Greninja
Greninja · #0658
Greninja is a Water / Dark-type mons. Base stats: Attack 223 · Defense 152 · Stamina 176. Maximum CP at level 50 is 3037. The shiny variant is released and can be encountered in the game. Use the IV calculator below to lock the exact stats from your appraisal bars.
Hundo CP — Greninja at 100% IV
The exact CP a perfect 15/15/15 Greninja shows at each encounter type. If the CP matches, it can be a hundo — verify with the IV calculator.
| Field Research reward | CP 1137 |
| Raid / egg / breakthrough | CP 1516 |
| Weather-boosted raid | CP 1896 |
| Wild (L30 cap) | CP 2275 |
| Wild, weather-boosted (L35) | CP 2465 |
| Shadow (grunt catch) → purifies to hundo | CP 586 |
| Shadow (leader / shadow raid) → purifies to hundo | CP 1487 |
Purify-to-hundo: a shadow Greninja caught at exactly these CPs is 13/13/13 — purification adds +2 to every IV, making it a guaranteed 15/15/15.
Base stats
CP tier
Strong raid attacker (3000–3499 max CP)
Is Greninja worth powering up?
For the collection — Greninja isn't a meta raid attacker. Power up for the dex love, not the damage charts.
Evolution line — stages and candy cost
Recommended movesets
Auto-ranked from the learnable-move pool by DPS scoring — a starting point, not a meta-tier verdict.
Legacy & Elite-TM moves
Greninja can still learn these retired moves — via an Elite TM, or free during events that re-feature them (Community Day classics, GO Fest). Often the difference between a bag-filler and a meta pick.
Weakness chart — what beats Greninja
Best counter recommendations
Open the per-type counter pages to see the top picks ranked by raid DPS.
Frequently asked
Greninja reaches a maximum CP of 3037 at level 50 with perfect 15/15/15 IVs (weather-boosted or lucky). At level 40 the CP cap is roughly 88% of that.
The shiny variant is released and can be encountered in the game.
Greninja is a strong raid attacker, especially in Water / Dark matchups where it has STAB advantage.
For the collection — Greninja isn't a meta raid attacker. Power up for the dex love, not the damage charts.
Evolve to unlock: functional Hundo IVs on Froakie →
Greninja has no functional-hundo spreads of its own — but IVs carry through evolution, and Froakie does. A near-perfect Greninja can be a functional Hundo one evolution away. Check the qualifying spreads before transferring.
Related tools
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Data last updated: 2026-07-15
More: /dex/658 (English) — Raid performance, PvP performance