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Chi-Yu, a Dark and Fire type Pokémon, official artwork

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Chi-Yu: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

DarkFireUber

Chi-Yu is a fast, hard-hitting attacker, led by its Sp. Atk (135) and Sp. Def (120), with a base stat total of 570. Competitively it is banned from standard play for being too strong; a top pick in Ubers and unrestricted formats.

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What is Chi-Yu weak to?

How much damage Chi-Yu takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFightingGroundRockWater
0.5×ResistsDarkFireGhostGrassIceSteel
0×Immune toPsychic

Chi-Yu takes super-effective damage from Fighting, Ground, Rock, Water. It resists Dark, Fire, Ghost, Grass, Ice, Steel and is immune to Psychic.

Best moveset for Chi-Yu

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

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • OverheatFire130
  • PsychicPsychic90
  • BounceFlying85

Best nature for Chi-Yu

Timid. Chi-Yu is a special attacker (135 Sp. Atk) with usable 100 Speed, so Timid (+Speed, −Attack) is the standard pick.

Abilities

  • Beads of RuinActive Pokemon without this Ability have their Special Defense multiplied by 0.75.
Full learnset (46 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
OverheatFire13090%Special
Flare BlitzFire120100%Physical
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
InfernoFire10050%Special
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
PsychicPsychic90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
BounceFlying8585%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dark PulseDark80100%Special
Lava PlumeFire80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Zen HeadbuttPsychic8090%Physical
Lash OutDark75100%Physical
Temper FlareFire75100%Physical
Burning JealousyFire70100%Special
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HexGhost65100%Special
Flame WheelFire60100%Physical
IncinerateFire60100%Special
SnarlDark5595%Special
Flame ChargeFire50100%Physical
PaybackDark50100%Physical
EmberFire40100%Special
Fire SpinFire3585%Special
RuinationDark?90%Special
Confuse RayGhost-100%Status
EndureNormal--Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
Mean LookNormal--Status
MementoDark-100%Status
Nasty PlotDark--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpiteGhost-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SwaggerNormal-85%Status
TauntDark-100%Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status