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Litleo
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Litleo

FireNormal

Best attacking moveset: Tackle and Flamethrower, worth 8.1 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Litleo can learn 12 combinations. Tackle with Flamethrower does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
EmberFire101.0s+10
Fire FangFire131.0s+9
IncinerateFire322.5s+22
TackleNormal50.5s+5
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
CrunchDark653.0s-33
FlamethrowerFire652.0s-50
Flame ChargeFire704.0s-33

Best moveset against each type

Litleo does not have one best moveset, it has 4. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Bug, Steel, Grass.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
BugFire Fang + Flamethrower12.3
SteelFire Fang + Flamethrower12.3
GrassFire Fang + Flamethrower12.3
IceFire Fang + Flamethrower12.3
PsychicTackle + Crunch8.9
GhostFire Fang + Crunch8.7
NormalTackle + Flamethrower8.1
FightingTackle + Flamethrower8.1
FlyingTackle + Flamethrower8.1
PoisonTackle + Flamethrower8.1
GroundTackle + Flamethrower8.1
ElectricTackle + Flamethrower8.1
DarkTackle + Flamethrower8.1
FairyTackle + Flamethrower8.1
FireTackle + Flamethrower6.7
WaterTackle + Flamethrower6.7
DragonTackle + Flamethrower6.7
RockTackle + Crunch5.6

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Litleo is actually for.

Counters: what beats Litleo

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
LucarioFightingSteelForce PalmAura SphereLegacy48.6
PheromosaBugFightingLow KickFocus Blast44.5
TerrakionRockFightingDouble KickSacred SwordLegacy44.3
BlazikenFireFightingCounterAura Sphere43.9
InteleonWaterWater GunHydro CannonLegacy41.9

Ranked by damage per second against Litleo's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family. Twelve deep, with what Litleo is weak to.

Type matchups

Weak toFightingGroundRockWater
ResistsBugSteelFireGrassIceFairy
Strongly resistsGhost

Shiny

Litleo
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Shiny Litleo
Shiny

Yes. Shiny Litleo has been released. Players have found it from: wild, raid, research, photobomb.

Evolution family

Numbers

Max CP1,611 at level 50, 1,425 at level 40
Raid catch814 CP at level 20, or 1,018 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch761 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats139 attack · 112 defense · 158 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Buddy distance3 km per Candy
Size0.6 m and 13.5 kg