Golduck #0055

Water
PsyduckPsyduck(#0054)
Pokémon GO Pokédex
Mankey(#0056)Mankey
Max CPL402450L502770L51 · Best Buddy2803
Buddy Distance3 km per Candy
ReleasedJul 6, 2016Jan 25, 2019

Type Effectiveness

Golduck takes 160% from Grass and Electric moves.

Weak ×1.6
GrassElectric
Resists ×0.6
FireWaterIceSteel

Golduck is a Water-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Grass and Electric.

It reaches 2770 CP at level 50, or 2803 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Water Gun with Liquidation.

Golduck
Normal
Shiny Golduck
Shiny

Base Stats

Attack191
Defense162
Stamina190

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

Best Movesets

#Fast MoveCharged MoveDPSTDO
WaterWater GunWaterLiquidation9.6162
2WaterWater GunWaterHydro Pump9.6162
3PsychicConfusionWaterLiquidation9.4158
4WaterWater GunPsychicPsychic9.3158
5WaterWater GunPsychicSynchronoise9.1155
6PsychicConfusionWaterHydro Pump9.1155
7PsychicConfusionPsychicPsychic9.1154
8PsychicConfusionPsychicSynchronoise8.9151
8 More Pairings
#Fast MoveCharged MoveDPSTDO
9WaterWater GunIceIce Beam8.8148
10WaterWater GunWaterBubble Beam8.8148
11WaterWater GunNormalReturn8.7146
12PsychicConfusionIceIce Beam8.6145
13PsychicConfusionWaterBubble Beam8.6145
14PsychicConfusionNormalReturn8.4143
15WaterWater GunFightingCross Chop8.3140
16PsychicConfusionFightingCross Chop8.1138

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
ConfusionPsychic19141.5s12.79.3
Water GunWater550.5s10.010.0

Charged Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
Time
DPS
DPE
ReturnPNormal25330.5s50.00.76
Hydro PumpWater1351003.5s38.61.35
Cross ChopFighting50501.5s33.31.00
SynchronoisePsychic80502.5s32.01.60
PsychicPsychic95503.0s31.71.90
Ice BeamIce95503.5s27.11.90
LiquidationWater70333.0s23.32.12
Bubble BeamWater45332.0s22.51.36

Fast Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
Turns
DPT
EPT
ConfusionPsychic161444.03.5
Water GunWater3313.03.0

Charged Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
DPE
ReturnPNormal130701.86
Hydro PumpWater130751.73
Ice BeamIce90551.64
Cross ChopFighting55351.57
LiquidationWater70451.56
PsychicPsychic75551.36
SynchronoisePsychic80501.60
Bubble BeamWater50501.00

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

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Purified: Return is learned by purifying a Shadow.
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Top Counters

Full Rankings

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

  1. 1Mega Raichu YElectricThunder ShockElectricZap Cannon+40.6 eDPS
  2. 2Shadow ZekromElectricCharge BeamElectricFusion BoltE36.9 eDPS
  3. 3Mega SceptileBugFury CutterGrassFrenzy PlantE36.2 eDPS
  4. 4RegielekiNormalLock-OnElectricThunder CageE35.5 eDPS
  5. 5Mega ChesnaughtGrassVine WhipGrassSeed Bomb+34.8 eDPS
  6. 6Mega Mewtwo YPsychicPsycho CutPsychicFuture Sight+33.3 eDPS
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Worth Powering Up?

Not stronger than the everyday pick against any Tier 5 or Mega boss.

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.

CP by Level

Encounter
Level
Guaranteed CP
Max CP
Research1599710/10/10105015/15/15
Raids & Eggs20133010/10/10140015/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids25166310/10/10175015/15/15
L404020920/0/0245015/15/15
L505023660/0/0277015/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy5123940/0/0280315/15/15
All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)
Level
15/15/15
0/0/0
Level 151050897
Level 2014001195
Level 2517501494
Level 3021001794
Level 3522751943
Level 4024502092
Level 4526082227
Level 5027702366
Level 5128032394

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 Move50 Candy · 50,000 Stardust
Height / Weight1.7 m · 76.6 kg
Gender Ratio
50.0%50.0%
TradingTradableTransferable

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

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap
Best IVs0/10/141500 CP at level 23.5
RankIVsCPLevel% of Best
#10/10/14150023.5100.00%
#20/15/1514932399.95%
#31/14/1514962399.90%
#42/13/1515002399.85%
#50/15/8149923.599.78%
#61/15/1314932399.71%
#71/15/1414972399.71%
#82/14/1314972399.66%
#92/14/1415002399.66%
#100/12/11149723.599.63%

A 15/15/15 ranks #3089 of 4,096, with 93.91% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap
Best IVs0/13/132496 CP at level 48.5
RankIVsCPLevel% of Best
#10/13/13249648.5100.00%
#20/13/1524944899.98%
#30/14/1025004999.97%
#40/14/12249748.599.97%
#50/14/1424954899.96%
#60/15/11249848.599.94%
#70/15/1324954899.94%
#81/12/1524994899.93%
#90/15/15249347.599.93%
#101/13/1425004899.92%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1551 of 4,096, with 96.55% 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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