Strong point: Sp. Atk — higher than 97% of species. Its weakest point is HP — lower than 73% of species. It does not evolve: it does not come from anything and does not change into anything. On defense it has 4 weaknesses, 6 resistances and 1 full immunity. Psychic-type moves do nothing to it at all. 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: Sp. Atk.
A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Sp. Atk, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.
Which nature to choose
It hits specially: its Sp. Atk (135) is 55 points higher than its Attack. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.
- Timid +Spe · −Atk Its Speed is higher than 84% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
- Modest +SpA · −Atk If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
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 | #396 | Scarlet / Violet |
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Abilities
- Beads Of Ruin Lowers Special Defense of all Pokémon except itself.
Pokédex entry
It controls flames burning at over 5,400 degrees Fahrenheit. It casually swims through the sea of lava it creates by melting rock and sand.
Resistances and weaknesses
Type chart →How much damage Chi-Yu 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 →Chi-Yu does not breed. You cannot get an Egg from it — this is how the games treat almost all Legendary and Mythical species.
Moves (46)
Full move list →Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (35 via TM/TR) are on the full list.
| Lv. | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ember | Fire | Special | 40 | 100% | 25 |
| 1 | Mean Look | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Spite | Ghost | Status | — | 100% | 10 |
| 5 | Flame Wheel | Fire | Physical | 60 | 100% | 25 |
| 10 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100% | 10 |
| 15 | Will O Wisp | Fire | Status | — | 85% | 15 |
| 20 | Flame Charge | Fire | Physical | 50 | 100% | 20 |
| 25 | Incinerate | Fire | Special | 60 | 100% | 15 |
| 30 | Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status | — | 100% | 10 |
| 35 | Nasty Plot | Dark | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 40 | Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 45 | Lava Plume | Fire | Special | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 50 | Ruination | Dark | Special | 1 | 90% | 10 |
| 55 | Bounce | Physical | 85 | 85% | 5 | |
| 60 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — | 85% | 15 |
| 65 | Inferno | Fire | Special | 100 | 50% | 5 |
| 70 | Memento | Dark | Status | — | 100% | 10 |
| 75 | Overheat | Fire | Special | 130 | 90% | 5 |