Chimecho
Wind Chime Pokémon
Can emit waves of air powerful enough to knock out prey taller than itself. I hypothesize that it amplifies the faint sound of wind within its body.
Details
Abilities
Evades Ground moves.
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Where to find Chimecho
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 Chimecho 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 | Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Entrainment Copies the user’s ability onto the target. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Healing Wish User faints. Its replacement has its HP fully restored and any major status effect removed. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Last Resort Can only be used after all of the user’s other moves have been used. | Normal | Physical | 140 | 100 | 5 |
| 1 | Synchronoise Hits any Pokémon that shares a type with the user. | Psychic | Special | 120 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Wrap Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 90 | 20 |
| 11 | Ominous Wind Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 13 | Yawn Target sleeps at the end of the next turn. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 16 | Light Screen Reduces damage from special attacks by 50% for five turns. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 16 | Psywave Inflicts damage between 50% and 150% of the user’s level. | Psychic | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 16 | Stored Power Power is higher the more the user’s stats have been raised, to a maximum of 31×. | Psychic | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 18 | Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep. | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 19 | Take Down User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 |
| 22 | Extrasensory Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Psychic | Special | 80 | 100 | 20 |
| 27 | Heal Bell Cures the entire party of major status effects. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 32 | Uproar Forced to use this move for several turns. Pokémon cannot fall asleep in that time. | Normal | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 34 | Recover Heals the user by half its max HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 37 | Safeguard Protects the user’s field from major status ailments and confusion for five turns. | Normal | Status | — | — | 25 |
| 42 | Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
| 47 | Heal Pulse Heals the target for half its max HP. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 52 | Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
Breeding & egg moves
Chimecho can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
19 sprites & renders for Chimecho.






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Cite this page
“Chimecho”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/chimecho.
Species data from PokéAPI.