Luxray in Pokémon GO

Type	Electric
Pokédex number	#405
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	232 / 156 / 190
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	2,888 / 3,265 / 3,304
Max HP, level 50	172
Buddy distance	5 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy
Height / weight	1.4 m / 42 kg

Luxray 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.

Luxray evolves from Luxio for 100 Shinx Candy.

Luxray is the last stage of its family: it does not evolve further.

Family: Shinx · Luxio · Luxray

Luxray 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	1,237	1,180	106	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	1,650	1,573	122	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	2,063	1,967	136	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	2,475	2,360	149	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	2,682	2,557	156
40	2,888	2,754	162
45	3,074	2,931	167
50	3,265	3,113	172
51	3,304	3,150	173	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Luxray best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Snarl	Wild Charge	12.8
Spark	Wild Charge	12.3
Hidden Power	Wild Charge	11.2
Snarl	Hyper Beam	10.8
Spark	Hyper Beam	10.6

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Hidden Power	Normal	15	15	1.5 s	10.0
Snarl	Dark	11	13	1 s	11.0
Spark	Electric	4	6	0.5 s	8.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Crunch	Dark	65	33	3 s	21.7
Hyper Beam	Normal	150	100	4 s	37.5
Psychic Fangs	Psychic	25	33	1 s	25.0	Elite TM
Wild Charge	Electric	90	50	2.5 s	36.0	same type, ×1.2

Luxray weaknesses and resistances

Damage multipliers for each attack type against Electric. 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
Electric	×0.625
Flying	×0.625
Steel	×0.625

Luxray CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 2,888 · HP 162

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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.