Ho-Oh #0250

FireFlying
LugiaLugia(#0249)
Pokémon GO Pokédex
Celebi(#0251)Celebi
Max CPL403863L504367L51 · Best Buddy4420
Buddy Distance20 km per Candy
ReleasedNov 27, 2017May 19, 2018

Type Effectiveness

Ho-Oh takes 256% from Rock, and 160% from Water and Electric moves.

Weak ×2.6
Rock
Weak ×1.6
WaterElectric
Resists ×0.6
FireFightingGroundSteelFairy
Resists ×0.4
GrassBug

Ho-Oh is a Fire/Flying-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, doubly weak to Rock and weak to Water and Electric.

It reaches 4367 CP at level 50, or 4420 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Incinerate with Brave Bird.

Ho-Oh
Normal
Shiny Ho-Oh
Shiny

Base Stats

Attack239
Defense244
Stamina214

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

Best Movesets

#Fast MoveCharged MoveDPSTDO
FireIncinerateFlyingBrave Bird13.6373
2PsychicExtrasensoryFlyingBrave Bird13.4369
3SteelSteel WingFlyingBrave Bird12.9355
4FireIncinerateFireSacred Fire12.7350
5PsychicExtrasensoryFireSacred Fire12.4340
6FireIncinerateFireFire Blast12.3339
7SteelSteel WingFireSacred Fire12.1332
8FireIncinerateGrassSolar Beam12.0331
16 More Pairings
#Fast MoveCharged MoveDPSTDO
9NormalHidden PowerFlyingBrave Bird12.0329
10PsychicExtrasensoryFireFire Blast11.9329
11FireIncinerateGroundEarthquake11.8324
12SteelSteel WingFireFire Blast11.8324
13PsychicExtrasensoryGrassSolar Beam11.6319
14SteelSteel WingGrassSolar Beam11.5316
15FireIncinerateNormalReturn11.4313
16PsychicExtrasensoryGroundEarthquake11.3309
17SteelSteel WingGroundEarthquake11.2308
18NormalHidden PowerFireSacred Fire11.1304
19NormalHidden PowerFireFire Blast10.8297
20SteelSteel WingNormalReturn10.6290
21NormalHidden PowerGrassSolar Beam10.6291
22PsychicExtrasensoryNormalReturn10.4286
23NormalHidden PowerGroundEarthquake10.1279
24NormalHidden PowerNormalReturn9.3255

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
Steel WingSteel1481.0s14.08.0
IncinerateFire32222.5s12.88.8
ExtrasensoryPsychic11111.0s11.011.0
Hidden PowerNormal15151.5s10.010.0

Charged Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
Time
DPS
DPE
Brave BirdFlying1301002.0s65.01.30
ReturnPNormal25330.5s50.00.76
Sacred FireEFire1201002.5s48.01.20
EarthquakeEGround1401003.5s40.01.40
Solar BeamGrass1801005.0s36.01.80
Fire BlastFire1401004.0s35.01.40

Fast Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
Turns
DPT
EPT
IncinerateFire202054.04.0
Steel WingSteel7523.52.5
Hidden PowerNormal9833.02.7
ExtrasensoryPsychic81032.73.3

Charged Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
DPE
Brave BirdFlying130552.36
Sacred FireEFire130652.00
Solar BeamGrass150801.88
ReturnPNormal130701.86
EarthquakeEGround120651.85
Fire BlastFire140801.75

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

E
Elite TM: only an Elite TM teaches it now.
P
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. 1Shadow RampardosRockSmack DownRockRock Slide34.3 eDPS
  2. 2Mega DiancieRockRock ThrowRockRock Slide33.7 eDPS
  3. 3Shadow RhyperiorRockSmack DownRockRock WreckerE32.9 eDPS
  4. 4Shadow TyrantrumRockRock ThrowRockMeteor Beam32.8 eDPS
  5. 5Mega TyranitarRockSmack DownERockStone Edge31.8 eDPS
  6. 6Mega AerodactylRockRock ThrowRockRock Slide31.4 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
Research15158910/10/10165515/15/15
Raids & Eggs20211910/10/10220715/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids25264910/10/10275915/15/15
L404034110/0/0386315/15/15
L505038560/0/0436715/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy5139020/0/0442015/15/15
All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)
Level
15/15/15
0/0/0
Level 1516551461
Level 2022071949
Level 2527592436
Level 3033112923
Level 3535873167
Level 4038633411
Level 4541113630
Level 5043673856
Level 5144203902

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 Move100 Candy · 100,000 Stardust
Height / Weight3.81 m · 199 kg
Gender Ratio
Genderless
TradingTradableTransferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Ho-Oh in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap
Best IVs0/13/151500 CP at level 14.5
RankIVsCPLevel% of Best
#10/13/15150014.5100.00%
#20/15/13149914.599.90%
#31/11/15150014.599.63%
#40/12/15149714.599.61%
#51/13/13150014.599.55%
#60/14/13149614.599.52%
#70/14/14150014.599.52%
#81/15/11149914.599.45%
#91/10/15149714.599.24%
#100/11/15149414.599.22%

A 15/15/15 ranks #763 of 4,096, with 96.28% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap
Best IVs1/15/142497 CP at level 24
RankIVsCPLevel% of Best
#11/15/14249724100.00%
#22/13/1424982499.64%
#31/14/1424932499.61%
#41/14/1524982499.61%
#50/15/7249924.599.61%
#60/15/1424872499.58%
#70/15/1524922499.58%
#80/8/13249924.599.57%
#90/6/15250024.599.44%
#100/11/10249724.599.41%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1206 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.

Event Costumes

  • Ho-Oh in the S costumeS

Cosmetic only. Some came with an event-exclusive move.

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