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Pokémon GO · #7 · Water

Squirtle in Pokémon GO

Squirtle (#7) is a Water-type Pokémon. In Pokémon GO its max CP is 1,069 at level 50, 946 at level 40 and 1,082 as a best buddy at level 51. Its highest-damage moveset is Tackle with Aqua Tail. It takes extra damage from Electric and Grass attacks.

TypeWater
Pokédex number#7
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina94 / 121 / 127
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51946 / 1,069 / 1,082
Max HP, level 50119
Buddy distance3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Height / weight0.5 m / 9 kg

Squirtle 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.

Squirtle evolves into Wartortle for 25 Squirtle Candy.

Family: Squirtle · Wartortle · Blastoise

Squirtle 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
1540537273research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
2054049784eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
2567562194raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30810745103wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35878808108
40946870112
451,006926115
501,069983119
511,082995120best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Squirtle best moveset

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

Fast attackCharged attackDamage per second
TackleAqua Tail5.3
TackleWater Pulse4.9
BubbleAqua Tail4.8
TackleAqua Jet4.5
BubbleWater Pulse4.2

Fast attacks

MoveTypePowerEnergyTimePower / s
BubbleWater10121 s10.0same type, ×1.2
TackleNormal550.5 s10.0

Charged attacks

MoveTypePowerEnergy costTimePower / s
Aqua JetWater45332.5 s18.0same type, ×1.2
Aqua TailWater50332 s25.0same type, ×1.2
Water PulseWater65503 s21.7same type, ×1.2

Squirtle weaknesses and resistances

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

Attack typeDamage
Electric×1.6
Grass×1.6
Fire×0.625
Ice×0.625
Steel×0.625
Water×0.625

Squirtle CP calculator

CP 946 · HP 112

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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.