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chimchar
#390

Chimchar

Chimp Pokémon

Fire

It is very agile. Before going to sleep, it extinguishes the flame on its tail to prevent fires.

Base Stats

HP 44
Attack 58
Defense 44
Sp. Atk 58
Sp. Def 44
Speed 61
Total 309

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Blaze Iron Fist (Hidden)

Evolution Chain

monferno Monferno Lv. 14
infernape Infernape Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Chimp Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 6.2 kg
Base Exp 62
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground ,Humanshape

Sprites

chimchar Front Front
chimchar Back Back
chimchar Front Shiny Front Shiny
chimchar Back Shiny Back Shiny
chimchar Official Art Official Art
chimchar Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 0.7%
Lead
Moves
Overheat / Fire Blast
Hidden Power Grass / Taunt / Protect
Item
Focus Sash / Life Orb
Nature
Hasty
EVs
HP 4
Atk 56
SpA 216
SpD 4
Spe 188

Strategy Overview

Chimchar has a great movepool, with access to stat boosting moves such as Swords Dance, Nasty Plot, and Flame Charge, but it is held back by its mediocre stats. Chimchar does, however, make a great lead, because it can either set up Stealth Rock, or deal massive damage to the opponent's lead with a combination of Fake Out and Overheat. However, after using Overheat, Chimchar will be left at a disadvantage, because it can either be easily revenge killed or set up on, since its Special Attack is cut in half. Team Preview has not been kind to Chimchar either, as the opponent will see Chimchar as a lead and rearrange his Pokemon accordingly to give it an outright disadvantage. Chimchar still makes a great lead though, and is not to be underestimated.

Most Used Moves

Fake Out
98.0%
Overheat
64.3%
Taunt
64.3%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc