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chandelure
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Chandelure

Luring Pokémon

GhostFire

Being consumed in Chandelure’s flame burns up the spirit, leaving the body behind.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 55
Defense 90
Sp. Atk 145
Sp. Def 90
Speed 80
Total 520

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Luring Pokémon
Height 1.0 m
Weight 34.3 kg
Base Exp 234
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Indeterminate

Sprites

chandelure Front Front
chandelure Back Back
chandelure Front Shiny Front Shiny
chandelure Back Shiny Back Shiny
chandelure Official Art Official Art
chandelure Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Substitute + Calm Mind (Ghost)
Item
Spooky Plate / Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Ghost

Chandelure is an amazing wallbreaker and setup sweeper on Ghost teams because of its high Special Attack and great offensive typing. It happens to be the best option Ghost teams have to get rid of Steel-types like Mega Scizor and Ferrothorn. Flash Fire gives Chandelure a Fire immunity to absorb powerful attacks like V-create and Fire Blast, which adds to its Fighting and Normal immunities. Calm Mind lets it muscle past bulky Pokemon like Heatran and Porygon2. Unfortunately, Chandelure's Fire typing and poor bulk cause it to be worn down constantly, which is made worse by Ghost teams' lack of viable entry hazard removal. Its average Speed tier leaves it open to faster threats like Excadrill and Hydreigon. Although its Special Attack is very high, Chandelure still has a hard time breaking through specially defensive Pokemon like Tyranitar and Tentacruel.

Most Used Moves

Trick
55.7%
Psychic
10.4%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc