Chinchou in Pokémon GO

Type	Water / Electric
Pokédex number	#170
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	106 / 97 / 181
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	1,119 / 1,265 / 1,280
Max HP, level 50	164
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	0.51 m / 12 kg

Chinchou evolution

Pokémon GO has no evolution levels: a Pokémon evolves when you spend Candy on it (sometimes with an item or a task), at any level.

Chinchou evolves into Lanturn for 50 Chinchou Candy.

Family: Chinchou · Lanturn

Chinchou CP by level

Combat Power with perfect stats (15/15/15) and with 10/10/10. Players find that raid, egg and research catches never have a stat below 10; that floor is their measurement, not a number in the game data.

Level	CP 15/15/15	CP 10/10/10	HP 15/15/15	Note
15	479	443	101	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	639	591	117	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	799	739	130	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	959	887	143	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	1,039	961	149
40	1,119	1,035	154
45	1,191	1,102	159
50	1,265	1,170	164
51	1,280	1,184	165	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Chinchou best moveset

Ranked by damage per second over one cycle of fast attacks and one charged attack. Assumptions: Chinchou at level 40 with 15/15/15, a target with 180 Defense taking neutral damage, no weather boost, and the energy Chinchou gains from being hit left out.

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Spark	Thunderbolt	6.3
Bubble	Thunderbolt	6.1
Bubble	Bubble Beam	5.4
Spark	Bubble Beam	5.4
Spark	Water Pulse	5.2

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Bubble	Water	10	12	1 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2
Spark	Electric	4	6	0.5 s	8.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Bubble Beam	Water	45	33	2 s	22.5	same type, ×1.2
Thunderbolt	Electric	80	50	2.5 s	32.0	same type, ×1.2
Water Pulse	Water	65	50	3 s	21.7	same type, ×1.2

Chinchou weaknesses and resistances

Damage multipliers for each attack type against Water / Electric. Pokémon GO uses ×1.6 for super effective and ×0.625 for not very effective, multiplied for two types.

Attack type	Damage
Grass	×1.6
Ground	×1.6
Steel	×0.39
Fire	×0.625
Flying	×0.625
Ice	×0.625
Water	×0.625

Chinchou CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 1,119 · HP 154

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Sources: stats, moves, evolution costs and the CP multiplier for each level are from the Pokémon GO game master as published by PokeMiners (commit 8e227be, data of 28 August 2026). Which Pokémon are in the game: pogoapi.net (list of 31 January 2026). CP = ⌊(Attack+IV) × √(Defense+IV) × √(Stamina+IV) × CPM² / 10⌋, checked against pogoapi.net’s max CP table for 888 Pokémon. Raid catch levels and the 10/10/10 floor are players’ measurements; they are not in the game data. Pokémon and Pokémon GO are trademarks of their owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Niantic, Scopely, Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company.