Porygon2 #0233 Shadow

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Max CPL402711L503065L51 (Best Buddy)3101
Buddy Distance3 km per Candy
ReleasedNov 7, 2019Jun 2, 2026
Purification3,000 Stardust, 3 Candy

Type Effectiveness

Porygon2 takes 160% from Fighting moves.

Weak ×1.6
Fighting
Resists ×0.4
Ghost

Shadow Porygon2 is a Normal-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Fighting.

It reaches 3065 CP at level 50, or 3101 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Lock-On with Hyper Beam.

Porygon2
Normal
Shiny Porygon2
Shiny

Base Stats

Attack198
Defense180
Stamina198

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

Best Movesets

#Fast MoveCharged MoveDPSTDO
NormalLock-OnNormalHyper Beam12.8206
2NormalLock-OnNormalTri Attack12.4200
3NormalLock-OnGrassSolar Beam11.6187
4NormalLock-OnElectricZap Cannon11.1178
5FightingHidden Power (Fighting)NormalTri Attack11.0177
6FlyingHidden Power (Flying)NormalTri Attack11.0177
7PoisonHidden Power (Poison)NormalTri Attack11.0177
8GroundHidden Power (Ground)NormalTri Attack11.0177
82 More Pairings
#Fast MoveCharged MoveDPSTDO
9RockHidden Power (Rock)NormalTri Attack11.0177
10BugHidden Power (Bug)NormalTri Attack11.0177
11GhostHidden Power (Ghost)NormalTri Attack11.0177
12SteelHidden Power (Steel)NormalTri Attack11.0177
13FireHidden Power (Fire)NormalTri Attack11.0177
14WaterHidden Power (Water)NormalTri Attack11.0177
15GrassHidden Power (Grass)NormalTri Attack11.0177
16ElectricHidden Power (Electric)NormalTri Attack11.0177
17PsychicHidden Power (Psychic)NormalTri Attack11.0177
18IceHidden Power (Ice)NormalTri Attack11.0177
19DragonHidden Power (Dragon)NormalTri Attack11.0177
20DarkHidden Power (Dark)NormalTri Attack11.0177
21ElectricCharge BeamNormalTri Attack10.9176
22ElectricCharge BeamNormalHyper Beam10.8174
23FightingHidden Power (Fighting)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
24FlyingHidden Power (Flying)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
25PoisonHidden Power (Poison)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
26GroundHidden Power (Ground)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
27RockHidden Power (Rock)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
28BugHidden Power (Bug)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
29GhostHidden Power (Ghost)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
30SteelHidden Power (Steel)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
31FireHidden Power (Fire)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
32WaterHidden Power (Water)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
33GrassHidden Power (Grass)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
34ElectricHidden Power (Electric)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
35PsychicHidden Power (Psychic)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
36IceHidden Power (Ice)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
37DragonHidden Power (Dragon)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
38DarkHidden Power (Dark)NormalHyper Beam10.7172
39FightingHidden Power (Fighting)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
40FlyingHidden Power (Flying)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
41PoisonHidden Power (Poison)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
42GroundHidden Power (Ground)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
43RockHidden Power (Rock)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
44BugHidden Power (Bug)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
45GhostHidden Power (Ghost)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
46SteelHidden Power (Steel)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
47FireHidden Power (Fire)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
48WaterHidden Power (Water)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
49GrassHidden Power (Grass)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
50ElectricHidden Power (Electric)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
51PsychicHidden Power (Psychic)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
52IceHidden Power (Ice)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
53DragonHidden Power (Dragon)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
54DarkHidden Power (Dark)GrassSolar Beam10.0161
55ElectricCharge BeamGrassSolar Beam9.9160
56FightingHidden Power (Fighting)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
57FlyingHidden Power (Flying)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
58PoisonHidden Power (Poison)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
59GroundHidden Power (Ground)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
60RockHidden Power (Rock)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
61BugHidden Power (Bug)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
62GhostHidden Power (Ghost)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
63SteelHidden Power (Steel)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
64FireHidden Power (Fire)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
65WaterHidden Power (Water)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
66GrassHidden Power (Grass)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
67ElectricHidden Power (Electric)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
68PsychicHidden Power (Psychic)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
69IceHidden Power (Ice)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
70DragonHidden Power (Dragon)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
71DarkHidden Power (Dark)ElectricZap Cannon9.6154
72ElectricCharge BeamElectricZap Cannon9.4151
73FightingHidden Power (Fighting)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
74FlyingHidden Power (Flying)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
75PoisonHidden Power (Poison)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
76GroundHidden Power (Ground)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
77RockHidden Power (Rock)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
78BugHidden Power (Bug)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
79GhostHidden Power (Ghost)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
80SteelHidden Power (Steel)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
81FireHidden Power (Fire)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
82WaterHidden Power (Water)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
83GrassHidden Power (Grass)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
84ElectricHidden Power (Electric)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
85PsychicHidden Power (Psychic)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
86IceHidden Power (Ice)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
87DragonHidden Power (Dragon)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
88DarkHidden Power (Dark)NormalFrustrationDon’t Use6.097
89ElectricCharge BeamNormalFrustrationDon’t Use4.064
90NormalLock-OnNormalFrustrationDon’t Use4.064

