Is Lanturn Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Water/Electric with AbilityVolt Absorb healing from Electric moves. Lanturn handles Juan's gym and Wallace's Water Champion team while being immune to opposing Electric. The dual typing answers Emerald's Water-heavy endgame from both angles. Underrated endgame pick.
Chinchou resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Chinchou has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Chinchou's defenses.
Chinchou resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Chinchou trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Chinchou has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catch Chinchou
Catch Chinchou on Route 124 (Surf, Lv 20-30, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- LV 25ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- LV 41WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
Evolve Chinchou to Lanturn
Chinchou evolves into Lanturn at Level 27. Your Chinchou should hit Level 27 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 27)
- LV 27ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- After Norman
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 50WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Lanturn in Emerald
Surf the deep water near Mossdeep, hook a Chinchou off Route 124 or 126, and raise it to level 27 for Lanturn. The glowing anglerfish is purely an evolution payoff, never a direct catch.
Wild Lanturn may be holding when caught:
Yellow Shard (5% chance) A shard from an ancient item. Can be sold cheaply.Catch Chinchou at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Lanturn.
Encountered via Surfing
- 1Catch Chinchou
- 2Evolve Lanturnat Lv.27
Badge 7
Badge 8How to Obtain Lanturn in E
- Step 2Lanturn ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Chinchou egg.
How to Get Shiny Lanturn in Emerald
Lanturn is not encountered directly, so Surf Route 124 or Route 126 for a shiny Chinchou, then level it to 27 and the shine carries into Lanturn. Compare Shiny Lanturn odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Lanturn Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Emerald shiny odds for Lanturn.
Lanturn Weakness
Lanturn's Water/Electric typing leaves it vulnerable to Grass and Ground. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Volt Absorb grants an additional Electric immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. With 125 HP and balanced defenses, Lanturn can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Grass, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Flying |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Lanturn Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Lanturn
 Groudon Ground | S | |
Obtain MethodTerra Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Groudon builds →Earthquake 2x124-146%KO Solar Beam 2x56-66% | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x88-103%KO Earthquake 2x51-60% | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 2x72-85% Earthquake 2x50-59% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x78-91% Dig 2x35-41% | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 2x71-84% Earthquake 2x49-58% | ||
 Flygon GroundDragon | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Flygon builds →Earthquake 2x88-103%KO Solar Beam 2x47-55% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Tropius Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Tropius builds →Solar Beam 2x64-76% Earthquake 2x42-50% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Lanturn Evolutions
Lanturn is the evolved form of Chinchou. Breeding produces Chinchou eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Chinchou gave Lanturn the biggest boost in HP (+50), bringing the total to 460 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Lanturn to get Chinchou eggs easily using 17 partners from the Water 2 egg group. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, Flail, Screech.
E Lanturn Best Moveset
Lanturn fills a unique defensive niche, combining Water/Electric typing with AbilityVolt Absorb to create a Pokemon that heals from the Electric attacks that threaten other Water-types. 125 HP provides natural bulk while the moveset fires MoveSurf and MoveThunderbolt for dual TermStab. Teams pairing Lanturn with Ground-types cover each other's weaknesses effectively.
Best Build
Lanturn best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Tank Moveset
- Thunderbolt
- Hydro Pump
- Thunder Wave
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Amnesia and Flail on Lanturn. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Hydro Pump and Thunder, they expand what Lanturn can actually threaten in practice.
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 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The light-emitting orbs on its back are very bright. They are formed from a part of its dorsal fin. This POKéMON illuminates the inky darkness of deep seas.
Lanturn Emerald Guide
In Emerald, use Lanturn as a support. Special attacks are the main output. Not the fastest, Thunderbolt is the primary attack.
For Emerald, run Modest on Lanturn. +Sp. Atk is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Lanturn first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 17 games across 8 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 2GSDebut
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
Winds & Waves
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