Is Chatot Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Route 222 Normal/Flying. AbilityTangled Feet boosts evasion when confused. Chatot can record voice clips for MoveChatter, which is entertaining and useless in combat. Staraptor exists. Don't put Chatot on a serious team.
Roark's team hits Chatot's weaknesses hard.
Chatot resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Chatot has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Byron's team hits Chatot's weaknesses hard.
Chatot has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Chatot has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Chatot has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Chatot has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
In-Game Trade
Chatot can be received through an in-game trade in Eterna City. Trade Buizel. NPC trade in Eterna City. Trade a Buizel to the girl in an apartment building. The Chatot arrives at the same level as the Buizel you trade away.
Recommended Moves
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Roark
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Floaroma Town
- LV 21FlyingChatterPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Inside the Galactic Warehouse in Veilstone City
- LV 45NormalHyper VoicePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Catch Chatot
Catch Chatot on Route 222 (walking, Lv 40-41, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40FlyingChatterPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Roark
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Floaroma Town
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Inside the Galactic Warehouse in Veilstone City
- LV 45NormalHyper VoicePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Diamond & Pearl Chatot Locations
Chatot chatters two routes, common in the morning and day at level 40 up. There is also a one-time NPC who swaps a Buizel for one in Eterna City, but the wild birds make that trade optional.
Wild Chatot may be holding when caught:
Metronome (5% chance) Held: Consectutive uses of the same attack have a cumulative damage boost of 10%. Maximum 100% boost.3 locations to catch Chatot
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Chatot in Diamond & Pearl
Walking and trade encounters at Lv. 40-54 across 3 spots for Chatot. Sorted by progression so you can see what's reachable at your current point in the game.
How to Get Shiny Chatot in Diamond & Pearl
Chatot squawks along Route 222 and Route 224, so a PokeRadar chain in that grass pays off in a shiny. Compare Shiny Chatot odds across every game
Shiny Chatot Evolution
Does Not EvolveDiamond & Pearl Shiny Chatot Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
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 | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Chatot in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Chatot Weakness
Electric, Ice, and Rock moves hit Chatot for super-effective damage. The upside? Ground and Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. Chatot leans toward special offense (base 92 Sp.Atk) instead of trying to wall anything.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground, Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Chatot Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Chatot
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chatot View Abomasnow builds →Ice Beam 2x126-148%KO Rock Slide 2x64-76% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chatot View Kabutops builds →Rock Slide 2x114-134%KO Ice Beam 2x64-76% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chatot View Probopass builds →Thunderbolt 2x71-84% Rock Slide 2x65-77% | ||
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter | ||
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
 Luxray Electric | C | |
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chatot View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Slide 2x107-126%KO Thunder Fang 2x61-73% Ice Fang 2x61-73% | ||
Chatot Evolutions
No evolution chain to worry about here. Chatot is a standalone Pokemon with a decent partner pool for breeding through one egg group. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Chatot easily with 31 breeding partners from the Flying egg group. Pass egg moves like Agility, Encore, Nasty Plot and 2 more to offspring.
DP Chatot Best Moveset
92 Sp. Atk and 91 Speed deliver fast special Normal and Flying attacks. AbilityTangled Feet boosts evasion when confused, which is niche. The moveset hits fast on the special side, but 42 Sp. Def and 45 Defense fold to any returned hit.
Best Build
Chatot best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Heat Wave
- Hyper Voice
- Chatter
- U Turn
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Chatot picks up Agility and Encore only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Uproar and Hyper Voice while Steel and Dark coverage and more adds range.
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
27 of 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It can learn and speak human words. If they gather, they all learn the same saying.
It keeps rhythm by flicking its tail feathers like a metronome. It imitates human speech.
Chatot Event Distributions
In Diamond & Pearl, Chatot has had only a single Mystery Gift event distribution to its name.
Happy Birthday Concert GiftSoulSilverDiamondPearlPlatinumNot shiny
Chatot Diamond & Pearl Guide
NPC trade in Eterna City. Trade a Buizel to the girl in an apartment building. The Chatot arrives at the same level as the Buizel you trade away. This is an NPC trade, so the Chatot you receive is yours immediately, no transfer cable needed.
Yes. Wild Chatot in Diamond & Pearl can hold Metronome (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Metronome.
For Diamond & Pearl, it depends on your team. Chatot rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Normal/Flying coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Chatot as a balanced. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling, Chatter is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Timid on Chatot. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Chatot first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 11 games across 6 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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