Lapras is a Water, Ice-type Pokémon from the Kanto region. It does not evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
Pokédex description
Possible attacks
Fast attacks
Charged attacks
Attack availability
- Water Gun, Hydro Pump: added on February 16th, 2017
- Surf: added on December 8th, 2017
- Skull Bash: added on July 9th, 2019
- Dragon Pulse: removed on February 16th, 2017
- Ice Shard: removed on February 16th, 2017, later available during events: Special Raid Challenge and Jan 2020 Research Breakthrough
- Ice Beam: removed on December 8th, 2017, later available during events: Special Raid Challenge and Jan 2020 Research Breakthrough
Evolution family
Lapras is part of a one-member family.
Event Pokémon forms
Sprites | Release | |
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Drip Lapras was released at the start of Water Festival 2022 on May 12th, 2022. Shiny form of drip Lapras was released on the same day. | ||
Blanche Lapras was released at the start of A Mystic Hero on April 13th, 2023. Shiny form of Blanche Lapras was released on the same day. |
Availability
- Lapras was released along with the game launch on July 6th, 2016.
- Shiny form of Lapras was released at the start of Safari Zone in Sentosa on April 18th, 2019.
- Shadow form of Lapras was released at the start of Halloween 2019 on October 17th, 2019.
- Shiny form of Shadow Lapras was released at the start of Team GO Rocket Event on July 10th, 2020.
Method | Maximum CP | Details |
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Wild |
2,263 2,452 (weather boosted) |
In wild since 2016 Jul 6
Increased spawns in: |
Eggs |
1,509 |
Increased chance/Previously in: |
Raid Battles |
1,509 1,886 (weather boosted) |
Tier 3 CP 14,847
Visit List of Raid Bosses changes for complete appearance |
Research tasks |
1,131 | Field Research: Win a raid: Timeless Travels Win a raid: Holiday 2023 Hatch an Egg: Water Festival: Beach Week (drip) Catch 25 Pokémon: Water Festival 2022 (drip) Defeat a Team GO Rocket Leader: 2022 Jan Use 5 Golden Razz Berries to help catch Pokémon: New Pokémon Snap Celebration Catch 10 Pokémon: Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto Catch 10 Ice-type Pokémon; Catch 10 Psychic-type Pokémon; Make 10 Great Throws in a row: Galarian Mr. Mime Event Hatch 7 Eggs: Holiday 2019 Send 25 Gifts to friends: World Tourism Day Win 5 Gym battles: 2019 Jan - Apr Evolve 2 Shellder: Water Festival 2018 Special Research/Timed Research: Frosty Festivities - Completing 2nd part Winter Wishes - 2nd part: Catch 40 Ice-type Pokémon A Mystic Hero - Completing 3rd part (Blanche) Winter Wishes - 2nd part: Catch 40 Ice-type Pokémon Winter Holiday Timed Research - 4th part: Catch 15 Ice-type Pokémon Water Festival: Catch Challenge - Completing 1st part (drip) Pokémon GO Tour: Johto Battle Challenge - Completing 8th part Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto - Completing 6th part GO Tour Kanto: Defeat All Challengers - 3rd part: Win a raid Throwback Challenge 2020: Kanto - 6th part: Catch a Fighting-type Pokémon A Colossal Discovery - 2nd part: Catch 7 Ice-type Pokémon Jump-Start Research - Completing 5th part Research Breakthrough: 2023 Dec - 2024 Feb 2020 Dec 2020 Jan |
Team GO Rocket |
595 981 (weather boosted) |
Rescuing from Grunts: 2019 Oct 17 - 2020 Jul 10 Rescuing from Leaders: Sierra: 2020 Jul 10 - Oct 12 |
GO Battle League |
1,509 | Obtainable starting from rank: 11 (Season 14) 7 (Preseason - Season 2) |
Gallery
Stickers
Trivia
- Between November 11th and 23rd, 2016, Lapras's spawn rate was significantly higher during a Lapras Event that occurred near the coastal areas of the Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures in Japan. [2]
- During this event, Lapras became more common to capture in an effort to raise money to rebuild after the 2011 earthquake.
- Lapras is a tier 3 Raid Boss most recently. However, it used to be a tier 4 before.
- The number of "Win 5 Gym battles" dropped sharply after the release of shiny Lapras.[3]
- Shiny Shadow Lapras was accidentally made available early from Team GO Rocket Grunt.[4] Shadow Lapras was changed to be Sierra's first Pokémon in the following Team GO Rocket Event.
- Along with Chansey and Snorlax, Lapras is considered as one of the most effective Gym defenders of Kanto-region Pokémon.
References
- ↑ Jump-start your summer with Extraordinary Raid Week!. Pokémon GO Live. Retrieved on 2019-05-16.
- ↑ Pokemon GO Japan Lapras Event: Niantic Spawning Lapras In Record Number To Help Quake Victims Retrieved on 2018-01-02.
- ↑ The rarity of the Lapras task is insane /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2019-05-26.
- ↑ Shiny shadow from a grunt.. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2020-07-11.