Palkia #0484 Shadow

WaterDragon

Max CP	L403991L504512L51 · Best Buddy4565
Buddy Distance	20 km per Candy
Released	Jan 15, 2025Jul 1, 2026
Purification	20,000 Stardust · 20 Candy

Type Effectiveness

Palkia takes 160% from Dragon and Fairy moves.

Weak ×1.6

DragonFairy

Resists ×0.6

Steel

Resists ×0.4

FireWater

Shadow Palkia is a Water/Dragon-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Dragon and Fairy.

It reaches 4512 CP at level 50, or 4565 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Dragon Tail with Draco Meteor.

Base Stats

Attack280

Defense215

Stamina189

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

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	DragonDragon Tail	DragonDraco Meteor	19.1	347
2	DragonDragon Tail	WaterHydro Pump	18.3	333
3	DragonDragon Breath	DragonDraco Meteor	17.6	320
4	DragonDragon Tail	WaterAqua Tail	17.6	319
5	DragonDragon Tail	FireFire Blast	16.9	307
6	DragonDragon Breath	WaterHydro Pump	16.8	306
7	DragonDragon Breath	WaterAqua Tail	16.4	298
8	DragonDragon Breath	FireFire Blast	15.4	280

2 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	DragonDragon Tail	NormalFrustrationDon’t Use	14.0	255
10	DragonDragon Breath	NormalFrustrationDon’t Use	12.0	218

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.

Don’t Use means repeating the fast move does at least as much damage as using this charged move, either because the move is weak or because this Pokémon faints before it pays off.

Moves

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	EPS
Dragon Tail	Dragon	14	8	1.0s	14.0	8.0
Dragon Breath	Dragon	6	4	0.5s	12.0	8.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
Draco Meteor	Dragon	150	100	3.5s	42.9	1.50
Hydro Pump	Water	135	100	3.5s	38.6	1.35
Fire Blast	Fire	140	100	4.0s	35.0	1.40
Aqua Tail	Water	50	33	2.0s	25.0	1.52
Frustration	Normal	10	33	2.0s	5.0	0.30

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Dragon Breath	Dragon	3	4	1	3.0	4.0
Dragon Tail	Dragon	9	12	3	3.0	4.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
Draco Meteor	Dragon	150	65	2.31
Fire Blast	Fire	140	80	1.75
Hydro Pump	Water	130	75	1.73
Aqua Tail	Water	55	35	1.57
Frustration	Normal	10	70	0.14

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

Top Counters

Full Rankings

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

1EternatusDragonDragon TailDragonDynamax CannonE32.9 eDPS
2Mega RayquazaDragonDragon TailDragonBreaking SwipeE32.0 eDPS
3Mega DragoniteDragonDragon TailDragonOutrage+29.6 eDPS
4Mega GarchompDragonDragon TailDragonBreaking Swipe29.4 eDPS
5Shadow HaxorusDragonDragon TailDragonBreaking SwipeE27.7 eDPS
6Shadow PalkiaDragonDragon TailDragonDraco Meteor26.6 eDPS

See Full Rankings

Worth Powering Up?

Stronger than the everyday pick against 16 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.

RegidragoTier 5 RaidDragonDragon TailDragonDraco Meteor+1.5% Gainover Dragapult
Mega Charizard XMega RaidDragonDragon TailDragonDraco Meteor+1.4% Gainover Garchomp
Altered Forme GiratinaTier 5 RaidDragonDragon TailDragonDraco Meteor+0.9% Gainover Garchomp
Mega AmpharosMega RaidDragonDragon TailDragonDraco Meteor+0.8% Gainover Garchomp
ReshiramTier 5 RaidDragonDragon TailDragonDraco Meteor+0.6% Gainover Garchomp
PalkiaTier 5 RaidDragonDragon TailDragonDraco Meteor+0.6% Gainover Garchomp
Origin Forme GiratinaTier 5 RaidDragonDragon TailDragonDraco Meteor+0.6% Gainover Garchomp
Origin Forme PalkiaTier 5 RaidDragonDragon TailDragonDraco Meteor+0.5% Gainover Garchomp

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	164210/10/10	171015/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	219010/10/10	228015/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	273710/10/10	285015/15/15
L40	40	35250/0/0	399115/15/15
L50	50	39850/0/0	451215/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	40330/0/0	456515/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	1710	1510
Level 20	2280	2014
Level 25	2850	2518
Level 30	3421	3021
Level 35	3706	3273
Level 40	3991	3525
Level 45	4247	3751
Level 50	4512	3985
Level 51	4565	4033

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	4.2 m · 336 kg
Gender Ratio	Genderless
Trading	TradableTransferable

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

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/14/121500 CP at level 14

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/14/12	1500	14	100.00%
#2	0/11/14	1498	14	99.67%
#3	1/10/14	1500	14	99.59%
#4	0/13/12	1497	14	99.56%
#5	1/12/12	1499	14	99.48%
#6	0/15/10	1496	14	99.43%
#7	0/15/11	1500	14	99.43%
#8	1/14/10	1498	14	99.35%
#9	7/15/15	1497	13.5	99.27%
#10	2/13/10	1500	14	99.27%

A 15/15/15 ranks #888 of 4,096, with 96.29% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs2/15/142500 CP at level 23

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	2/15/14	2500	23	100.00%
#2	1/15/14	2492	23	99.64%
#3	1/15/15	2498	23	99.64%
#4	2/14/14	2495	23	99.56%
#5	3/13/14	2498	23	99.48%
#6	0/14/9	2500	23.5	99.45%
#7	0/7/15	2498	23.5	99.42%
#8	0/15/14	2483	23	99.29%
#9	0/15/15	2489	23	99.29%
#10	0/10/12	2497	23.5	99.24%

A 15/15/15 ranks #2821 of 4,096, with 94.77% 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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Palkia #0484 Shadow

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

Great League

Ultra League