Starmie #0121 Mega

WaterPsychic

Max CP	L403701L504184L51 · Best Buddy4234
Buddy Distance	3 km per Candy
Released	Aug 22, 2026Aug 22, 2026
Mega Evolution	300 Mega Energy the first time
After That	Free after a 7-day rest, or 60 Mega Energy to skip it

Type Effectiveness

Starmie takes 160% from Grass, Electric, Bug, Ghost and Dark moves.

Weak ×1.6

GrassElectricBugGhostDark

Resists ×0.6

FireWaterIceFightingPsychicSteel

Mega Starmie is a Water/Psychic-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, weak to Grass, Electric, Bug, Ghost and Dark.

It reaches 4184 CP at level 50, or 4234 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Psywave with Liquidation+ at Mega Level 3 (Max).

Base Stats

Attack276

Defense229

Stamina155

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

Best Movesets

Level	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS
Base	PsychicPsywave	WaterLiquidation+	18.3
High	PsychicPsywave	WaterLiquidation+	19.6
Max	PsychicPsywave	WaterLiquidation+	20.8
Super Max	PsychicPsywave	WaterLiquidation+	22.4

All Movesets At

Scales Mega move power up to 1.3×. Super Max also adds two CP levels.

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	PsychicPsywave	WaterLiquidation+	20.8	401
2	WaterWater Gun	WaterLiquidation+	17.8	344
3	NormalTackle	WaterLiquidation+	17.8	344
4	NormalHidden Power	WaterLiquidation+	16.1	311
5	PsychicPsywave	PsychicPsychic	15.7	302
6	PsychicPsywave	WaterSurf	14.9	287
7	PsychicPsywave	WaterHydro Pump	14.5	280
8	WaterWater Gun	PsychicPsychic	14.4	278

28 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	NormalTackle	PsychicPsychic	14.4	278
10	WaterWater Gun	WaterSurf	13.5	260
11	NormalTackle	WaterSurf	13.5	260
12	NormalHidden Power	PsychicPsychic	13.4	259
13	WaterWater Gun	WaterHydro Pump	13.1	252
14	NormalTackle	WaterHydro Pump	13.1	252
15	PsychicPsywave	IceIce Beam	12.8	247
16	PsychicPsywave	RockPower Gem	12.4	239
17	NormalHidden Power	WaterSurf	12.3	238
18	PsychicPsywave	ElectricThunder	12.2	235
19	PsychicPsywave	PsychicPsybeam	12.1	233
20	WaterWater Gun	IceIce Beam	12.1	233
21	NormalTackle	IceIce Beam	12.1	233
22	NormalHidden Power	WaterHydro Pump	11.7	226
23	WaterWater Gun	RockPower Gem	11.7	225
24	NormalTackle	RockPower Gem	11.7	225
25	WaterWater Gun	PsychicPsybeam	11.4	220
26	NormalTackle	PsychicPsybeam	11.4	220
27	PsychicPsywave	WaterAqua Jet	11.3	218
28	NormalHidden Power	IceIce Beam	11.2	216
29	WaterWater Gun	ElectricThunder	11.2	215
30	NormalTackle	ElectricThunder	11.2	215
31	WaterWater Gun	WaterAqua Jet	10.8	209
32	NormalTackle	WaterAqua Jet	10.8	209
33	NormalHidden Power	RockPower Gem	10.8	207
34	NormalHidden Power	PsychicPsybeam	10.5	202
35	NormalHidden Power	WaterAqua Jet	10.0	194
36	NormalHidden Power	ElectricThunder	9.8	190

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
Hidden Power	Normal	15	15	1.5s	10.0	10.0
Water Gun	Water	5	5	0.5s	10.0	10.0
TackleE	Normal	5	5	0.5s	10.0	10.0
Psywave	Psychic	4	7	0.5s	8.0	14.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
Liquidation+	Water	180	100	3.0s	60.0	1.80
Thunder	Electric	100	100	2.5s	40.0	1.00
Surf	Water	60	50	1.5s	40.0	1.20
Hydro Pump	Water	135	100	3.5s	38.6	1.35
Psychic	Psychic	95	50	3.0s	31.7	1.90
Ice Beam	Ice	95	50	3.5s	27.1	1.90
Power Gem	Rock	80	50	3.0s	26.7	1.60
Psybeam	Psychic	65	50	3.0s	21.7	1.30
Aqua Jet	Water	45	33	2.5s	18.0	1.36

