Buizel (Pokémon GO) - Best Movesets, Evolutions and CP

Pokémon type

Water

Boosted in Rain weather

Buizel weaknesses

Buizel is weak to Grass and Electric-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Buizel is resistant to Steel, Fire, Water and Ice-type moves.

63%

Best moveset for Buizel

The best moves for Buizel are Water Gun and Water Pulse when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Quick Attack and Aqua Jet deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Water Gun

12DPS

Water Pulse

26DPS

Defending

Quick Attack

10DPS

Water Pulse

26DPS

Trainer Battles

Quick Attack

4EPT

Aqua Jet

2.1DPE

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Evolution

There are 2 Pokémon in the Buizel family. Buizel evolves into Floatzel for 50 Candy.

Buizel

Floatzel

Game images

Buizel, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Summary

Buizel is a Water Pokémon. It is weak to Grass and Electric moves. Buizel's best moveset is Water Gun & Water Pulse and it has a Max CP of 1,192. Buizel evolves into Floatzel.

About

"It inflates the flotation sac around its neck and pokes its head out of the water to see what is going on."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Water Gun	5	10	12
Quick Attack	10	13	10

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Aqua Jet	45	3	1.64
Water Pulse	65	2	1.56
Swift	65	2	1.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Quick Attack	5	2	2.5	4
Water Gun	3	1	3.6	3

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Aqua Jet	70	40	2.1
Water Pulse	80	50	1.92
Swift	55	35	1.57

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Water Gun 12 DPS	Water Pulse 26 DPS	6.3	100%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Aqua Jet 21.6 DPS	5.9	94%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Water Pulse 26 DPS	5.8	93%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Swift 21.7 DPS	5.7	92%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Aqua Jet 21.6 DPS	5.4	87%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Swift 21.7 DPS	5.2	84%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Water Pulse 26 DPS	2.4	100%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Aqua Jet 21.6 DPS	2.3	94%
Quick Attack 10 DPS	Swift 21.7 DPS	2.2	90%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Water Pulse 26 DPS	1.7	70%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Aqua Jet 21.6 DPS	1.6	68%
Water Gun 12 DPS	Swift 21.7 DPS	1.5	64%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Quick Attack 4 EPT	Aqua Jet 2.1 DPE	10	10.9	100%
Quick Attack 4 EPT	Water Pulse 1.92 DPE	14	10.2	93%
Water Gun 3 EPT	Aqua Jet 2.1 DPE	14	9.9	91%
Water Gun 3 EPT	Water Pulse 1.92 DPE	17	9.4	86%
Quick Attack 4 EPT	Swift 1.57 DPE	10	8.8	81%
Water Gun 3 EPT	Swift 1.57 DPE	12	8.3	76%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

Top Buizel counters

For the full ranking, the boss's moves and a raid simulator, see best Buizel Raid Counters »

Pokémon Moveset Trainers

1
Zekrom (Shadow)

Charge Beam

Fusion Bolt

0.03
2
Thundurus (Incarnate Forme) (Shadow)

Thunder Shock

Wildbolt Storm

0.03
3
Regieleki

Lock-On

Thunder Cage

0.03
4
Electivire (Shadow)

Thunder Shock

Wild Charge

0.04
5
Kartana

Razor Leaf

Leaf Blade

0.04

The best Mega or Primal to bring is Mega Raichu Y with Thunder Shock and Zap Cannon+.

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Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		132
Defense		67
Stamina		146

Max HP

Level 40	127
Level 50	135

Average size

Height	0.7 m
Weight	29.5 kg

Second charged move cost

Stardust	50,000
Candy	50

Other

Buddy walk distance

3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	452
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	602
Level 30 Max wild	904
Level 40	1,054
Level 50	1,192

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	753
Level 35 (wild)	979