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chinchou
#170

Chinchou

Angler Pokémon

WaterElectric

It discharges positive and negative electricity from its antenna tips to shock its foes.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 38
Defense 38
Sp. Atk 56
Sp. Def 56
Speed 67
Total 330

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
ground 2xgrass 2x
Resistant to
steel ¼xflying ½xfire ½xwater ½xice ½x

Abilities

Volt Absorb Illuminate

Held Items

Yellow Shard 5%Deep Sea Scale 5%

Evolution Chain

chinchou Chinchou
→
lanturn Lanturn Lv. 27

Moves

Locations

Sinnoh Sea Route 220
New Bark Town
Johto Sea Route 41
Johto Route 47
Kanto Sea Route 20
Cinnabar Island
Vermilion City
Pallet Town
Kanto Route 26
Kanto Route 27
Kanto Sea Route 21
Vermilion City Ss Anne Dock

Details

Category Angler Pokémon
Height 0.5 m
Weight 12.0 kg
Base Exp 66
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 190
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water2

Sprites

chinchou Front Front
chinchou Back Back
chinchou Front Shiny Front Shiny
chinchou Back Shiny Back Shiny
chinchou Official Art Official Art
chinchou Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 35.4%
Agility
Item
Oran Berry
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 52
SpA 232
Spe 220

Most Used Moves

Thunderbolt
99.9%
Hydro Pump
93.5%
Agility
89.5%
Hidden Power Ground
44.9%
Hidden Power Fire
30.6%
Hidden Power Grass
18.2%

Most Used Items

Oran Berry
88.6%
Choice Scarf
8.7%
Life Orb
1.6%
Shuca Berry
1.0%
Sitrus Berry
0.1%

Common Teammates

Gligar 80.0%Munchlax 77.6%Gastly 53.1%Snover 33.5%Duskull 29.3%Stunky 22.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc