with Mind Blown, which needs an Elite TM.

Base Stats

Attack315

Defense148

Stamina142

Not main-series base stats. Bars scale to 450 / 450 / 500.

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	GhostAstonish	FireMind Blown	19.6	234
2	FireIncinerate	FireMind Blown	19.2	229
3	FireIncinerate	GhostShadow Ball	16.2	193
4	FireIncinerate	FireMystical Fire	16.0	190
5	GhostAstonish	GhostShadow Ball	15.7	187
6	GhostAstonish	FireMystical Fire	15.2	182
7	FireIncinerate	FireOverheat	14.5	173
8	GhostAstonish	FireOverheat	13.8	165

Raid damage at level 40, 15/15/15 IVs, no weather boost.

DPS is damage per second, TDO total damage before fainting. For one boss, see the raid counters.

Moves

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	EPS
Incinerate	Fire	32	22	2.5s	12.8	8.8
Astonish	Ghost	7	13	1.0s	7.0	13.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
Overheat	Fire	160	100	4.0s	40.0	1.60
Shadow Ball	Ghost	100	50	3.0s	33.3	2.00
Mind BlownE	Fire	130	33	4.0s	32.5	3.94
Mystical Fire	Fire	60	33	2.0s	30.0	1.82

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Incinerate	Fire	20	20	5	4.0	4.0
Astonish	Ghost	12	10	3	4.0	3.3

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
Mind BlownE	Fire	90	35	2.57
Overheat	Fire	130	55	2.36
Mystical Fire	Fire	60	45	1.33
Shadow Ball	Ghost	90	50	1.80

DPS damage per second · EPS energy per second · DPE damage per energy.

Elite TM: only an Elite TM teaches it now.

Top Counters

Full Rankings

As a Tier 5 raid boss. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

1Mega GreninjaWaterWater ShurikenWaterSurf+41.9 eDPS
2Primal KyogreWaterWaterfallWaterOrigin PulseE41.2 eDPS
3Mega HoundoomDarkSnarlDarkDark Pulse+40.2 eDPS
4Primal GroudonGroundMud ShotGroundPrecipice BladesE40.1 eDPS
5Mega Mewtwo YPsychicPsycho CutGhostShadow BallE39.0 eDPS
6Mega TyranitarDarkBiteDarkBrutal Swing37.2 eDPS

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Worth Powering Up?

Stronger than the everyday pick against 45 of 134 Tier 5 and Mega bosses.

The everyday pick is the best attacker that isn’t a Mega, Shadow or Legendary. Each number is how much more of the boss’s health this Pokémon takes off than that pick would. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

Mega AbomasnowMega RaidFireIncinerateFireMind BlownE+3.8% Gainover Volcarona
Mega MawileMega RaidFireIncinerateFireMind BlownE+3.4% Gainover Chandelure
Mega ScizorMega RaidFireIncinerateFireMind BlownE+3.2% Gainover Volcarona
Burn Drive GenesectTier 5 RaidFireIncinerateFireMind BlownE+3.0% Gainover Chandelure
GenesectTier 5 RaidFireIncinerateFireMind BlownE+3.0% Gainover Chandelure
Chill Drive GenesectTier 5 RaidFireIncinerateFireMind BlownE+2.9% Gainover Volcarona
Douse Drive GenesectTier 5 RaidFireIncinerateFireMind BlownE+2.7% Gainover Chandelure
Mega BeedrillMega RaidFireIncinerateFireMind BlownE+2.5% Gainover Salamence

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	134810/10/10	141315/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	179710/10/10	188415/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	224610/10/10	235515/15/15
L40	40	28520/0/0	329715/15/15
L50	50	32240/0/0	372715/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	32620/0/0	377215/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	1413	1222
Level 20	1884	1629
Level 25	2355	2037
Level 30	2826	2444
Level 35	3061	2648
Level 40	3297	2852
Level 45	3509	3035
Level 50	3727	3224
Level 51	3772	3262

Research, raid and egg catches have at least 10/10/10 IVs. A wild catch can be as low as 0/0/0.

L40 is the cap without XL Candy, L50 with it. L51 is Best Buddy only.

Dex Details

Second Charged Move	100 Candy · 100,000 Stardust
Height / Weight	1.8 m · 13 kg
Gender Ratio	Genderless
Trading	TradableTransferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Blacephalon in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs3/15/151497 CP at level 16.5

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	3/15/15	1497	16.5	100.00%
#2	4/14/15	1498	16.5	99.69%
#3	2/15/15	1493	16.5	99.68%
#4	0/15/9	1499	17	99.65%
#5	0/13/11	1499	17	99.61%
#6	0/11/13	1500	17	99.55%
#7	0/9/15	1500	17	99.45%
#8	5/15/13	1497	16.5	99.44%
#9	5/13/15	1498	16.5	99.39%
#10	3/14/15	1493	16.5	99.38%

A 15/15/15 ranks #2632 of 4,096, with 94.04% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/13/142494 CP at level 28

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/13/14	2494	28	100.00%
#2	4/15/14	2496	27.5	99.78%
#3	1/15/11	2493	28	99.71%
#4	0/14/13	2494	28	99.70%
#5	1/12/14	2494	28	99.69%
#6	0/11/11	2498	28.5	99.60%
#7	0/8/14	2499	28.5	99.52%
#8	5/14/14	2496	27.5	99.47%
#9	3/15/14	2488	27.5	99.46%
#10	3/15/15	2496	27.5	99.46%

A 15/15/15 ranks #406 of 4,096, with 97.64% of the best stat product.

Ultra League Rankings on PvPoke

Ranked by stat product at the highest level under the CP cap.

Trades and research have at least 10 in each IV, lucky trades 12. Check your own. This ranks IVs only. For the meta, see PvPoke.

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Blacephalon #0806

Type Effectiveness

Base Stats

Best Movesets

Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Top Counters

Worth Powering Up?

CP by Level

Dex Details

PvP IV Spreads

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