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Spheal Spotlight Hour takes place on December 23rd, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm local time, with a bonus of 2x XP for evolving Pokémon. This Spotlight Hour is the fourth December 2025 Pokémon spotlight. It’s a great time to evolve any trash Pokémon in your storage before you transfer them.
Trainers who plan to participate should be prepared with a Mega Pokémon to maximise candy gains per Spheal caught. Here’s everything you need to know!
You will get 2x XP for Evolving Pokémon
Shiny Spheal and its evolution are available in Pokémon GO
Note on XP Bonus
If you do not want to catch the featured Pokémon or do not have enough Spheal candy saved, you can make use of the 2x Evolution XP bonus by evolving any saved Pokémon, or opening a Mystery Box (or Coin Bag) and evolving those!
Spheal
Spheal is a Ice and Water-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, with a maximum Combat Power of 1088 CP. Spheal best moveset in Pokémon GO is Water Gun and Aurora Beam.
Spheal is weak to Electric, Fighting, Grass, and Rock moves. It is strong against Water and Ice moves. Shiny Spheal is available in Pokémon GO. Spheal is boosted by Snow and Rain weather.
Shiny Spheal has a distinctive difference, its grey gloves and bib turn into a salmon pink colour! Good luck with your shiny hunting, trainers!
| – | Regular | Shiny |
|---|---|---|
| Spheal |  |
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| Sealeo |  |
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| Walrein |  |
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| LVL | CP | LVL | CP | LVL | CP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 CP | 2 | 42 CP | 3 | 71 CP |
| 4 | 100 CP | 5 | 129 CP | 6 | 158 CP |
| 7 | 187 CP | 8 | 217 CP | 9 | 246 CP |
| 10 | 275 CP | 11 | 302 CP | 12 | 330 CP |
| 13 | 357 CP | 14 | 385 CP | 15 | 412 CP |
| 16 | 440 CP | 17 | 467 CP | 18 | 495 CP |
| 19 | 522 CP | 20 | 550 CP | 21 | 577 CP |
| 22 | 605 CP | 23 | 632 CP | 24 | 660 CP |
| 25 | 687 CP | 26 | 715 CP | 27 | 742 CP |
| 28 | 770 CP | 29 | 797 CP | 30 | 825 CP |
| 31 | 838 CP | 32 | 852 CP | 33 | 866 CP |
| 34 | 880 CP | 35 | 893 CP | 36 | 907 CP |
| 37 | 921 CP | 38 | 935 CP | 39 | 948 CP |
| 40 | 962 CP | 41 | 974 CP | 42 | 987 CP |
| 43 | 999 CP | 44 | 1012 CP | 45 | 1024 CP |
| 46 | 1037 CP | 47 | 1049 CP | 48 | 1062 CP |
| 49 | 1075 CP | 50 | 1088 CP |
The following Pokémon will grant you extra bonuses when catching Spheal if they are Mega/Primal evolved.
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.
PVP
🔵 Great League
Walrein has its fortunes changed with the inclusion of two powerful Ice-type moves to its arsenal during its Community Day: Frost Breath and Icicle Spear. This duo, combined with Earthquake, gives Walrein nearly unresisted coverage in PvP. 👀
This toolkit helps Walrein decimate the Great League’s premier Grass, Flying, Dragon, and Ground types, Water types like Azumarill, Shadow Feraligatr, and Dusclops, Wigglytuff, and Alolan Sandslash. ❄️ Walrein’s weak defensive profile gets to it but overall, this is a solid Pokémon to spread terror in the Great League. ☠️
🟡 Ultra League
Walrein is intimidating in the Ultra League where this beast uses its powerful moves to slay Dragons like Shadow Dragonite, Zygarde Complete, Giratina Altered, and Guzzlord, Shadow Drapion, Typhlosion, Feraligatr, Gliscor, Drifblim, Mandibuzz, and Galarian Weezing. Even in losing matchups, it does quite a lot of damage and/or baits shields. 👌
While it may not directly get too many wins, it always plays a major role in contributing towards victories. 👏
🟣 Master League
Walrein can beat Dragon, Ground, and Flying types but with the existence of Black and White Kyurem, Kyogre, and Mamoswine… all who get the job done more efficiently. That said, Walrein is still a threat and can cripple opponents even when it loses. So don’t dismiss it entirely but at the same time, don’t be overly reliant on it. 🙂
💎 The best moves for Walrein in PvP are Powder Snow, Icicle Spear and Earthquake.
PVE
Walrein is a bulky, budget pick for an Ice-type attacker and a Dex filler for those with strong Ice types in their collection. ❄️
Sure, use it in lower tier Raids for the spice but there’s no point using Elite TMs for its legacy moves (Frost Breath and Icicle Spear) as far as PvE goes. 🫤
⚔️ Raids
Walrein’s impressive bulk gives it a nice TDO so maybe use it in 1- and 3-Star Raids. There are so many better Ice-type Pokémon for more challenging Raids.
🛡️ Gyms
A decent Gym defender based on stats alone but keep in mind that being an Ice/Water-type Pokémon, it’s weak to the typical Fighting-type Gym attackers.
💎 The best moves for Walrein in PvE are Frost Breath and Icicle Spear.
