No. 170
Pokédex
Chinchou
Volt Absorb
- Catch
- 247 (was 190)
- EXP
- 90
- Growth
- Slow
- Egg groups
- Water 2 / Water 2
- Gender
- 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
- Held items
- None
Base stats
HP75
Atk38
Def38
SpA56
SpD56
Spe67
BST330
Type matchups
Weak to
Resists
Heals from
Evolutions
Lv 27
Lanturn
Water
Electric
Where to find
| Location | Method | Level | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Route 205 North | Old Rod | 3-17 | 30% |
| Mt. Coronet South | Old Rod | 24-26 | 5% |
| Lake Verity | Old Rod | 5-10 | 5% |
| Valley Windworks | Old Rod | 5-10 | 4% |
| Route 222 | Old Rod | 75-85 | 4% |
| Route 205 South | Old Rod | 5-15 | 1% |
| Mt. Coronet South | Good Rod | 30 | 40% |
| Valley Windworks | Good Rod | 10-25 | 15% |
| Route 213 | Good Rod | 45-50 | 15% |
| Route 220 | Good Rod | 25-45 | 15% |
| Route 205 South | Super Rod | 40-55 | 1% |
| Route 222 | Super Rod | 84-87 | 1% |
Level-up moves
| Lv | Move | Type | Cat | Pow | Acc | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bubble Lowers Spd (Attack) | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 | |
| 1 | Thundershock Chance to Paralyze | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 | |
| 6 | Supersonic Guaranteed Confusion (Status) | Status | — | 70 | 20 | |
| 9 | Thunder Wave Guaranteed Paralysis | Status | — | 100 | 20 | |
| 12 | Water Gun | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 | |
| 17 | Shock Wave Always hits | Special | 60 | — | 15 | |
| 20 | Confuse Ray Guaranteed Confusion (Status) | Status | — | 100 | 10 | |
| 23 | Aurora Beam Always hits | Special | 60 | — | 20 | |
| 28 | Bubblebeam Lowers Spd (Attack) | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 | |
| 31 | Wild Charge Chance of causing Paralysis; 1/3 damage dealt recoil | Physical | 120 | 100 | 20 | |
| 34 | Flash Lowers Accuracy (Status) | Status | — | 100 | 5 | |
| 39 | Signal Beam Chance to Confuse | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 | |
| 42 | Hydro Pump | Special | 120 | 85 | 8 | |
| 45 | Discharge Chance to Paralyze | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
TMs
| Move | Type | Cat | Pow | Acc | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Pulse Chance to Confuse | Special | 60 | — | 20 | |
| Toxic Badly Poisons | Status | — | 100 | 10 | |
| Aurora Beam Always hits | Special | 60 | — | 20 | |
| Hidden Power Hidden Power effect | Special | 1 | 100 | 15 | |
| Ice Beam Chance to Freeze | Special | 95 | 100 | 10 | |
| Blizzard Always hits in Hail | Special | 120 | 70 | 5 | |
| Protect Protect/ Detect effect | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| Rain Dance Causes Rain | Status | — | — | 1 | |
| Frustration | Physical | 121 | 100 | 20 | |
| Thunderbolt Chance to Paralyze | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 | |
| Thunder Always hits in rain; chance to Paralyze | Special | 120 | 70 | 10 | |
| Return | Physical | 121 | 100 | 20 | |
| Double Team Raises Evasion | Status | — | — | 6 | |
| Shock Wave Always hits | Special | 60 | — | 15 | |
| Facade 2x power if user is Poisoned; Paralyzed; or Burned. | Physical | 80 | 100 | 20 | |
| Secret Power Secret Power effect | Physical | 85 | 100 | 20 | |
| Rest Causes Sleep and restores all HP | Status | — | — | 3 | |
| Attract Infatuates target of opposite gender | Status | — | 100 | 15 | |
| Brine 2x power if target is at or below 1/2 HP | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 | |
| Charge Beam Chance of raising user's SpAtk | Special | 50 | 100 | 10 | |
| Endure Allows user to endure a fatal hit and survive at 1 HP | Status | — | — | 10 | |
| Flash Lowers Accuracy (Status) | Status | — | 100 | 5 | |
| Thunder Wave Guaranteed Paralysis | Status | — | 100 | 20 | |
| Captivate Sharply lowers SpAtk (Status) | Status | — | 100 | 3 | |
| Sleep Talk Sleep Talk effect | Status | — | — | 20 | |
| Natural Gift Natural Gift effect | Physical | 1 | 100 | 1 | |
| Swagger Sharply raises target's Atk and causes Confusion | Status | — | 100 | 15 | |
| Substitute Substitute effect | Status | — | — | 2 | |
| Surf 2x Damage on Pokemon using Dive | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 | |
| Waterfall Chance to Flinch | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |