Cyndaquil in Pokémon GO

Type	Fire
Pokédex number	#155
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	116 / 93 / 118
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	980 / 1,108 / 1,121
Max HP, level 50	111
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Height / weight	0.51 m / 7.9 kg

Cyndaquil evolution

Pokémon GO has no evolution levels: a Pokémon evolves when you spend Candy on it (sometimes with an item or a task), at any level.

Cyndaquil evolves into Quilava for 25 Cyndaquil Candy.

Family: Cyndaquil · Quilava · Typhlosion

Cyndaquil CP by level

Combat Power with perfect stats (15/15/15) and with 10/10/10. Players find that raid, egg and research catches never have a stat below 10; that floor is their measurement, not a number in the game data.

Level	CP 15/15/15	CP 10/10/10	HP 15/15/15	Note
15	420	387	68	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	560	516	79	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	700	645	88	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	840	774	97	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	910	839	101
40	980	903	105
45	1,043	961	108
50	1,108	1,021	111
51	1,121	1,033	112	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Cyndaquil best moveset

Ranked by damage per second over one cycle of fast attacks and one charged attack. Assumptions: Cyndaquil at level 40 with 15/15/15, a target with 180 Defense taking neutral damage, no weather boost, and the energy Cyndaquil gains from being hit left out.

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Ember	Flamethrower	6.1
Tackle	Flamethrower	6.1
Tackle	Flame Charge	5.2
Ember	Flame Charge	5.1
Ember	Swift	4.9

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Ember	Fire	10	10	1 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2
Tackle	Normal	5	5	0.5 s	10.0

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Flame Charge	Fire	70	33	4 s	17.5	same type, ×1.2
Flamethrower	Fire	65	50	2 s	32.5	same type, ×1.2
Swift	Normal	65	50	3 s	21.7

Cyndaquil weaknesses and resistances

Damage multipliers for each attack type against Fire. Pokémon GO uses ×1.6 for super effective and ×0.625 for not very effective, multiplied for two types.

Attack type	Damage
Ground	×1.6
Rock	×1.6
Water	×1.6
Bug	×0.625
Fairy	×0.625
Fire	×0.625
Grass	×0.625
Ice	×0.625
Steel	×0.625

Cyndaquil CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 980 · HP 105

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Sources: stats, moves, evolution costs and the CP multiplier for each level are from the Pokémon GO game master as published by PokeMiners (commit 8e227be, data of 28 August 2026). Which Pokémon are in the game: pogoapi.net (list of 31 January 2026). CP = ⌊(Attack+IV) × √(Defense+IV) × √(Stamina+IV) × CPM² / 10⌋, checked against pogoapi.net’s max CP table for 888 Pokémon. Raid catch levels and the 10/10/10 floor are players’ measurements; they are not in the game data. Pokémon and Pokémon GO are trademarks of their owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Niantic, Scopely, Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company.