Tentacruel in Pokémon GO

Type	Water / Poison
Pokédex number	#73
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	166 / 209 / 190
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	2,422 / 2,738 / 2,771
Max HP, level 50	172
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	1.6 m / 55 kg

Tentacruel 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.

Tentacruel evolves from Tentacool for 50 Tentacool Candy.

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

Family: Tentacool · Tentacruel

Tentacruel 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	1,038	986	106	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	1,384	1,314	122	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	1,730	1,643	136	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	2,076	1,972	149	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	2,249	2,136	156
40	2,422	2,300	162
45	2,578	2,448	167
50	2,738	2,600	172
51	2,771	2,631	173	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Tentacruel best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Poison Jab	Hydro Pump	9.6
Acid	Hydro Pump	9.3
Poison Jab	Blizzard	9.1
Poison Jab	Sludge Wave	9.0
Poison Jab	Payback	8.7

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Acid	Poison	11	10	1 s	11.0	same type, ×1.2
Poison Jab	Poison	13	9	1 s	13.0	same type, ×1.2
Poison Sting	Poison	4	6	0.5 s	8.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Acid Spray	Poison	20	50	3 s	6.7	same type, ×1.2
Blizzard	Ice	130	100	3 s	43.3
Hydro Pump	Water	135	100	3.5 s	38.6	same type, ×1.2
Payback	Dark	95	100	2 s	47.5
Scald	Water	75	50	3.5 s	21.4	same type, ×1.2
Sludge Wave	Poison	105	100	3 s	35.0	same type, ×1.2

Tentacruel weaknesses and resistances

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

Attack type	Damage
Electric	×1.6
Ground	×1.6
Psychic	×1.6
Bug	×0.625
Fairy	×0.625
Fighting	×0.625
Fire	×0.625
Ice	×0.625
Poison	×0.625
Steel	×0.625
Water	×0.625

Tentacruel CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 2,422 · 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.