Varoom in Pokémon GO

Type	Steel / Poison
Pokédex number	#965
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	123 / 107 / 128
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	1,138 / 1,287 / 1,302
Max HP, level 50	120
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	1 m / 35 kg

Varoom 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.

Varoom evolves into Revavroom for 50 Varoom Candy.

Family: Varoom · Revavroom

Varoom 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	487	452	73	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	650	603	85	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	813	753	95	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	975	904	104	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	1,057	980	108
40	1,138	1,055	113
45	1,211	1,123	116
50	1,287	1,193	120
51	1,302	1,207	120	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Varoom best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Poison Jab	Gunk Shot	7.2
Lick	Gunk Shot	7.1
Metal Sound	Gunk Shot	7.1
Poison Jab	Gyro Ball	6.4
Lick	Gyro Ball	6.1

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Lick	Ghost	5	6	0.5 s	10.0
Metal Sound	Steel	4	6	0.5 s	8.0	same type, ×1.2
Poison Jab	Poison	13	9	1 s	13.0	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
Gunk Shot	Poison	130	100	3 s	43.3	same type, ×1.2
Gyro Ball	Steel	85	50	3.5 s	24.3	same type, ×1.2

Varoom weaknesses and resistances

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

Attack type	Damage
Ground	×2.56
Fire	×1.6
Poison	×0.244
Bug	×0.39
Fairy	×0.39
Grass	×0.39
Dragon	×0.625
Flying	×0.625
Ice	×0.625
Normal	×0.625
Rock	×0.625
Steel	×0.625

Varoom CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 1,138 · 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.