Competitive Information for Chimchar [Diamond/Pearl]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Chimchar? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Chimchar is a notable Fire-typed Pokemon. Chimchar is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Chimchar can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Chimchar is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Blaze Kick / Fire Punch
- Shadow Claw
- Thunder Punch / Return
- Brick Break / Double Kick
Physical Sweeper Chimchar
Chimchar is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Chimchar's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Chimchar's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Chimchar's fire-type attacks have 1.5x power. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Double Kick is a physical 30-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Snore
- Vacuum Wave
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Chimchar
Chimchar is a decent Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Chimchar from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Chimchar's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Chimchar's fire-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Chimchar must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Vacuum Wave is a special priority-increased 40-base power Fighting-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Chimchar? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Band
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Blaze Kick / Fire Punch
- Shadow Claw
- Thunder Punch / Return
- Brick Break / Double Kick
Doubles Physical Sweeper Chimchar
Chimchar is a decent Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Chimchar's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Chimchar's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Chimchar's fire-type attacks have 1.5x power. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Double Kick is a physical 30-base power Fighting-type move (hits 2 times in one turn).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Snore
- Vacuum Wave
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Chimchar
Chimchar is a marvelous Special Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Chimchar from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Chimchar's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Chimchar's fire-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Chimchar's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Chimchar must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Vacuum Wave is a special priority-increased 40-base power Fighting-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Chimchar learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Chimchar can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Chimchar
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Fake Out, Vacuum Wave
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Chimchar's stats
- Bulk Up
- Nasty Plot
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Chimchar
- Fake Out
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Chimchar in Diamond and Pearl
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