Chandelure
Luring Pokémon
In homes illuminated by Chandelure instead of lights, funerals were a constant occurrence— or so it’s said.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Choice Scarf
NUCalm Mind
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Where to find Chandelure
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Chandelure can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Confuse Ray Confuses the target. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Ember Has a chance to burn the target. | Fire | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Fire Spin Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Fire | Special | 35 | 85 | 15 |
| 1 | Flame Burst Deals splash damage to Pokémon next to the target. | Fire | Special | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Hex Has double power if the target has a major status ailment. | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Imprison Prevents the target from using any moves that the user also knows. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Inferno Has a chance to burn the target. | Fire | Special | 100 | 50 | 5 |
| 1 | Memento Lowers the target’s Attack and Special Attack by two stages. User faints. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Minimize Raises the user’s evasion by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Night Shade Inflicts damage equal to the user’s level. | Ghost | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Overheat Lowers the user’s Special Attack by two stages after inflicting damage. | Fire | Special | 130 | 90 | 5 |
| 1 | Pain Split Sets the user’s and targets’s HP to the average of their current HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Smog Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Special | 30 | 70 | 20 |
| 1 | Will-O-Wisp Burns the target. | Fire | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
Breeding & egg moves
Chandelure can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
13 sprites & renders for Chandelure.






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Community notes
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Cite this page
“Chandelure”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/chandelure.
Species data from PokéAPI.