Rampardos #0409 Shadow

Rock

Max CP	L403298L503728L51 · Best Buddy3773
Buddy Distance	5 km per Candy
Released	Oct 26, 2023Mar 3, 2026
Purification	5,000 Stardust · 5 Candy

Type Effectiveness

Rampardos takes 160% from Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground and Steel moves.

Weak ×1.6

WaterGrassFightingGroundSteel

Resists ×0.6

NormalFirePoisonFlying

Shadow Rampardos is a Rock-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground and Steel.

It reaches 3728 CP at level 50, or 3773 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Smack Down with Rock Slide.

Base Stats

Attack295

Defense109

Stamina219

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

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	RockSmack Down	RockRock Slide	16.9	189
2	RockSmack Down	DragonOutrage	16.1	180
3	RockSmack Down	FireFlamethrower	15.8	177
4	PsychicZen Headbutt	RockRock Slide	14.8	166
5	PsychicZen Headbutt	DragonOutrage	14.2	159
6	PsychicZen Headbutt	FireFlamethrower	13.3	150
7	RockSmack Down	NormalFrustrationDon’t Use	13.0	146
8	PsychicZen Headbutt	NormalFrustrationDon’t Use	9.0	101

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
Smack Down	Rock	13	7	1.0s	13.0	7.0
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	11	9	1.0s	11.0	9.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
Flamethrower	Fire	65	50	2.0s	32.5	1.30
Rock Slide	Rock	75	50	2.5s	30.0	1.50
Outrage	Dragon	110	50	4.0s	27.5	2.20
Frustration	Normal	10	33	2.0s	5.0	0.30

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Smack Down	Rock	11	8	3	3.7	2.7
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	8	6	3	2.7	2.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
Outrage	Dragon	110	60	1.83
Rock Slide	Rock	75	45	1.67
Flamethrower	Fire	90	55	1.64
Frustration	Normal	10	70	0.14

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

Evolution Family

Cranidos

#0408

Rock

45 purified

Rampardos

#0409

Rock

Top Counters

Full Rankings

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

1Mega Mewtwo XFightingCounterEFightingDynamic Punch+69.4 eDPS
2Crowned Sword ZacianSteelMetal ClawSteelBehemoth Blade63.3 eDPS
3Mega LucarioFightingForce PalmEFightingAura Sphere63.1 eDPS
4Crowned Shield ZamazentaSteelMetal ClawSteelBehemoth Bash60.8 eDPS
5Mega BlazikenFightingCounterFightingAura Sphere60.0 eDPS
6Dusk Mane NecrozmaSteelMetal ClawSteelSunsteel Strike59.9 eDPS

See Full Rankings

Worth Powering Up?

Stronger than the everyday pick against 23 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.

Mega PidgeotMega RaidRockSmack DownRockRock Slide+1.1% Gainover Rampardos
Mega Charizard YMega RaidRockSmack DownRockRock Slide+1.0% Gainover Rampardos
MoltresTier 5 RaidRockSmack DownRockRock Slide+0.9% Gainover Rampardos
ArticunoTier 5 RaidRockSmack DownRockRock Slide+0.8% Gainover Rampardos
Mega PinsirMega RaidRockSmack DownRockRock Slide+0.7% Gainover Glimmora
Mega AerodactylMega RaidRockSmack DownRockRock Slide+0.6% Gainover Lucario
Therian Forme TornadusTier 5 RaidRockSmack DownRockRock Slide+0.6% Gainover Glimmora
ZapdosTier 5 RaidRockSmack DownRockRock Slide+0.6% Gainover Glimmora

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	134710/10/10	141315/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	179610/10/10	188415/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	224610/10/10	235515/15/15
L40	40	28460/0/0	329815/15/15
L50	50	32180/0/0	372815/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	32560/0/0	377315/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	1413	1220
Level 20	1884	1626
Level 25	2355	2033
Level 30	2827	2440
Level 35	3062	2643
Level 40	3298	2846
Level 45	3510	3029
Level 50	3728	3218
Level 51	3773	3256

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	75 Candy · 75,000 Stardust
Height / Weight	1.6 m · 102.5 kg
Gender Ratio	87.5%12.5%
Trading	TradableTransferable

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

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs1/14/81500 CP at level 17

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	1/14/8	1500	17	100.00%
#2	1/13/10	1500	17	99.98%
#3	0/15/7	1498	17	99.66%
#4	0/14/8	1495	17	99.66%
#5	0/14/9	1498	17	99.66%
#6	0/13/10	1495	17	99.64%
#7	0/13/11	1499	17	99.64%
#8	4/15/14	1496	16.5	99.63%
#9	4/15/15	1499	16.5	99.63%
#10	0/12/12	1496	17	99.61%

A 15/15/15 ranks #2338 of 4,096, with 94.72% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/14/152500 CP at level 28

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/14/15	2500	28	100.00%
#2	0/15/12	2494	28	99.59%
#3	0/15/13	2500	28	99.59%
#4	1/13/15	2499	28	99.52%
#5	0/14/14	2495	28	99.39%
#6	1/15/11	2497	28	99.31%
#7	0/13/15	2490	28	99.18%
#8	4/15/14	2494	27.5	99.13%
#9	4/15/15	2499	27.5	99.13%
#10	1/14/12	2493	28	99.12%

A 15/15/15 ranks #422 of 4,096, with 97.22% 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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Rampardos #0409 Shadow

Type Effectiveness

Base Stats

Best Movesets

Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Evolution Family

Top Counters

Worth Powering Up?

CP by Level

Dex Details

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

Ultra League