Foongus in Pokémon GO

Type	Grass / Poison
Pokédex number	#590
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	97 / 91 / 170
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	979 / 1,107 / 1,120
Max HP, level 50	155
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	0.2 m / 1 kg

Foongus 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.

Foongus evolves into Amoonguss for 50 Foongus Candy.

Family: Foongus · Amoonguss

Foongus 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	419	386	95	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	559	514	110	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	699	643	123	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	839	772	135	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	909	836	140
40	979	901	146
45	1,042	958	150
50	1,107	1,018	155
51	1,120	1,030	156	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Foongus best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Feint Attack	Grass Knot	5.6
Astonish	Grass Knot	5.4
Feint Attack	Energy Ball	4.7
Astonish	Energy Ball	4.4
Feint Attack	Body Slam	4.2

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Astonish	Ghost	7	13	1 s	7.0
Feint Attack	Dark	11	10	1 s	11.0

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Body Slam	Normal	50	33	2 s	25.0
Energy Ball	Grass	90	50	4 s	22.5	same type, ×1.2
Grass Knot	Grass	90	50	2.5 s	36.0	same type, ×1.2

Foongus weaknesses and resistances

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

Attack type	Damage
Fire	×1.6
Flying	×1.6
Ice	×1.6
Psychic	×1.6
Grass	×0.39
Electric	×0.625
Fairy	×0.625
Fighting	×0.625
Water	×0.625

Foongus CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 979 · HP 146

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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.