Chansey | Pokémon guide - Pocket Tactics

If you're looking for a lucky Pokémon, Chansey is your go-to. Its name in Japanese is literally Lucky! This egg-shaped healer is a friend to all Pokémon, so learn everything you can about the gentle giant in our handy guide.

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Here's everything in our Chansey guide:

Evolutions
Locations
Base stats
Strengths and weaknesses
Moveset

Here's the key information you need to know about Chansey:


National Pokédex #	0,113
Type	Normal
Abilities	Natural Cure or Serene Grace
Hidden ability	Healer
Gender ratio	Male - 0% Female - 100%
Catch rate	8.8%
Egg groups	Fairy
EV yield	Two HP

Chansey's evolutions

In earlier Pokémon games, Chansey didn't evolve, but Game Freak later added a pre-evolution and a stage two evolution. Chansey evolves from Happiny when leveled up during the day while holding an Oval Stone. Then, Chansey evolves into Blissey when leveled up with high friendship.

Chansey's locations

Here are all the locations you can find Chansey in each Pokémon game:

Gen 1 locations


Red / Blue	Safari Zone and Cerulean Cave
Yellow	Safari Zone and Cerulean Cave

Gen 2 locations


Gold / Silver	Routes 13, 14, and 15
Crystal	Routes 13, 14, and 15

Gen 3 locations


Ruby / Sapphire	Trade
Emerald	Trade
FireRed / LeafGreen	Safari Zone
Colosseum	Trade
XD	Citadark Isle (shadow)

Gen 4 locations


Diamond / Pearl	Routes 209 and 210, and Trophy Garden
Platinum	Routes 209 and 210, and Trophy Garden
HeartGold / SoulSilver	Routes 13, 14, and 15, and the Safari Zone

Gen 5 locations


Black	Trade
White	Evolve Happiny
Black 2 / White 2	Evolve Happiny

Gen 6 locations


X / Y	Friend Safari
Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire	Evolve Happiny

Gen 7 locations


Sun / Moon	Route 12, Mount Hokulani, Blush Mountain, and Poni Grove (SOS Battle)
Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon	Poni Plains
Let's Go Pikachu / Let's Go Eevee	Routes 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, and 23, Diglett's Cave, Mt. Moon, Pokémon Tower, Power Plant, Pokémon Mansion, and Cerulean Cave

Gen 8 locations


Sword / Shield	Trade
Expansion Pass	Fields of Honor, Brawlers' Cave, Challenge Beach, Challenge Road, Courageous Cavern, Forest of Focus, Honeycalm Island, Insular Sea, Loop Lagoon, Potbottom Desert, Soothing Wetlands, Stepping-Stone Sea, Training Lowlands, Warm-Up Tunnel, Workout Sea, Max Raid Battles, and Max Lair (Dynamax Adventure)
Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl	Routes 209 and 210, and Trophy Garden
Legends: Arceus	Obsidian Fieldlands: near Horseshoe Plains (mass outbreaks), near Obsidian Falls; Crimson Mirelands: Cottonsedge Prairie (mass outbreaks); Cobalt Coastlands: Hideaway Bay, Tombolo Walk; Coronet Highlands: Lonely Spring (mass outbreaks); and Alabaster Icelands: Avalanche Slopes

Gen 9 locations


Scarlet / Violet	South Province: Area Four, Area Six; East Province: Area Two; West Province: Area Two, Area Three; North Province: Area One, Area Two, Area Three, Casseroya Lake, Area Zero, and three-star Tera Raid Battles
The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero	Savanna Biome
Legends: Z-A	Unobtainable

How do I get Chansey in Pokémon Pokopia?

If you want to invite Chansey to your island, you need to build the Full Recovery Pokopia habitat. All you need is a first aid kit, a plain chest, and any bed. Chansey can spawn in any biome, and as she has the trade specialty, she's a very useful Pokémon to have around.

Chansey's base stats

Chansey's base stats are as follows. As you level it up, these stats grow.

HP - 250
Attack - 5
Defense - 5
Sp. Atk - 35
Sp. Def - 105
Speed - 50

Chansey's type strengths and weaknesses

As a normal Pokémon, Chansey only has one weakness - fighting-type moves. It's also immune to ghost-type attacks entirely, which comes in very handy. Otherwise, all other types do normal damage.


Normal damage	Bug, Dark, Dragon, Electric, Fairy, Fire, Flying, Grass, Ground, Ice, Normal, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Steel, Water
Weak	Fighting
Resistant	N/A
Immune	Ghost

Chansey's moveset

In the latest generation of Pokémon games, Chansey can learn the following moves:

Level up moves

Level	Move	Type
One	Sweet Kiss	Fairy
One	Disarming Voice	Fairy
One	Covet	Normal
One	Charm	Fairy
One	Pound	Normal
One	Copycat	Normal
One	Defense Curl	Normal
Four	Tail Whip	Normal
Eight	Echoed Voice	Normal
12	Life Dew	Water
16	Sing	Normal
20	Fling	Dark
24	Take Down	Normal
28	Heal Pulse	Psychic
32	Helping Hand	Normal
36	Light Screen	Psychic
40	Double-Edge	Normal
44	Soft-Boiled	Normal
48	Last Resort	Normal
52	Healing Wish	Psychic

Learnable TMs

Move	Type
Blizzard	Ice
Body Slam	Normal
Brick Break	Fighting
Bulldoze	Ground
Calm Mind	Psychic
Charm	Fairy
Chilling Water	Water
Dazzling Gleam	Fairy
Disarming Voice	Fairy
Double-Edge	Normal
Drain Punch	Fighting
Earthquake	Ground
Electric Terrain	Electric
Endeavor	Normal
Endure	Normal
Facade	Normal
Fire Blast	Fire
Fire Punch	Fire
Flamethrower	Fire
Fling	Dark
Focus Blast	Fighting
Giga Impact	Normal
Grass Knot	Grass
Gravity	Psychic
Helping Hand	Normal
Hyper Beam	Normal
Hyper Voice	Normal
Ice Beam	Ice
Ice Punch	Ice
Icy Wind	Ice
Light Screen	Psychic
Metronome	Normal
Protect	Normal
Psychic	Psychic
Rain Dance	Water
Rest	Psychic
Rock Slide	Rock
Rock Tomb	Rock
Sandstorm	Rock
Shadow Ball	Ghost
Skill Swap	Psychic
Sleep Talk	Normal
Snowscape	Ice
Solar Beam	Grass
Stealth Rock	Rock
Stomping Tantrum	Ground
Stored Power	Psychic
Substitute	Normal
Sunny Day	Fire
Swift	Normal
Take Down	Normal
Tera Blast	Normal
Thief	Dark
Thunder	Electric
Thunder Punch	Electric
Thunder Wave	Electric
Thunderbolt	Electric
Trailblaze	Grass
Water Pulse	Water
Wild Charge	Electric
Zen Headbutt	Psychic

Egg moves

Move	Type	Breed with
Gravity	Psychic	Clefairy, Clefable
Heal Bell	Normal	Pokémon holding a Mirror Herb
Present	Normal	Pikachu, Marill, Snubbull
Seismic Toss	Fighting	Blissey

That's everything you need to know about the adorable healer, Chansey.