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Hidden Power	Normal	9	8	3	3.0	2.7
Water Gun	Water	3	3	1	3.0	3.0
Psywave	Psychic	3	4	1	3.0	4.0
TackleE	Normal	3	3	1	3.0	3.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
Aqua Jet	Water	70	40	1.75
Hydro Pump	Water	130	75	1.73
Thunder	Electric	100	60	1.67
Surf	Water	75	45	1.67
Ice Beam	Ice	90	55	1.64
Liquidation+	Water	55	40	1.38
Psychic	Psychic	75	55	1.36
Psybeam	Psychic	70	60	1.17
Power Gem	Rock	85	50	1.70

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

Elite TM: only an Elite TM teaches it now.

Liquidation+ is a Mega move, usable only while Mega Evolved and not against gym defenders. Power shown is for Mega Level 1 and rises up to 1.3× with Mega Level.

Evolution Family

Staryu

#0120

Water

45 purified

Starmie

#0121

WaterPsychic

Top Counters

Full Rankings

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

1Mega Raichu YElectricThunder ShockElectricZap Cannon+27.6 eDPS
2Mega SceptileBugFury CutterGrassFrenzy PlantE27.5 eDPS
3Dawn Wings NecrozmaPsychicPsycho CutGhostMoongeist Beam27.5 eDPS
4Mega GengarGhostLickEGhostShadow Ball26.8 eDPS
5Shadow ZekromElectricCharge BeamElectricFusion BoltE26.2 eDPS
6Mega HoundoomDarkSnarlDarkDark Pulse+25.9 eDPS

See Full Rankings

Worth Powering Up?

Stronger than the everyday pick against 13 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 BlazikenMega RaidPsychicPsywaveWaterLiquidation++2.8% Gainover Salamence
Mega CameruptMega RaidWaterWater GunWaterLiquidation++2.5% Gainover Inteleon
Mega AerodactylMega RaidPsychicPsywaveWaterLiquidation++1.8% Gainover Lucario
TerrakionTier 5 RaidPsychicPsywaveWaterLiquidation++1.5% Gainover Gallade
EnteiTier 5 RaidWaterWater GunWaterLiquidation++1.4% Gainover Inteleon
Mega SteelixMega RaidWaterWater GunWaterLiquidation++1.4% Gainover Blaziken
BlacephalonTier 5 RaidPsychicPsywaveWaterLiquidation++0.9% Gainover Tyranitar
RegirockTier 5 RaidPsychicPsywaveWaterLiquidation++0.8% Gainover Blaziken

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	152010/10/10	158615/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	202610/10/10	211515/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	253310/10/10	264415/15/15
L40	40	32470/0/0	370115/15/15
L50	50	36710/0/0	418415/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	37150/0/0	423415/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	1586	1391
Level 20	2115	1855
Level 25	2644	2319
Level 30	3173	2783
Level 35	3437	3015
Level 40	3701	3247
Level 45	3939	3456
Level 50	4184	3671
Level 51	4234	3715

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	2.3 m · 80 kg
Gender Ratio	Genderless
Trading	Not TradableNot Transferable

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

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/15/141500 CP at level 15

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/15/14	1500	15	100.00%
#2	0/14/14	1497	15	99.59%
#3	1/13/14	1499	15	99.53%
#4	1/15/12	1496	15	99.20%
#5	0/13/14	1494	15	99.18%
#6	0/13/15	1498	15	99.18%
#7	2/14/12	1499	15	99.15%
#8	1/12/14	1496	15	99.12%
#9	1/12/15	1500	15	99.12%
#10	2/11/14	1498	15	99.07%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1575 of 4,096, with 95.01% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/13/152497 CP at level 25

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/13/15	2497	25	100.00%
#2	0/15/13	2493	25	99.93%
#3	0/15/14	2500	25	99.93%
#4	1/14/13	2496	25	99.88%
#5	2/13/13	2500	25	99.83%
#6	0/12/15	2492	25	99.58%
#7	1/11/15	2496	25	99.53%
#8	0/14/13	2487	25	99.52%
#9	0/14/14	2495	25	99.52%
#10	0/5/14	2497	25.5	99.50%

A 15/15/15 ranks #626 of 4,096, with 97.27% 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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Starmie #0121 Mega

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