Is Chatot Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Safari Zone encounter. Normal/Flying with AbilityKeen Eye. Can record audio via the DS microphone for its signature move Chatter. Unique gimmick, but the stats don't support a team slot.
Chatot has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Chatot resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chatot has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Jasmine's team hits Chatot's weaknesses hard.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Brock's team hits Chatot's weaknesses hard.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Lt. Surge's team hits Chatot's weaknesses hard.
Chatot has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Chatot has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Blaine's team hits Chatot's weaknesses hard.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Chatot has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Chatot trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Chatot has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Chatot has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Chatot's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Chatot in Sprout Tower (walking, Lv 3-4, uncommon). Sinnoh Sound.
Recommended Moves
- LV 21FlyingChatterPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Morty
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 40
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15From Chuck's wife outside Cianwood Gym
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 37NormalUproarPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- LV 45NormalHyper VoicePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
HeartGold & SoulSilver Chatot Locations
Chatot starts showing up in the available areas at decent spawn rates across 12 encounter spots. The list below is sorted so you can pick what fits your current progress without scrolling through everything.
Wild Chatot may be holding when caught:
Metronome (5% chance) A Pokemon held item that boosts a move used consecutively. Its effect is reset if another move is used.3 locations to catch Chatot
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Chatot in HeartGold & SoulSilver
You'll find Chatot across 12 walking encounters from Lv. 3-21, sorted by game progression. Earlier spots show up first so you can grab one as soon as it's reachable.
How to Get Shiny Chatot in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Chatot squawks through the Sprout Tower and Bell Tower, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Chatot odds across every game
Shiny Chatot Evolution
Does Not EvolveHeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Chatot 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Chatot in the HeartGold & SoulSilver 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
Good
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.
HGSS Chatot Best Moveset
Normal/Flying at 92 Sp. Atk and 91 Speed firing fast special Normal and Flying attacks. The moveset outruns mid-speed targets and hits from the special side. 42 Sp. Def and 45 Defense collapse 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 Sky Attack and Uproar while coverage across 7 types 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
20 of 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It mimics the cries of other Pokémon to trick them into thinking it’s one of them. This way they won’t attack it.
Chatot Event Distributions
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Chatot has had only a single Mystery Gift event distribution to its name.
Happy Birthday Concert GiftSoulSilverDiamondPearlPlatinumNot shiny
Chatot HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Wild Chatot in HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver, it depends on your team. Chatot rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Normal/Flying coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
Yes. Chatot is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Chatot becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Chatot as a balanced. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling, Chatter is the primary attack.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- 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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