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Chinchou, a Water and Electric type Pokémon, official artwork

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Chinchou: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Chinchou is a balanced Pokémon, led by its HP (75) and Speed (67), with a base stat total of 330. Competitively it is a Little Cup Pokémon.

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What is Chinchou weak to?

How much damage Chinchou takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toGrassGround
0.5×ResistsFireFlyingIceWater
0.25×ResistsSteel

With Volt Absorb, Electric attacks do nothing instead of normal damage.

With Water Absorb, Water attacks do nothing instead of half damage.

Chinchou takes super-effective damage from Grass, Ground. It resists Fire, Flying, Ice, Water, Steel. That is by type alone: with Volt Absorb, Electric attacks do nothing instead of normal damage; with Water Absorb, Water attacks do nothing instead of half damage.

Best moveset for Chinchou

Chinchou has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Double-EdgeNormal120
  • BlizzardIce110
  • Hydro PumpWater110
  • ThunderElectric110

Best nature for Chinchou

Modest. Chinchou leans special (56 Sp. Atk vs 38 Attack) and isn't winning speed ties, so Modest (+Sp. Atk, −Attack) maximises damage.

Abilities

  • Volt AbsorbThis Pokemon heals 1/4 of its max HP when hit by Electric moves; Electric immunity.
  • IlluminateThis Pokemon's accuracy can't be lowered by others; ignores their evasiveness stat.
  • Water AbsorbThis Pokemon heals 1/4 of its max HP when hit by Water moves; Water immunity.

Evolution line

Chinchou
Lanturn
Full learnset (50 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
BlizzardIce11070%Special
Hydro PumpWater11080%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
Muddy WaterWater9085%Special
SurfWater90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
Wild ChargeElectric90100%Physical
LiquidationWater85100%Physical
Dazzling GleamFairy80100%Special
DischargeElectric80100%Special
ScaldWater80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
WaterfallWater80100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Sucker PunchDark70100%Physical
Volt SwitchElectric70100%Special
Bubble BeamWater65100%Special
PsybeamPsychic65100%Special
SparkElectric65100%Physical
Flip TurnWater60100%Physical
Water PulseWater60100%Special
ElectrowebElectric5595%Special
Icy WindIce5595%Special
Charge BeamElectric5090%Special
Chilling WaterWater50100%Special
Water GunWater40100%Special
WhirlpoolWater3585%Special
Electro BallElectric?100%Special
FlailNormal?100%Physical
AgilityPsychic--Status
AmnesiaPsychic--Status
Aqua RingWater--Status
ChargeElectric--Status
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
CurseGhost--Status
Eerie ImpulseElectric-100%Status
Electric TerrainElectric--Status
EndureNormal--Status
MistIce--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Rain DanceWater--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SoakWater-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
SupersonicNormal-55%Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status