Growlithe
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 June. Growlithe Spotlight Hour takes place on June 24th, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x XP for evolving Pokémon.
This Spotlight Hour is the final June 2025 Pokémon spotlight. Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Pokémon 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.
Growlithe family fact sheet
Growlithe is a Fire-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO. As a Fire-type Pokémon, Growlithe is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-type moves.
Growlithe’s maximum Combat Power stat is 1405 CP, and its best Pokémon GO moves are Bite and Flamethrower. Growlithe encounters are boosted during Sunny weather. Shiny Growlithe is available! ✨
How to evolve Growlithe into Arcanine
Shiny Growlithe
Shiny Growlithe is subtle but should be easy enough to spot. Its orange fur takes on a paler, yellow shade.
| Pokémon | Regular | Shiny |
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| Growlithe |  |
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| Arcanine |  |
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Growlithe CP and IV Chart
| LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP | LVL | Max CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 CP | 2 | 55 CP | 3 | 92 CP |
| 4 | 130 CP | 5 | 167 CP | 6 | 205 CP |
| 7 | 242 CP | 8 | 280 CP | 9 | 317 CP |
| 10 | 355 CP | 11 | 390 CP | 12 | 426 CP |
| 13 | 461 CP | 14 | 497 CP | 15 | 533 CP |
| 16 | 568 CP | 17 | 604 CP | 18 | 639 CP |
| 19 | 675 CP | 20 | 710 CP | 21 | 746 CP |
| 22 | 781 CP | 23 | 817 CP | 24 | 852 CP |
| 25 | 888 CP | 26 | 923 CP | 27 | 959 CP |
| 28 | 994 CP | 29 | 1030 CP | 30 | 1066 CP |
| 31 | 1083 CP | 32 | 1101 CP | 33 | 1119 CP |
| 34 | 1137 CP | 35 | 1154 CP | 36 | 1172 CP |
| 37 | 1190 CP | 38 | 1208 CP | 39 | 1225 CP |
| 40 | 1243 CP | 41 | 1259 CP | 42 | 1275 CP |
| 43 | 1291 CP | 44 | 1307 CP | 45 | 1323 CP |
| 46 | 1339 CP | 47 | 1356 CP | 48 | 1372 CP |
| 49 | 1389 CP | 50 | 1405 CP |
Mega Pokémon that boost Growlithe
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Growlithe 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 Growlithe?
PVE
As a C tier gym defender and D tier fire-type attacker. Growlithe is more of a collection piece than for actual use in PVE at least.
PVP
ARCANINE can run with Thunder Fang, though honestly, having Wild Charge for potential Electric damage means it usually wants to stick with STAB Fire Fang instead. It has some intrigue in lower Leagues, but honestly, I’m kinda interested in it now in Master League, where it can now achieve JUST shy of a 50% winrate (15-16-0 record) with Fire Fang/Psychic Fangs/Scorching Sands, which gives it wins over Dialga and Origin Dialga (as opposed to Psychic Fangs/Wild Charge which beats Yveltal instead). Arcanine with FF/PF/SS can actually beat everything old Fire Fang Arcanine could with Scorching Sands or Wild Charge.
It’s an overused phrase, but Arcanine with Psychic Fangs, Scorching Sands, and buffed Fire Fang is truly “strictly better” than old Fire Fang Arcanine with any moveset, tacking on Dusk Mane and the previously mentioned Dialga wins to anything Arcanine used to be able to do. Burning through Fairies, Steels (even Excadrill), and Ice and Grass types like nobody’s business… Arcanine could legit find a spot on Master League teams now, and is an easier XL grind than many other Master League ‘mons.
