Rhydon #0112 Shadow

GroundRock

Max CP	L403179L503594L51 · Best Buddy3637
Buddy Distance	3 km per Candy
Released	Oct 26, 2023Jun 25, 2026
Purification	3,000 Stardust · 3 Candy

Type Effectiveness

Rhydon takes 256% from Water and Grass, and 160% from Ice, Fighting, Ground and Steel moves.

Weak ×2.6

WaterGrass

Weak ×1.6

IceFightingGroundSteel

Resists ×0.6

NormalFireFlyingRock

Resists ×0.4

ElectricPoison

Shadow Rhydon is a Ground/Rock-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, doubly weak to Water and Grass and weak to Ice, Fighting, Ground and Steel.

It reaches 3594 CP at level 50, or 3637 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Mud-Slap with Breaking Swipe.

Base Stats

Attack222

Defense171

Stamina233

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

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	GroundMud-Slap	DragonBreaking Swipe	14.6	261
2	GroundMud-Slap	GroundEarthquake	14.2	254
3	GroundMud-Slap	WaterSurf	13.5	241
4	GroundMud-Slap	RockStone Edge	13.5	240
5	GroundMud-Slap	BugMegahorn	13.1	233
6	FightingRock Smash	DragonBreaking Swipe	12.4	220
7	FightingRock Smash	GroundEarthquake	11.9	211
8	FightingRock Smash	WaterSurf	11.3	201

4 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	FightingRock Smash	RockStone Edge	11.0	196
10	FightingRock Smash	BugMegahorn	10.6	188
11	GroundMud-Slap	NormalFrustrationDon’t Use	10.0	178
12	FightingRock Smash	NormalFrustrationDon’t Use	7.3	131

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
Mud-Slap	Ground	19	13	1.5s	12.7	8.7
Rock Smash	Fighting	17	12	1.5s	11.3	8.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
MegahornE	Bug	105	100	2.0s	52.5	1.05
Breaking Swipe	Dragon	45	33	1.0s	45.0	1.36
Stone Edge	Rock	105	100	2.5s	42.0	1.05
Surf	Water	60	50	1.5s	40.0	1.20
Earthquake	Ground	140	100	3.5s	40.0	1.40
Frustration	Normal	10	33	2.0s	5.0	0.30

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Mud-Slap	Ground	11	10	3	3.7	3.3
Rock Smash	Fighting	9	7	3	3.0	2.3

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
MegahornE	Bug	110	55	2.00
Earthquake	Ground	120	65	1.85
Stone Edge	Rock	100	55	1.82
Surf	Water	75	45	1.67
Breaking Swipe	Dragon	50	50	1.00
Frustration	Normal	10	70	0.14

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

Elite TM: only an Elite TM teaches it now.

Evolution Family

Rhydon evolves into Rhyperior for 100 candy.

Rhyhorn

#0111

GroundRock

22 purified

Rhydon

#0112

GroundRock

100

90 purified

Use a Sinnoh Stone

Rhyperior

#0464

GroundRock

Top Counters

Full Rankings

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

1Mega GreninjaWaterWater ShurikenWaterSurf+59.2 eDPS
2Primal KyogreWaterWaterfallWaterOrigin PulseE58.2 eDPS
3Mega StarmieWaterWater GunWaterLiquidation+55.7 eDPS
4Mega SceptileGrassBullet SeedGrassFrenzy PlantE54.7 eDPS
5Mega ChesnaughtGrassVine WhipGrassSeed Bomb+52.9 eDPS
6Mega SwampertWaterWater GunWaterHydro CannonE51.3 eDPS

See Full Rankings

Worth Powering Up?

Stronger than the everyday pick against 8 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 ManectricMega RaidGroundMud-SlapGroundEarthquake+0.6% Gainover Garchomp
HeatranTier 5 RaidGroundMud-SlapGroundEarthquake+0.3% Gainover Garchomp
RegielekiTier 5 RaidGroundMud-SlapGroundEarthquake+0.3% Gainover Excadrill
RaikouTier 5 RaidGroundMud-SlapGroundEarthquake+0.2% Gainover Garchomp
NihilegoTier 5 RaidGroundMud-SlapGroundEarthquake+0.2% Gainover Excadrill
Mega Raichu XMega RaidGroundMud-SlapGroundEarthquake+0.2% Gainover Excadrill
Mega Raichu YMega RaidGroundMud-SlapGroundEarthquake+0.1% Gainover Garchomp
Tapu KokoTier 5 RaidGroundMud-SlapGroundEarthquake+0.1% Gainover Excadrill

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	130210/10/10	136215/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	173610/10/10	181615/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	217010/10/10	227015/15/15
L40	40	27670/0/0	317915/15/15
L50	50	31280/0/0	359415/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	31660/0/0	363715/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	1362	1186
Level 20	1816	1581
Level 25	2270	1976
Level 30	2725	2372
Level 35	2952	2570
Level 40	3179	2767
Level 45	3383	2945
Level 50	3594	3128
Level 51	3637	3166

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	50 Candy · 50,000 Stardust
Height / Weight	1.9 m · 120 kg
Gender Ratio	50.0%50.0%
Trading	TradableTransferable

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

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs2/15/141499 CP at level 17.5

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	2/15/14	1499	17.5	100.00%
#2	0/12/9	1500	18	99.56%
#3	1/15/14	1492	17.5	99.55%
#4	1/15/15	1495	17.5	99.55%
#5	2/14/14	1495	17.5	99.46%
#6	2/14/15	1498	17.5	99.46%
#7	0/13/7	1498	18	99.38%
#8	3/13/14	1497	17.5	99.36%
#9	3/13/15	1500	17.5	99.36%
#10	0/9/13	1500	18	99.36%

A 15/15/15 ranks #566 of 4,096, with 96.86% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/14/142498 CP at level 29.5

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/14/14	2498	29.5	100.00%
#2	0/15/13	2500	29.5	99.97%
#3	3/15/15	2500	29	99.61%
#4	0/13/14	2491	29.5	99.45%
#5	0/13/15	2496	29.5	99.45%
#6	0/14/13	2493	29.5	99.44%
#7	0/15/11	2489	29.5	99.41%
#8	0/15/12	2494	29.5	99.41%
#9	0/15/5	2500	30	99.38%
#10	1/12/14	2495	29.5	99.36%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1124 of 4,096, with 96.70% 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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Rhydon #0112 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