Growlithe

#58 (Kanto)

#59 Arcanine ›

Pokémon type

Fire

Growlithe weaknesses

Growlithe is weak to Ground, Rock and Water-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Growlithe is resistant to Bug, Steel, Fire, Grass, Ice and Fairy-type moves.

63%

Best moveset for Growlithe

The best moves for Growlithe are Bite and Flamethrower when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Ember and Flame Wheel deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Bite

12DPS

Flamethrower

39DPS

Defending

Ember

12DPS

Flamethrower

39DPS

Trainer Battles

Ember

4.5EPT

Flame Wheel

2.13DPE

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Evolution

There are 2 Pokémon in the Growlithe family. Growlithe evolves into Arcanine for 50 Candy.

Forms

There are 2 different forms of Growlithe:

Normal

Hisuian Form

Game images

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

Events

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4th Aug

Summary

Growlithe is a Fire Pokémon. It is weak to Ground, Rock and Water moves. Growlithe's best moveset is Bite & Flamethrower and it has a Max CP of 1,405. Growlithe evolves into Arcanine.

About

"Growlithe has a superb sense of smell. Once it smells anything, this Pokémon won't forget the scent, no matter what. It uses its advanced olfactory sense to determine the emotions of other living things."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Bite	6	8	12
Ember	10	10	12

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Flamethrower	65	2	1.56
Body Slam	50	3	1.52
Flame Wheel	55	2	1.32
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Ember	4	2	2.4	4.5
Bite	2	1	2	4

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Flame Wheel	80	45	2.13
Flamethrower	90	55	1.96
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Body Slam	65	40	1.63
Frustration Shadow	10	70	0.14

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
Bite 12 DPS	Flamethrower 39 DPS	7	100%
Ember 12 DPS	Flamethrower 39 DPS	7	100%
Bite 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	6.3	91%
Ember 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	6.2	89%
Bite 12 DPS	Body Slam 25 DPS	6.1	88%
Bite 12 DPS	Flame Wheel 26.4 DPS	6.1	88%
Ember 12 DPS	Body Slam 25 DPS	6	86%
Ember 12 DPS	Flame Wheel 26.4 DPS	6	86%
Bite 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	5	71%
Ember 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	4.5	64%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Ember 12 DPS	Flamethrower 39 DPS	2.6	100%
Ember 12 DPS	Flame Wheel 26.4 DPS	2.3	89%
Ember 12 DPS	Body Slam 25 DPS	2.3	89%
Ember 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.9	74%
Bite 12 DPS	Flamethrower 39 DPS	1.6	64%
Bite 12 DPS	Body Slam 25 DPS	1.5	60%
Bite 12 DPS	Flame Wheel 26.4 DPS	1.5	59%
Ember 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.3	52%
Bite 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.3	50%
Bite 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1	39%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Ember 4.5 EPT	Flame Wheel 2.13 DPE	10	12	100%
Ember 4.5 EPT	Flamethrower 1.96 DPE	14	11.2	94%
Ember 4.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	16	10.8	90%
Bite 4 EPT	Flame Wheel 2.13 DPE	12	10.5	88%
Bite 4 EPT	Flamethrower 1.96 DPE	14	9.9	82%
Ember 4.5 EPT	Body Slam 1.63 DPE	10	9.7	81%
Bite 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	9.4	79%
Bite 4 EPT	Body Slam 1.63 DPE	10	8.5	71%
Ember 4.5 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	16	3	25%
Bite 4 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	18	2.6	21%

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

What counters Growlithe?

Growlithe is weak to Ground, Rock and Water moves.

The best counter to Growlithe is Primal Kyogre with Waterfall and Origin Pulse, followed by Primal Groudon, Mega Greninja and Mega Diancie.

The top Growlithe counters, ranked by the damage each Pokémon and moveset does to it. Filter the list to see how your own Pokémon compare.

Pokémon	Moveset	Effective damage
Primal Kyogre	Waterfall Origin Pulse	100%
Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Precipice Blades	99%
Mega Greninja	Water Shuriken Hydro Cannon	97%
Mega Greninja	Water Shuriken Surf+	97%
Mega Greninja	Bubble Hydro Cannon	95%
Mega Greninja	Bubble Surf+	94%
Primal Kyogre	Waterfall Hydro Pump	93%
Primal Kyogre	Waterfall Surf	92%
Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Earthquake	91%
Mega Diancie	Rock Throw Rock Slide	90%

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		136
Defense		93
Stamina		146

Max HP

Level 40

127

Size

Height	0.7 m
Weight	19 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	533
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	710
Level 30 Max wild	1,066
Level 40	1,243
Level 50	1,405

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	888
Level 35 (wild)	1,154