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
Hidden Power (Fighting)Fighting15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Flying)Flying15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Poison)Poison15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Ground)Ground15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Rock)Rock15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Bug)Bug15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Ghost)Ghost15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Steel)Steel15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Fire)Fire15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Water)Water15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Grass)Grass15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Electric)Electric15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Psychic)Psychic15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Ice)Ice15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Dragon)Dragon15151.5s10.010.0
Hidden Power (Dark)Dark15151.5s10.010.0
Charge BeamElectric7141.0s7.014.0
Lock-OnNormal2100.5s4.020.0

Charged Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
Time
DPS
DPE
Zap CannonElectric1401003.5s40.01.40
Hyper BeamNormal1501004.0s37.51.50
Solar BeamGrass1801005.0s36.01.80
Tri AttackNormal75502.5s30.01.50
FrustrationNormal10332.0s5.00.30

Fast Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
Turns
DPT
EPT
Hidden Power (Fighting)Fighting9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Flying)Flying9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Poison)Poison9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Ground)Ground9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Rock)Rock9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Bug)Bug9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Ghost)Ghost9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Steel)Steel9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Fire)Fire9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Water)Water9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Grass)Grass9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Electric)Electric9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Psychic)Psychic9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Ice)Ice9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Dragon)Dragon9833.02.7
Hidden Power (Dark)Dark9833.02.7
Charge BeamElectric61132.03.7
Lock-OnNormal1511.05.0

Charged Moves

Move
Type
Power
Energy
DPE
Solar BeamGrass150801.88
Hyper BeamNormal150801.88
Zap Cannon33% chance: lowers the opponent’s Attack.Electric150801.88
Tri Attack50% chance: lowers the opponent’s Attack and Defense.Normal65501.30
FrustrationNormal10700.14

DPS is damage per second, EPS energy per second and DPE damage per energy.

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Evolution Family

Porygon2 evolves into Porygon-Z for 100 candy.

Porygon
Porygon
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25
22 purified
  • Use a Up-Grade
Porygon2
Porygon2
#0233
Normal
100
90 purified
  • Use a Sinnoh Stone
Porygon-Z
Porygon-Z
#0474
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Top Counters

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

  1. 1Mega Mewtwo XFightingCounterEFightingDynamic Punch+43.9 eDPS
  2. 2Mega LucarioFightingForce PalmEFightingAura Sphere40.2 eDPS
  3. 3Mega BlazikenFightingCounterFightingAura Sphere38.5 eDPS
  4. 4Resolute Form KeldeoFightingLow KickFightingSecret Sword33.3 eDPS
  5. 5Mega FalinksFightingCounterFightingBrick Break+33.2 eDPS
  6. 6Mega GalladeFightingLow KickFightingSacred Sword32.8 eDPS

Worth Powering Up?

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

The baseline 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 baseline would. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

CP by Level

Encounter
Level
Guaranteed CP
Max CP
Research15110610/10/10116215/15/15
Raids & Eggs20147510/10/10154915/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids25184410/10/10193615/15/15
L404023340/0/0271115/15/15
L505026390/0/0306515/15/15
L51 (Best Buddy)5126700/0/0310115/15/15
All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)
Level
15/15/15
0/0/0
Level 1511621000
Level 2015491334
Level 2519361667
Level 3023242001
Level 3525172167
Level 4027112334
Level 4528852484
Level 5030652639
Level 5131012670

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 Move60 Candy, 60,000 Stardust
Height / Weight0.61 m / 32.5 kg
Gender Ratio
Genderless
TradingNot TradableTransferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Porygon2 in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap
Best IVs0/12/151500 CP at Level 21
RankIVsCPLevel% of Best
#10/12/15150021100.00%
#20/13/1314972199.74%
#30/13/1415002199.74%
#41/12/1315002199.73%
#50/14/1214972199.48%
#60/11/1514962199.47%
#71/10/1515002199.45%
#80/12/1314932199.23%
#90/12/1414962199.23%
#100/15/1014942199.21%

A 15/15/15 ranks #2609 of 4,096, with 94.28% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap
Best IVs1/15/152496 CP at Level 39
RankIVsCPLevel% of Best
#11/15/15249639100.00%
#20/12/1525004099.98%
#30/15/9250040.599.75%
#40/15/1124964099.73%
#50/14/15249539.599.70%
#60/15/13249039.599.61%
#70/15/14249639.599.61%
#81/14/13249639.599.60%
#90/10/14249740.599.56%
#101/15/12249739.599.51%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1650 of 4,096, with 96.46% 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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