Chinchou

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#170	Chinchou
Types Water Electric	Generation   II
Abilities Ability 1 Volt Absorb Ability 2 Illuminate Hidden Ability Water Absorb
Rarity Tier   Common	Catch rate   190/255 (24.84%)
Base stats HP 75 Atk 38 Def 38 Sp.Atk 56 Sp.Def 56 Spd 67 Base-stat total: 330
EV Yield HP 1 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Spd 0 EV-yield total: 1
Base Experience   90	Gender Ratio     50%     50%
Height   0.5m	Weight   12kg

Chinchou is a Water and Electric type Pokémon.

It evolves into Lanturn upon reaching level 27.

Obtainability

Surfing

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rod	Rarity Tier
Breakers Trench Underwater	35-38	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Breezy Falls	18-23	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Corsica Island	15-19	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Diamond Empire Pathway Underwater	21-25	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Festival Town	24-30	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Galeras Island East	27-33	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Lightning Island	25-28	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Lightning Island Frozen	25-28	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Lightning Island Seaway	25-30	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Medusas Cloud	24-28	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Murky Town	25-30	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Olivine City	23-25	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 126 Underwater	30-34	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 20	38-38	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 220	20-32	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 26	38-38			Night			Common
Route 27	38-38			Night			Common
Route 40	15-21	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 41	30-35	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Safari Johto Wet Zone	22-26	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Sanctuary of Energy	24-28	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Trainers Valley	30-32	Morning	Day	Night			Common
All rows with a fishing rod indicate that its corresponding Pokémon can also be fished with the rod tier shown Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Moves

Level-up

Level	Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Bubble	Water	Special	40	100	30
1	Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55	20
1	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100	25
4	Electro Ball	Electric	Special	—	100	10
8	Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	100	20
12	Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	100	20
16	Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100	10
20	Spark	Electric	Physical	65	100	20
24	Charge	Electric	Status	—	—	20
28	Discharge	Electric	Special	80	100	15
28	Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100	15
32	Aqua Ring	Water	Status	—	—	20
36	Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
40	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
44	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110	80	5
47	Ion Deluge	Electric	Status	—	—	25

* Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

TMs and HMs

TM		Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
TM284		Agility	Psychic	Status	—	100	30
TM210		Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
TM93		Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
TM14		Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70	5
TM261		Bounce	Flying	Physical	85	85	5
TM88		Brine	Water	Special	65	100	10
TM79		Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
TM215		Charge	Electric	Status	—	—	20
TM78		Charge Beam	Electric	Special	50	90	10
TM181		Chilling Water	Water	Special	50	100	20
TM330		Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM177		Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100	10
TM77		Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
TM74		Dazzling Gleam	Fairy	Special	80	100	10
TM32		Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM10		Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
TM197		Eerie Impulse	Electric	Status	—	100	15
TM201		Electric Terrain	Electric	Status	—	—	10
TM291		Electro Ball	Electric	Special	—	100	10
TM242		Electroweb	Electric	Special	55	95	15
TM51		Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM92		Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM230		Flip Turn	Water	Physical	60	100	20
TM131		Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
TM57		Hail	Ice	Status	—	—	10
TM60		Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM316		Hydro Pump	Water	Special	110	80	5
TM13		Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
TM106		Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
TM303		Liquidation	Water	Physical	85	100	16
TM327		Muddy Water	Water	Special	90	85	10
TM136		Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
TM67		Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM176		Psybeam	Psychic	Special	65	100	20
TM68		Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
TM44		Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
TM130		Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
TM270		Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM105		Scald	Water	Special	80	100	15
TM258		Screech	Normal	Status	—	85	40
TM133		Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM134		Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—	20
TM138		Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM121		Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
TM50		Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
TM124		Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
TM09		Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
TM214		Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100	10
TM25		Thunder	Electric	Special	110	70	10
TM45		Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	100	20
TM24		Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100	15
TM06		Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
TM122		Volt Switch	Electric	Special	70	100	20
TM128		Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20
TM240		Whirlpool	Water	Special	35	85	15
TM157		Wild Charge	Electric	Physical	90	100	15
TM129		Zap Cannon	Electric	Special	120	50	5
HM06		Dive	Water	Physical	80	100	10
HM05		Flash	Normal	Status	—	100	20
HM03		Surf	Water	Special	90	100	15
HM07		Waterfall	Water	Physical	80	100	15

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move's obtainability.

Move Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Bounce	Flying	Physical	85	85	5
Dive	Water	Physical	80	100	10
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Heal Bell	Normal	Status	—	—	5
Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Rising Voltage	Electric	Special	70	100	20
Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—	20
Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100	15
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	80	100	5
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	—	100	20
Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100	15
Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• Refer to the Move Tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Agility	Psychic	Status	—	100	30
Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
Brine	Water	Special	65	100	10
Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
Mist	Ice	Status	—	—	30
Psybeam	Psychic	Special	65	100	20
Screech	Normal	Status	—	85	40
Shock Wave	Electric	Special	60	—	20
Soak	Water	Status	—	100	20
Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100	20
Whirlpool	Water	Special	35	85	15

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
2× Weak to	Grass Ground
1× Neutral to	Normal Electric Fighting Poison Psychic Bug Rock Ghost Dragon Dark Fairy
½× Resistant to	Fire Water Ice Flying
¼× Highly resistant to	Steel

Notes

• Volt Absorb grants an immunity to Electric.
• Water Absorb grants an immunity to Water.

Special Counterparts

• 
  Shiny Chinchou
• 
  Valentine Chinchou
• 
  Halloween Chinchou