As a baby Pokemon, Chingling is mostly a stepping stone. It eventually becomes Chimecho, and that's where you want to end up. The Bell Pokémon — cute, but not battle-ready. Only weak to Bug, Ghost, and Dark.
Sp. Atk and Defense carry most of Chingling's stat budget. Attack's the obvious dump stat. Common in the wild and yields 1 Sp. Atk EV. Follows a fast 800K XP curve.
There is an orb inside its mouth. When it hops, the orb bounces all over and makes a ringing sound.
Chingling Weakness
VulnerableBug, Ghost, and Dark-type moves hit Chingling for super-effective damage. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
This is the baby stage. Chingling grows into Chimecho by leveling up. Want more? Breed the adults. Baby Pokemon sit in the Undiscovered egg group. The evolved forms gain up to 170 total stats over Chingling.
How to Evolve
Best Build
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Don't skip the egg moves. Chingling picks up Curse and Disable only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Future Sight and Dream Eater while coverage across 8 types adds range.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
decent spawn rates across 16 locations for Chingling in early-game routes. Scroll the sorted list below and pick whichever spot sits closest to your current route. The rate differences between locations are worth comparing.
Best Locations
Chingling won't take long. 16 walking spots from Lv. 13-39 with solid rates across most of them. The top locations at each game stage are listed first.
Chingling is meant to evolve into Chimecho. At 285 BST, the stats aren't there for competitive play yet. Pre-evolution Pokemon rarely hold up against fully evolved threats.
Chingling evolves into Chimecho by leveling up. Chingling is the base form of this evolutionary line.
Levitate is what you want on Chingling. Every competitive set worth running is built with that ability in mind.
Base 45 Speed is low. Priority moves or Trick Room are the way to go. On offense, Chingling is a special attacker with base 65 Sp. Atk. Defensively? Fragile — can't afford to take many hits.
Chingling appears in 13 games, including Platinum, HeartGold & SoulSilver, and Diamond & Pearl.
Available in 13 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Chingling spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in a solid number of games.
- Gen IY
Yellow - Gen IRB
Red & Blue - Gen IIGS
Gold & Silver - Gen IIC
Crystal - Gen IIIRS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen IIIFRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen IIIE
Emerald - Gen IVPt
Platinum - Gen IVHGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen IVDPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen VBW
Black & White - Gen VB2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen VIXY
X & Y - Gen VIORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen VIIUSUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen VIISM
Sun & Moon - Gen VIILGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen VIIISwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen VIIIPLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen VIIIBDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen IXSV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen IXLZA
Legends: Z-A