Competitive Information for Chimecho [Diamond/Pearl]
Psychic
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Levitate ability are immune to Ground attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Chimecho? 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.
Chimecho is popular Psychic-typed Pokemon. It's a common sight to see Chimecho out in the 4th generation battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Chimecho is weak to Bug, Dark, and Ghost-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball
- Signal Beam
Special Sweeper Chimecho (Levitate)
Chimecho is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Chimecho's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Chimecho's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Chimecho is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Chimecho? 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 Specs
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Psychic / Extrasensory
- Icy Wind
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Chimecho (Levitate)
Chimecho is an interesting Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Chimecho's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Chimecho's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Levitate, Chimecho is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Extrasensory is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Shadow Ball is a special 80-base power Ghost-type move (20% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 168 Def / 88 SpD
Moveset:
- Defense Curl
- Substitute
- Recover
- Trick Room
Defensive Trick Room Chimecho (Levitate)
Chimecho is pretty popular Defensive Trick Room. Focus Sash helps protect Chimecho from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Levitate, Chimecho is immune to ground; gravity/ingrain/smack down/iron ball nullify it.
♦ Substitute is a status move (Chimecho takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Recover is a status move (heals your Chimecho by 50% of its max hp).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
Note: This moveset is considered Taunt bait! It is highly recommended you typically have atleast one move that does actual damage!
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Chimecho learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Chimecho 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 Chimecho
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Gravity + Hypnosis
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Yawn + Protect
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Magic Coat, Protect, Snatch
- Moves that inflict status: Yawn, Thunder Wave, Hypnosis, Toxic
Moves that boost Chimecho's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Defense Curl
Most notable and possible best moves for Chimecho
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Chimecho in Diamond and Pearl
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