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chinchou
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Chinchou

Angler Pokémon

WaterElectric

CHINCHOU lets loose positive and negative electrical charges from its two antennas to make its prey faint. This POKéMON flashes its electric lights to exchange signals with others.

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

Hoenn Route 124 Underwater
Hoenn Route 126 Underwater
Shalour City
Azure Bay

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

zu Usage: 8.4%
LCPUZU
Offensive Utility
Moves
Hydro Pump / Surf
Thunderbolt
Ice Beam
Toxic / Thunder Wave
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Modest
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Most Used Moves

Thunderbolt
93.3%
Ice Beam
89.3%
Thunder Wave
75.1%
Hydro Pump
73.5%
Hidden Power Grass
22.4%
Surf
22.2%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
74.1%
Lum Berry
25.6%
Salac Berry
0.3%

Common Teammates

Mightyena 49.5%Ponyta 49.3%Abra 27.8%Aipom 23.3%Rhyhorn 23.0%Anorith 21.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc