Drifloon in Pokémon GO

Type	Ghost / Flying
Pokédex number	#425
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	117 / 80 / 207
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	1,197 / 1,353 / 1,369
Max HP, level 50	186
Buddy distance	5 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy
Height / weight	0.4 m / 1.2 kg

Drifloon 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.

Drifloon evolves into Drifblim for 50 Drifloon Candy.

Family: Drifloon · Drifblim

Drifloon 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	513	475	114	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	684	633	132	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	855	791	148	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	1,026	950	162	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	1,111	1,029	169
40	1,197	1,108	175
45	1,274	1,179	180
50	1,353	1,253	186
51	1,369	1,268	187	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Drifloon best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Hex	Shadow Ball	6.7
Astonish	Shadow Ball	6.7
Hex	Ominous Wind	5.3
Astonish	Ominous Wind	5.3
Hex	Icy Wind	4.3

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Astonish	Ghost	7	13	1 s	7.0	same type, ×1.2
Hex	Ghost	8	13	1 s	8.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Icy Wind	Ice	65	33	3.5 s	18.6
Ominous Wind	Ghost	55	33	2.5 s	22.0	same type, ×1.2
Shadow Ball	Ghost	100	50	3 s	33.3	same type, ×1.2

Drifloon weaknesses and resistances

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

Attack type	Damage
Dark	×1.6
Electric	×1.6
Ghost	×1.6
Ice	×1.6
Rock	×1.6
Fighting	×0.244
Bug	×0.39
Ground	×0.39
Normal	×0.39
Grass	×0.625
Poison	×0.625

Drifloon CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 1,197 · HP 175

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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.