Zoroark in Pokémon GO

Type	Dark
Pokédex number	#571
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	250 / 127 / 155
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	2,571 / 2,907 / 2,941
Max HP, level 50	142
Buddy distance	5 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy
Height / weight	1.6 m / 81.1 kg

Zoroark 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.

Zoroark evolves from Zorua for 50 Zorua Candy.

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

Family: Zorua · Zoroark

Zoroark 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	1,102	1,046	87	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	1,469	1,395	101	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	1,836	1,743	113	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	2,204	2,092	124	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	2,387	2,267	129
40	2,571	2,441	134
45	2,736	2,598	138
50	2,907	2,760	142
51	2,941	2,793	143	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Zoroark best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Snarl	Foul Play	13.5
Snarl	Sludge Bomb	12.6
Shadow Claw	Foul Play	11.9
Snarl	Flamethrower	11.7
Shadow Claw	Sludge Bomb	11.3

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Shadow Claw	Ghost	6	4	0.5 s	12.0
Snarl	Dark	11	13	1 s	11.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Flamethrower	Fire	65	50	2 s	32.5
Foul Play	Dark	70	50	2 s	35.0	same type, ×1.2
Night Shade	Ghost	60	50	2.5 s	24.0
Sludge Bomb	Poison	85	50	2.5 s	34.0

Zoroark weaknesses and resistances

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

Attack type	Damage
Bug	×1.6
Fairy	×1.6
Fighting	×1.6
Psychic	×0.39
Dark	×0.625
Ghost	×0.625

Zoroark CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 2,571 · HP 134

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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.