Is Chingling Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Route 211 and Lake Valor at night. Baby Psychic with AbilityLevitate. Friendship at night evolves into Chimecho. Neither form competes with Gardevoir, Alakazam, or Mr. Mime for the Psychic slot.
Roark's team hits Chingling's weaknesses hard.
Chingling trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Chimecho trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Chimecho has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Chimecho has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Byron's typing presses Chimecho's defenses.
Chimecho trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Chimecho trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Chimecho trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Chimecho has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Chimecho trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Lucian's team hits Chimecho's weaknesses hard.
Chimecho has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Chimecho has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Chimecho has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Chimecho trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Chingling in Mt. Coronet (walking, Lv 13-15, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- LV 14PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 22NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Fantina
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- After Maylene
- TUTORPsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM73ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner counter at the Battle Frontier, which you enter from the Fight Area
Evolve Chingling to Chimecho
Chingling evolves into Chimecho with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Fantina.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- After Maylene
- TUTORPsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15Route 212
- LV 33NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5Snowpoint City
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 46PsychicExtrasensoryPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 30
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Chingling in Platinum
Chingling rings through Mt Coronet and the caves around it, uncommon across a wide level spread as you climb. The deeper interior holds the higher-level ones, so where you find it tracks how far up the mountain you have pushed.
Wild Chingling may be holding when caught:
Colbur Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Dark-type attack to halve the damage.4 locations to catch Chingling
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Chingling in Pt
The line opens with Chingling at Lv. 13-39 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Chingling ✓Route 211 - WestLv.14-16GrassRate 15%Mt. Coronet - Route 211 EntranceLv.13-15CaveRate 10%Route 211 - EastLv.28-30GrassRate 15%Turnback Cave - Section 1Lv.16-18CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - Route 207 EntranceLv.17-19CaveRate 10%Turnback Cave - Section 2 Room 1Lv.26-28CaveRate 9%Turnback Cave - Section 2 Room 2Lv.26-28CaveRate 9%Turnback Cave - Section 2 Room 3Lv.26-28CaveRate 9%Turnback Cave - Section 2 Room 4Lv.26-28CaveRate 9%Turnback Cave - Section 2 Room 5Lv.26-28CaveRate 9%Turnback Cave - Section 2 Room 6Lv.26-28CaveRate 9%Mt. Coronet - B1FLv.32-34CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - Route 216 EntranceLv.32-34CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - 2FLv.36-38CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - 3FLv.36-38CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - 4FLv.36-38CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - Top CaveLv.36-38CaveRate 10%Mt. Coronet - SummitLv.37-39CaveRate 10%Sendoff SpringLv.37-39GrassRate 10%Mt. Coronet - 5FLv.36-38CaveRate 9%Mt. Coronet - 6FLv.36CaveRate 5%
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into ChimechoTurnback Cave - Section 2 Room 1Lv.28CaveRate 1%Turnback Cave - Section 2 Room 2Lv.28CaveRate 1%Turnback Cave - Section 2 Room 3Lv.28CaveRate 1%Turnback Cave - Section 2 Room 4Lv.28CaveRate 1%or evolve from Chingling (Step 1)
To plan your throws, open the Platinum catch rate calculator with Chingling preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Chingling in Platinum
Chingling chimes through the grass on Route 211, so run a Poké Radar chain to 40 there for a shiny. Compare Shiny Chingling odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Chingling 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Platinum shiny odds calculator with Chingling already selected.
Chingling Weakness
Bug, Ghost, and Dark moves hit Chingling for super-effective damage. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Chingling Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Chingling
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chingling View Spiritomb builds →Sucker Punch 2x118-138%KO Shadow Ball 2x118-138%KO | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chingling View Shiftry builds →Feint Attack 2x95-112%KO Shadow Ball 2x78-92% | ||
 Drapion PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chingling View Drapion builds →Bite 2x89-105%KO Bug Bite 2x59-70% Shadow Ball 2x56-66% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chingling View Houndoom builds →Shadow Ball 2x89-105%KO Bite 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chingling View Scyther builds →U-turn 2x118-138%KO Pursuit 2x46-55% | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chingling View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x156-185%KO Sucker Punch 2x59-70% | ||
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chingling View Heracross builds →Night Slash 2x87-103%KO Shadow Claw 2x87-103%KO | ||
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chingling View Rotom builds →Shadow Ball 2x120-142%KO Thief 2x25-31% | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chingling View Beedrill builds →U-turn 2x103-122%KO Assurance 2x49-59% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chingling View Drifblim builds →Shadow Ball 2x118-138%KO Payback 2x44-53% | ||
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chingling View Vespiquen builds →Attack Order 2x118-138%KO Pursuit 2x37-44% | ||
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chingling View Yanmega builds →Shadow Ball 2x95-112%KO U-turn 2x89-105%KO Night Slash 2x59-70% | ||
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Chingling View Mothim builds →U-turn 2x105-125%KO Shadow Ball 2x80-95% Thief 2x41-48% | ||
Chingling Evolutions
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. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Pt Chingling Best Moveset
Psychic at 65 Sp. Atk with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity. The moveset has basic special Psychic attacks but 45 Speed and 45 HP leave it too fragile. Evolve to Chimecho.
Best Build
Chingling best EVs are Sp. Atk and Defense
Special Attacker Moveset
- Shadow Ball
- Psychic
- Signal Beam
- Thunder Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
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.
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
34 of 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
There is an orb inside its mouth. When it hops, the orb bounces all over and makes a ringing sound.
Chingling Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Chingling in Platinum can hold Colbur Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Colbur Berry.
For Platinum, you can run Chingling through the first few routes without issues. 285 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Chimecho as fast as you can.
Game Availability
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.
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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