Swords Dance
UBERSItem
Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots / Black Glasses
Life Orb / Heavy-Duty Boots / Black GlassesNature{"Jolly","Adamant"}
TeraDark
EV spread
Atk252
Def4
Spe252
#1002
Chien-Pao
Ruinous Pokémon
The hatred of those who perished by the sword long ago has clad itself in snow and become a Pokémon.
Details
Height1.9 m
Weight152.2 kg
GenderGenderless
Catch rate6(2.6%)Very hard
Base friendship0None
Hatch time50 cycles · ~13,005 steps
Growth rateslow
Base EXP285
Abilities
Base stats
HP
80
Attack
120
Defense
80
Sp. Atk
90
Sp. Def
65
Speed
135
Total
570
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
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Choice Band
UBERS
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Chien-Pao can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mean Look Prevents the target from leaving battle. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Powder Snow Has a chance to freeze the target. | Ice | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Spite Lowers the PP of the target’s last used move by 4. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 5 | Icy Wind Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage. | Ice | Special | 55 | 95 | 15 |
| 10 | Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn. | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 15 | Haze Resets all Pokémon’s stats, accuracy, and evasion. | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 15 | Mist Protects the user’s stats from being changed by enemy moves. | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 20 | Ice Shard Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Ice | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 25 | Swords Dance Raises the user’s Attack by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 30 | Snowscape | Ice | Status | 0 | — | 10 |
| 35 | Night Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 40 | Dark Pulse Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 45 | Icicle Crash Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Ice | Physical | 85 | 90 | 10 |
| 50 | Ruination | Dark | Special | 1 | 90 | 10 |
| 55 | Sucker Punch Only works if the target is about to use a damaging move. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| 60 | Sacred Sword Ignores the target’s stat modifiers. | Fighting | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 65 | Recover Heals the user by half its max HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 70 | Throat Chop Prevents the target from using sound-based moves for two turns. | Dark | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 75 | Sheer Cold Causes a one-hit KO. | Ice | Special | — | 30 | 5 |
Sprites & renders
6 sprites & renders for Chien-Pao.
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Cite this page
“Chien-Pao”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/chien-pao.
Species data from PokéAPI.