Chimchar

No. 0390 · Gen 4

Chimchar weakness and type

Hit CHIMCHAR with Water, Ground and Rock for 2× damage.

Moves against Chimchar

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

In Pokémon GO: Water deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • BlazeNo change to type matchups
  • Iron FistNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP44
  • Attack58
  • Defense44
  • Sp. Atk58
  • Sp. Def44
  • Speed61
  • Total309

Best nature

AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Chimchar gives 1 Speed EV.

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How Chimchar evolves

ChimcharFire
All evolutions

What Chimchar can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
FightingFocus PunchPhysical150
FireOverheatsame typeSpecial130
NormalDouble-EdgePhysical120
PoisonGunk ShotPhysical120
SteelIron TailPhysical100
GroundDigPhysical80
PsychicZen HeadbuttPhysical80
ElectricThunder PunchPhysical75
RockRock SlidePhysical75
BugU-turnPhysical70
GhostShadow ClawPhysical70
DarkKnock OffPhysical65
FlyingAerial AcePhysical60

Type counters to Chimchar

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.