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Pokémon GO · #270 · Water / Grass

Lotad in Pokémon GO

Lotad (#270) is a Water / Grass-type Pokémon. In Pokémon GO its max CP is 676 at level 50, 598 at level 40 and 684 as a best buddy at level 51. Its highest-damage moveset is Water Gun with Energy Ball. It takes extra damage from Bug, Flying and Poison attacks.

TypeWater / Grass
Pokédex number#270
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina71 / 77 / 120
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51598 / 676 / 684
Max HP, level 50113
Buddy distance3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight0.51 m / 2.6 kg

Lotad 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.

Lotad evolves into Lombre for 25 Lotad Candy.

Family: Lotad · Lombre · Ludicolo

Lotad 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.

LevelCP 15/15/15CP 10/10/10HP 15/15/15Note
1525623069research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
2034230780eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
2542738490raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
3051346198wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35555499102
40598538106
45637572110
50676608113
51684615114best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Lotad best moveset

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

Fast attackCharged attackDamage per second
Water GunEnergy Ball4.6
Water GunBubble Beam4.5
Water GunScald4.4
Razor LeafEnergy Ball3.8
Razor LeafBubble Beam3.7

Fast attacks

MoveTypePowerEnergyTimePower / s
Razor LeafGrass1371 s13.0same type, ×1.2
Water GunWater550.5 s10.0same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

MoveTypePowerEnergy costTimePower / s
Bubble BeamWater45332 s22.5same type, ×1.2
Energy BallGrass90504 s22.5same type, ×1.2
ScaldWater75503.5 s21.4same type, ×1.2

Lotad weaknesses and resistances

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

Attack typeDamage
Bug×1.6
Flying×1.6
Poison×1.6
Water×0.39
Ground×0.625
Steel×0.625

Lotad CP calculator

CP 598 · HP 106

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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.