#0170 · Generation 2

Chinchou

Chinchou has 330 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the special side (56) and a Speed of 67. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 169, which makes it a balanced special attacker.

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What Chinchou is weak to

Weak to: Grass, Ground. Resists: Fire, Water, Ice, Flying, Steel (×0.25). Immune to: none.

Attacking typeDamage taken
Grass×2
Ground×2
Fire×0.5
Water×0.5
Ice×0.5
Flying×0.5
Steel×0.25

Base stats

HP75
Atk38
Def38
SpA56
SpD56
Spe67
Total330

Best teammates for Chinchou

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Chinchou: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

  1. Tinkaton FairySteel

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  2. Klefki SteelFairy

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  3. Mawile SteelFairy

    Resists grass, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  4. Celesteela SteelFlying

    Resists grass, ground, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  5. Corviknight FlyingSteel

    Resists grass, ground, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  6. Skarmory SteelFlying

    Resists grass, ground, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, ice, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Chinchou

  1. Kartana

    Grass STAB hits Chinchou super effectively and it resists everything Chinchou can hit it with by type.

  2. Torterra

    Grass and Ground STAB hits Chinchou super effectively.

  3. Toedscruel

    Ground and Grass STAB hits Chinchou super effectively.

  4. Iron Leaves

    Grass STAB hits Chinchou super effectively and it resists everything Chinchou can hit it with by type.

  5. Meowscarada

    Grass STAB hits Chinchou super effectively and it resists everything Chinchou can hit it with by type.

  6. Roserade

    Grass STAB hits Chinchou super effectively and it resists everything Chinchou can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Chinchou

Chinchou is in the regional Pokédex of 5 games we cover: