Hippowdon #0450

Ground
HippopotasHippopotas(#0449)
Pokémon GO Pokédex
Skorupi(#0451)Skorupi
Max CPL403085L503488L51 · Best Buddy3530
Buddy Distance3 km per Candy
ReleasedMay 17, 2019Feb 7, 2020

Type Effectiveness

Hippowdon takes 160% from Water, Grass and Ice moves.

Weak ×1.6
WaterGrassIce
Resists ×0.6
PoisonRock
Resists ×0.4
Electric

Hippowdon is a Ground-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Water, Grass and Ice.

It reaches 3488 CP at level 50, or 3530 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Sand Attack with Scorching Sands.

Hippowdon
Normal
Shiny Hippowdon
Shiny

Base Stats

Attack201
Defense191
Stamina239

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

Best Movesets

#Fast MoveCharged MoveDPSTDO
GroundSand AttackGroundScorching Sands11.7285
2GroundSand AttackGroundEarth Power11.6282
3GroundSand AttackGroundEarthquake11.6282
4GroundSand AttackRockWeather Ball11.3274
5FireFire FangGroundScorching Sands11.2272
6FireFire FangGroundEarth Power11.2271
7ElectricThunder FangGroundScorching Sands11.0266
8ElectricThunder FangGroundEarth Power10.9266
27 More Pairings
#Fast MoveCharged MoveDPSTDO
9FireFire FangGroundEarthquake10.8263
10FireFire FangRockWeather Ball10.8263
11ElectricThunder FangGroundEarthquake10.5255
12ElectricThunder FangRockWeather Ball10.5254
13IceIce FangGroundEarth Power10.5254
14IceIce FangGroundScorching Sands10.5254
15DarkBiteGroundEarth Power10.4253
16DarkBiteGroundScorching Sands10.4252
17DarkBiteRockWeather Ball9.9242
18IceIce FangRockWeather Ball9.9240
19DarkBiteGroundEarthquake9.9240
20IceIce FangGroundEarthquake9.7235
21GroundSand AttackRockStone Edge9.7234
22GroundSand AttackNormalReturn9.6232
23FireFire FangNormalReturn9.4229
24FireFire FangRockStone Edge9.4229
25FireFire FangNormalBody Slam9.1221
26GroundSand AttackNormalBody Slam9.1221
27ElectricThunder FangRockStone Edge8.6209
28ElectricThunder FangNormalReturn8.5207
29ElectricThunder FangNormalBody Slam8.5206
30DarkBiteRockStone Edge8.4205
31DarkBiteNormalBody Slam8.4205
32DarkBiteNormalReturn8.4204
33IceIce FangNormalBody Slam8.0194
34IceIce FangRockStone Edge7.8189
35IceIce FangNormalReturn7.8188

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
Fire FangFire1391.0s13.09.0
BiteDark640.5s12.08.0
Thunder FangElectric10131.0s10.013.0
Ice FangIce12201.5s8.013.3
Sand AttackGround470.5s8.014.0

Charged Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
Time
DPS
DPE
ReturnPNormal25330.5s50.00.76
Stone EdgeRock1051002.5s42.01.05
EarthquakeGround1401003.5s40.01.40
Weather BallRock55331.5s36.71.67
Scorching SandsGround90503.0s30.01.80
Earth PowerGround100503.5s28.62.00
Body SlamNormal50332.0s25.01.52

Fast Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
Turns
DPT
EPT
Fire FangFire8624.03.0
Thunder FangElectric8624.03.0
Ice FangIce8624.03.0
BiteDark2412.04.0
Sand AttackGround2412.04.0

Charged Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
DPE
ReturnPNormal130701.86
EarthquakeGround120651.85
Stone EdgeRock100551.82
Weather BallRock60351.71
Body SlamNormal65401.63
Earth PowerGround90501.80
Scorching SandsGround80501.60

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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Hippowdon
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Top Counters

Full Rankings

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

  1. 1Mega GreninjaWaterWater ShurikenWaterSurf+34.0 eDPS
  2. 2Primal KyogreWaterWaterfallWaterOrigin PulseE32.9 eDPS
  3. 3White KyuremIceIce FangIceIce Burn32.1 eDPS
  4. 4Mega SceptileBugFury CutterGrassFrenzy PlantE31.7 eDPS
  5. 5Mega StarmiePsychicPsywaveWaterLiquidation+31.4 eDPS
  6. 6Mega ChesnaughtGrassVine WhipGrassSeed Bomb+30.6 eDPS
See Full Rankings

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
Research15126310/10/10132215/15/15
Raids & Eggs20168410/10/10176315/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids25210510/10/10220415/15/15
L404026820/0/0308515/15/15
L505030320/0/0348815/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy5130680/0/0353015/15/15
All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)
Level
15/15/15
0/0/0
Level 1513221149
Level 2017631532
Level 2522041915
Level 3026452299
Level 3528652490
Level 4030852682
Level 4532842854
Level 5034883032
Level 5135303068

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 / Weight2 m · 300 kg
Gender Ratio
50.0%50.0%
TradingTradableTransferable

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

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap
Best IVs0/14/101499 CP at level 18.5
RankIVsCPLevel% of Best
#10/14/10149918.5100.00%
#20/11/14150018.599.91%
#30/15/9149918.599.78%
#40/12/12149718.599.71%
#50/12/13150018.599.71%
#61/12/10149918.599.51%
#70/13/10149518.599.51%
#80/13/11149818.599.51%
#90/10/14149618.599.42%
#100/10/15149918.599.42%

A 15/15/15 ranks #876 of 4,096, with 96.45% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap
Best IVs0/14/152496 CP at level 31
RankIVsCPLevel% of Best
#10/14/15249631100.00%
#20/15/1424973199.95%
#31/15/1225003199.90%
#40/11/15249831.599.87%
#50/12/14249931.599.83%
#60/13/13250031.599.79%
#70/14/11249731.599.74%
#80/15/10249831.599.68%
#92/14/15250030.599.63%
#101/15/15249430.599.62%

A 15/15/15 ranks #3092 of 4,096, with 94.89% 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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