Its greatest asset is Speed — higher than 98% of species. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. Defensively it can rely on 6 weaknesses, 3 resistances and 1 full immunity. Watch out for the Fighting type — damage from it is quadrupled. This is a Legendary Pokémon: one per game, no offspring. Very hard to catch — bring plenty of Poké Balls and something that puts it to sleep or paralyzes it.
Base stats
Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Speed.
A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Speed, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.
Which nature to choose
It hits physically: its Attack (120) is 30 points higher than its Sp. Atk. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.
- Jolly +Spe · −SpA Its Speed is higher than 98% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
- Adamant +Atk · −SpA If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
- Hidden Power and Weather Ball still deal damage based on Sp. Atk. If either of them is going into the set, lowering Sp. Atk is no longer free.
A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.
Regional numbers 1
The header shows the national number. Inside the game the Pokédex counts from the beginning — below is the number you will see in your version.
| Paldea | #394 | Scarlet / Violet |
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Abilities
- Sword Of Ruin Lowers Defense of all Pokémon except itself.
Pokédex entry
This Pokémon can control 100 tons of fallen snow. It plays around innocently by leaping in and out of avalanches it has caused.
Resistances and weaknesses
Type chart →How much damage Chien-Pao takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.
Variant gallery
The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.
Breeding
All Egg Groups →Chien-Pao does not breed. You cannot get an Egg from it — this is how the games treat almost all Legendary and Mythical species.
Moves (45)
Full move list →Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (33 via TM/TR) are on the full list.
| Lv. | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mean Look | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Powder Snow | Ice | Special | 40 | 100% | 25 |
| 1 | Spite | Ghost | Status | — | 100% | 10 |
| 5 | Icy Wind | Ice | Special | 55 | 95% | 15 |
| 10 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100% | 10 |
| 15 | Haze | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 15 | Mist | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 20 | Ice Shard | Ice | Physical | 40 | 100% | 30 |
| 25 | Swords Dance | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 30 | Snowscape | Ice | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 35 | Night Slash | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100% | 15 |
| 40 | Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 45 | Icicle Crash | Ice | Physical | 85 | 90% | 10 |
| 50 | Ruination | Dark | Special | 1 | 90% | 10 |
| 55 | Sucker Punch | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100% | 5 |
| 60 | Sacred Sword | Fighting | Physical | 90 | 100% | 15 |
| 65 | Recover | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 70 | Throat Chop | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 75 | Sheer Cold | Ice | Special | — | 30% | 5 |