Chansey Pokémon

Chansey is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I. It evolves from Happiny when leveled up holding an Oval Stone during the day and evolves into Blissey when leveled up with high friendship.

About

First appearance in anime	Original Series
First appearance in a game	Red and Blue
Region	Kanto
Evolution	🡪 Blissey
1st Evolution Method	Levelled up with high friendship
Pokedex Entry	113

Base stats

HP	250
ATTACK	5
DEFENCE	5
SP. ATTACK	35
SP. DEFENCE	105
SPEED	50
TOTAL	450

Appearance

Chansey is a pink oval Pokémon with dark pink feet, stubby arms and a short tail. It has three hair-like protrusions on each side of its skull with dark pink tips and small eyes. A dark pink pouch sits in the center of its belly, containing a solitary white egg. The egg is considered to be extremely nutritious and it produces numerous fresh eggs each day. However, Chansey is a female-only species; and has no males counterparts.

Behavior

Chansey is a kindhearted Pokémon and will share its eggs with injured people and Pokémon. The eggs become more delicious if Chansey is raised with love and care, with it also used as a high-class cooking ingredient due to the nutrition it has. However, because the egg has been over-harvested, Chansey has become extremely rare in the wild and is said to bring good luck and happiness to those who manage to catch it.

Fleeing from those seeking its egg has made this once-slow species much quicker on its feet than in the past but they are more commonly found in urban settings. Lastly, Chansey is the only Pokémon capable of using the Lucky Punch item.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Since Chansey is a Normal-type Pokemon, it is unaffected against Ghost-type moves; while taking twice the normal damage against Fighting-type moves.

Evolving Chansey

Evolving Chansey in Pokemon Go is extremely easy as it evolves from Happiny which costs 25 Candy and evolves into Blissey which costs 50 Candy. You must walk 15km with Happiny as your buddy before you can evolve it to Chansey.

Best Moveset

Chansey is a normal type of Pokemon that is often used by healers as the Pokemon possesses strong healing properties. Consequently, Chansey is weak in battle and has often been used as a support Pokemon by trainers. Each of its moves are weak but here’s the best moveset a player can use: To start, Pound is a Normal-type Quick move in Pokémon GO that deals 7 damage and generates 6 energy. Hyper Beam is Chansey’s main stab move as it deals 150 damage and costs 100 energy. It can do up to 47.4 DPS but its reduced accuracy makes using it risky.

Then comes Zen Headbutt, which is a Psychic-type Quick move in Pokémon GO that deals 12 damage and generates 10 energy. Zen Headbutt is a very below-average move in PVP (5.33DPS/4EPS/3-turns), despite a huge variety of Pokémon having it. Nevertheless, it can come in handy on defense. Lastly, Dazzling Gleam is another stab move of Chansey that deals 100 damage and costs 50 energy. It alternates between Hyper Beam and Dazzling depending on the type of Pokemon it is facing since each move has its own strengths and weaknesses.

Pound	Hyper Beam
Zen Headbutt	Dazzling Gleam

How to catch Chansey in Pokémon Go?

As a Normal Type Pokemon, Chansey doesn’t have set biomes in which to spawn like the water or the desert. However, players have found that they will appear more often near residential areas, and universities. Chansey also hatches out of 10km eggs which are the rarest in the game. Any time you get one, be sure to pop it into an egg incubator as soon as possible. But even then, the odds of hatching a Chansey from a 10km egg are still pretty low, with it probably in the 3% range, but hatch enough eggs and you might get lucky.

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Trivia

1. In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Chansey was originally known as "Lucky", which also happens to be its romanized Japanese name.
2. Chansey shares its category name with Exeggcute. They are both known as the Egg Pokémon.
3. Chansey's HP increase is the largest single stat increase after evolving from Happiny at 150 points.
4. Chansey is tied with Happiny for the lowest base Attack and Defense stats of all Pokémon with it both at five.
5. Chansey received the biggest decrease to its Special stats in Generation II, losing 70 points of its Special Attack stat.

FAQs

Is Chansey a good Pokemon?

Is often kept by healers as the Pokemon possesses strong healing properties but consequently, Chansey is weak in battle and has often been used as a support Pokemon by trainers.

Is Blissey better than Chansey?

It depends on your team. Chansey is a better choice in fast-paced environments because it takes hits better in the short term. In contrast, if your team is slower, Blissey is a better choice as she will be staying a lot in and thus gaining a lot of Lefties healing, which means that she is going to take hits better in the long term.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You now know everything about this kind hearted Pokémon, who shares its eggs with injured people and Pokémon. As discussed earlier, Chansey is often used by healers as the Pokemon possesses strong healing properties. It has one of the highest HP stats amongst all Pokemon, let alone other Generation I Pokemon.