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chimchar
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Chimchar

Chimp Pokémon

Fire

Its fiery rear end is fueled by gas made in its belly. Even rain can’t extinguish the fire.

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

Locations

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: 1.2%
Lead
Moves
Taunt / Encore
Fire Blast / Overheat
Item
Focus Sash
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
Def 84
SpA 212
SpD 4
Spe 188

Strategy Overview

Chimchar is one of only two Fire-type Pokemon in Little Cup with access to Stealth Rock. It also has access to many other moves that make it a great lead, such as Fake Out, Taunt, Encore, and U-turn. Unfortunately, its average Speed stat prevents it from utilizing these moves effectively, as it is unable to outspeed many prominent leads in LC. Chimchar is also a poor Stealth Rock user, as although it is able to set up the entry hazard, it loses to all common Rapid Spin users and is shut down by most leads that are faster than it. Chimchar does have decent Attack and Special Attack, along with some great boosting moves in Swords Dance, Nasty Plot, and Bulk Up, but a combination of low Speed, a barren attacking movepool, and below-average bulk prevent it from being a viable offensive threat, particularly as it is outclassed as an offensive Fire-type by Ponyta, Larvesta, and Vulpix.

Most Used Moves

Fake Out
57.8%
U-turn
29.7%

Most Used Items

Eviolite
12.3%
Life Orb
10.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc