Malamar in Pokémon GO

Type	Dark / Psychic
Pokédex number	#687
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	177 / 165 / 200
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	2,359 / 2,667 / 2,698
Max HP, level 50	180
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	1.5 m / 47 kg

Malamar 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.

Malamar evolves from Inkay for 50 Inkay Candy.

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

Family: Inkay · Malamar

Malamar 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	1,011	959	111	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	1,347	1,279	128	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	1,685	1,599	143	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	2,022	1,919	157	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	2,190	2,079	163
40	2,359	2,239	169
45	2,510	2,382	175
50	2,667	2,531	180
51	2,698	2,561	181	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Malamar best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Psycho Cut	Foul Play	10.0
Psywave	Foul Play	10.0
Psycho Cut	Hyper Beam	9.5
Psywave	Hyper Beam	9.5
Peck	Foul Play	8.7

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Peck	Flying	10	10	1 s	10.0
Psycho Cut	Psychic	4	7	0.5 s	8.0	same type, ×1.2
Psywave	Psychic	4	7	0.5 s	8.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Foul Play	Dark	70	50	2 s	35.0	same type, ×1.2
Hyper Beam	Normal	150	100	4 s	37.5
Psybeam	Psychic	65	50	3 s	21.7	same type, ×1.2
Super Power	Fighting	85	50	3 s	28.3

Malamar weaknesses and resistances

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

Attack type	Damage
Bug	×2.56
Fairy	×1.6
Psychic	×0.244

Malamar CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 2,359 · HP 169

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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.