Competitive Information for Chimchar [Sun/Moon]
Fire
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Chimchar? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Chimchar is an outstanding 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: Firium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Blaze Kick / Fire Punch
- Return / Strength
- Shadow Claw
- Thunder Punch
Physical Sweeper Chimchar (Iron Fist)
Chimchar is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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 Iron Fist, Chimchar's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.
♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ 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).
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Item: Firium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Blaze Kick / Fire Punch
- Thunder Punch / Return
- Shadow Claw
- Brick Break / Low Sweep
Physical Sweeper Chimchar
Chimchar is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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 attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks. 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).
♦ 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).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Low Sweep is a physical 65-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Firium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Iron Fist / Blaze
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Round / Snore
- Vacuum Wave
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Chimchar (Iron Fist)
Chimchar is a remarkable 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. With Iron Fist, Chimchar's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-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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Item: Air Balloon
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Hasty (+Spe, -Def)
EVs: 230 Atk / 230 SpA / 50 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Fire Blast
- Sunny Day
- Bulk Up
- Fire Punch / Return
Chimchar Mixed Sweeper (Char Broiled*)
Chimchar is a pretty decent Mixed Sweeper. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Chimchar is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Chimchar's attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks.
♦ Fire Blast is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Sunny Day is a status move (for 5 turns, intense sunlight powers fire moves).
♦ Bulk Up is a status move (raises your Chimchar's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Chimchar? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Item: Firium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Blaze Kick / Fire Punch
- Return / Strength
- Shadow Claw
- Thunder Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Chimchar (Iron Fist)
Chimchar is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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 Iron Fist, Chimchar's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.
♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Strength is a physical 80-base power Normal-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
♦ 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).
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Item: Firium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Blaze Kick / Fire Punch
- Thunder Punch / Return
- Shadow Claw
- Brick Break / Low Sweep
Doubles Physical Sweeper Chimchar
Chimchar is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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 attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks. 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).
♦ 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).
♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Low Sweep is a physical 65-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Firium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Iron Fist / Blaze
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Round / Snore
- Vacuum Wave
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Chimchar (Iron Fist)
Chimchar is an awesome Special Sweeper. It's meant 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. With Iron Fist, Chimchar's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.
♦ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-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.
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 Chimchar can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Chimchar
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
- Ability: Iron fist + Item: Punching glove
- 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
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Fire Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Focus Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Power-Up Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Thunder Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Guard, 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
- Flame Charge
- Hone Claws
- Nasty Plot
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Chimchar
- Fake Out
- Hidden Power
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Chimchar in Sun and Moon
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