Magby in Pokémon GO

Type	Fire
Pokédex number	#240
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	151 / 99 / 128
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	1,323 / 1,496 / 1,514
Max HP, level 50	120
Buddy distance	5 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Height / weight	0.71 m / 21.4 kg

Magby 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.

Magby evolves into Magmar for 25 Magmar Candy.

Family: Magmar · Magby · Magmortar

Magby 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	567	528	73	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	756	704	85	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	945	880	95	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	1,134	1,057	104	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	1,229	1,145	108
40	1,323	1,233	113
45	1,408	1,312	116
50	1,496	1,394	120
51	1,514	1,410	120	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Magby best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Ember	Flamethrower	7.7	Elite TM
Karate Chop	Flamethrower	7.5	Elite TM
Ember	Flame Burst	7.5
Karate Chop	Flame Burst	7.2
Ember	Fire Punch	7.0

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Ember	Fire	10	10	1 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2
Karate Chop	Fighting	10	13	1 s	10.0

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Brick Break	Fighting	40	33	1.5 s	26.7
Fire Punch	Fire	50	33	2 s	25.0	same type, ×1.2
Flame Burst	Fire	70	50	2.5 s	28.0	same type, ×1.2
Flamethrower	Fire	65	50	2 s	32.5	same type, ×1.2, Elite TM

Magby 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

Magby CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 1,323 · HP 113

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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.