Poochyena
Pokémon Spotlight Hour will feature a different Pokémon and a special bonus for one hour at 6:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday during the month of May. Poochyena Spotlight Hour takes place on May 20th, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x XP for evolving Pokémon.
This Spotlight Hour is the penultimate May 2025 Pokémon spotlight. Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per ‘mon caught. Here’s everything you need to know!
Bonuses ⭐
You will get 2x XP for evolving Pokémon
The featured Pokémon and its evolution can be shiny in Pokémon GO
Note on XP Bonus
If you do not want to catch the featured Pokémon, you can make use of the 2x Evolution XP bonus by evolving any saved Scatterbug, or opening a Mystery Box or Coin Bag! This is a great opportunity to evolve any Pokémon for XP before clearing out your storage.
The old-school grinders will remember the days of saving Pidgey and other low cost evolutions for this sort of spotlight hour, and it can be a good way to grind XP with a lucky egg on.
Poochyena family fact sheet
Poochyena is a Dark-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a Dark-type Pokémon, Poochyena is weak to Bug, Fairy, and Fighting-type moves.
Poochyena’s maximum Combat Power stat is 766 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Snarl and Poison Fang. Poochyena encounters are boosted during Fog weather. Shiny Poochyena is available! ✨
How to evolve Poochyena into Mightyena
Shiny Poochyena
Shiny Poochyena should be easy enough to spot – the usual grey colourings turn light yellow and brown.
| Pokémon | Regular | Shiny |
|---|---|---|
| Poochyena |  |
 |
| Mightyena |  |
 |
Poochyena CP and IV Chart
| LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 CP | 2 | 30 CP | 3 | 50 CP |
| 4 | 71 CP | 5 | 91 CP | 6 | 111 CP |
| 7 | 132 CP | 8 | 152 CP | 9 | 173 CP |
| 10 | 193 CP | 11 | 213 CP | 12 | 232 CP |
| 13 | 252 CP | 14 | 271 CP | 15 | 290 CP |
| 16 | 310 CP | 17 | 329 CP | 18 | 348 CP |
| 19 | 368 CP | 20 | 387 CP | 21 | 407 CP |
| 22 | 426 CP | 23 | 445 CP | 24 | 465 CP |
| 25 | 484 CP | 26 | 503 CP | 27 | 523 CP |
| 28 | 542 CP | 29 | 562 CP | 30 | 581 CP |
| 31 | 591 CP | 32 | 600 CP | 33 | 610 CP |
| 34 | 620 CP | 35 | 629 CP | 36 | 639 CP |
| 37 | 649 CP | 38 | 659 CP | 39 | 668 CP |
| 40 | 678 CP | 41 | 687 CP | 42 | 695 CP |
| 43 | 704 CP | 44 | 713 CP | 45 | 722 CP |
| 46 | 730 CP | 47 | 739 CP | 48 | 748 CP |
| 49 | 757 CP | 50 | 766 CP |
Mega Pokémon that boost Poochyena
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Poochyena if they are Mega/Primal evolved. We highly recommend Mega Evolving a Pokémon during this event to get as much candy as possible!
A Note on Mega Catch Bonus
While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.
Is it Worth Evolving Poochyena?
PVE
No
PVP
MIGHTYENA has never really lived up to its name, always having more potential then performance to back it up. Having Poison Fang, Crunch, and Play Rough looks juicy, but it’s been stuck with the three improved (but still low-ish energy) Elemental Fangs as fast move options (and the completely unviable Bite). Now it too learns Sucker Punch, which is… kinda weird for something that has no hands, but hey, it helps out its performance quite a bit. Note that it uses Return there, which obviously means a purified version, but that really does seem the best way to go. (Crunch works well enough in a pinch too, though.) We’re still just talking spice here, but at least Mightyena can aspire to that now where it’s never really been able to before!
