Is Chansey Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Route 13 and Safari Zone encounter, extremely rare. Normal-type with AbilityNatural Cure clearing status on switch. Blissey through friendship is the special Defense anchor of the franchise. Worth the hunt if you can find one.
Chansey trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Chansey has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Chansey trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Chansey's defenses.
Chuck's team hits Chansey's weaknesses hard.
Chansey trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Chansey trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Chansey trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Chansey trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Chansey has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Chansey trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Chansey has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Chansey trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Chansey on Route 15 (walking, Lv 25, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 38NormalEgg BombPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- LV 46NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Chansey to Blissey
Chansey evolves into Blissey with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Sabrina.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 50NormalEgg BombPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
How to Get Chansey in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Chansey is the classic rare that refuses to show. It hides at a handful of spots around levels 23 to 25, common at one and rare at the rest, so patience is the only real strategy.
Wild Chansey may be holding when caught:
Oval Stone (50% chance) A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokemon evolve. It is shaped like an egg.
Lucky Egg (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is an egg filled with happiness that earns extra Exp. Points in battle.3 locations to catch Chansey
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Chansey in HGSS
- Step 1Breed Happiny from Chansey
Breed from Chansey at the Day Care.
- Step 2Chansey ✓Route 13Lv.23-25GrassRate 41%Swarm activeRoute 13Lv.25GrassRate 1%Route 14Lv.25GrassRate 1%Route 15Lv.25GrassRate 1%or evolve from Happiny (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into Blissey
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Chansey.
How to Get Shiny Chansey in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Chansey rarely turns up on Route 13, Route 14, and Route 15, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign-language parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Chansey odds across every game
Shiny Chansey Evolution
3 Forms
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Chansey Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Chansey.
Chansey Weakness
Fighting moves hit Chansey for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. Chansey's special bulk (base 105 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Chansey Weak Against
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Chansey Evolutions
Chansey connects Happiny to Blissey in this chain. At least one evolution here needs a special method. So far, HP got the biggest boost (+150 from Happiny). The final form adds another 90 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Chansey to get Happiny eggs (with patience) using 35 partners from the Fairy egg group. Notable egg moves include Aromatherapy, Counter, Gravity and 7 more.
HGSS Chansey Best Moveset
250 HP and 105 Sp. Def create the most durable special tank in the game. AbilityNatural Cure clears any status on the switch. The moveset absorbs special attacks indefinitely with Softboiled recovery. 5 Defense means any physical contact is lethal.
Best Build
Chansey best EVs are Defense and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Soft Boiled
- Seismic Toss
- Heal Bell
- Toxic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Chansey can hit 11 types beyond STAB, including Dark and Ice. The offense anchors on Hyper Beam and Last Resort while TMs handle everything else.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 35 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It walks carefully to prevent its egg from breaking. However, it is extremely fast at running away.
Being few in number and difficult to capture, it is said to bring happiness to the Trainer who catches it.
Chansey HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Wild Chansey in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Oval Stone (50%) or Lucky Egg (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Oval Stone.
Yes. Chansey is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Chansey becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Chansey has 450 BST and evolves into Blissey. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Chansey as a wall. Splits damage between physical and special. Not the fastest,
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Bold on Chansey. +Defense is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wall role.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Chansey appears in 21 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Chansey have the longest track record of availability in the series.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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