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#0652 · GENERATION 6

Chesnaught Build Guide

GrassFighting

Physical defense and hazard support

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMLeftovers

ABILITYBulletproof

NATUREImpish

Spikes

Drain Punch

Leech Seed

Spiky Shield

How to play

Set Spikes against a favorable target. Drain Punch and Leech Seed can restore HP; Spiky Shield protects against many attacks and punishes contact when it blocks the move.

Watch out for

Key risk. Flying attacks deal 4× damage. Bulletproof blocks only specific ball and bomb moves, not all special attacks. Grass targets ignore Leech Seed, and repeated protection can fail.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

Set Spikes against a favorable target. Drain Punch and Leech Seed can restore HP; Spiky Shield protects against many attacks and punishes contact when it blocks the move.

You want to drain a switch-in

Leech Seed has no effect on a Grass type, and Drain Punch only restores HP when it hits. Against a Grass switch-in the value shifts to Spikes and a teammate, not to this move pair.

Hazards are the plan

Set Spikes, but note Ground and Flying types are immune to it, so the chips only bite the parts of the opposing team that stay grounded. Leech Seed and Spikes stack; neither one replaces the other.

You expect contact damage

Use Spiky Shield to block the hit and punish contact, but repeated uses can fail, and a blocked non-contact move punishes nothing. It is a read on the move, not a free turn.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Chesnaught in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Flying moves deal 4× to Chesnaught because both of its types are weak to them, so a shield is not an answer to that attack. Bulletproof blocks only the specific ball and bomb moves it is written for, not special attacks in general.

Watch the tradeoff. Flying attacks deal 4× damage. Bulletproof blocks only specific ball and bomb moves, not all special attacks. Grass targets ignore Leech Seed, and repeated protection can fail.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Chesnaught or Breloom?

Breloom offers Spore and priority with a more offensive Grass/Fighting approach.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Chesnaught	Breloom
HP	88	60
Attack	107	130
Defense	122	80
Sp. Attack	74	60
Sp. Defense	75	60
Speed	64	70

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A Steel teammate can resist Flying, Psychic and Fairy attacks. A Water partner helps against Fire and Ice attackers.

Empoleon

Resists Flying, Psychic, Fairy and Ice and adds special damage.

Read Empoleon guide →Compare teammates →

Milotic

Resists Fire and Ice and provides direct recovery.

Read Milotic guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

Compare computed teammate suggestions →

Alternative: Breloom

Breloom offers Spore and priority with a more offensive Grass/Fighting approach.

Read Breloom guide →

Try Breloom →

Type matchups

Weak to

Fire2×Ice2×Poison2×Flying4×Psychic2×Fairy2×

Resistances and immunities

Water0.5×Electric0.5×Grass0.5×Ground0.5×Rock0.5×Dark0.5×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP88

Attack107

Defense122

Sp. Attack74

Sp. Defense75

Speed64

Evolution chain

Chespin#650
Level 16
Quilladin#651
Level 36
Chesnaught#652

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

Build your Chesnaught team

Start with Chesnaught. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.

Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

SLOT 01#652

Chesnaught

GrassFighting

SLOT 02

SLOT 03

SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense78

Defense58

Coverage39

Synergy17

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Flying attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Fairy attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Chesnaught takes 4× damage from Flying attacks by type.
Your own types can hit 7 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.
No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Chesnaught	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	2×	1	0
Water	½×	0	1
Electric	½×	0	1
Grass	½×	0	1
Ice	2×	1	0
Fighting	1×	0	0
Poison	2×	1	0
Ground	½×	0	1
Flying	4×	1	0
Psychic	2×	1	0
Bug	1×	0	0
Rock	½×	0	1
Ghost	1×	0	0
Dragon	1×	0	0
Dark	½×	0	1
Steel	1×	0	0
Fairy	2×	1	0

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

Normal✓ Super effective

FireNeutral

Water✓ Super effective

ElectricNeutral

GrassNeutral

Ice✓ Super effective

FightingNeutral

PoisonResisted

Ground✓ Super effective

FlyingResisted

PsychicNeutral

BugResisted

Rock✓ Super effective

GhostNeutral

DragonNeutral

Dark✓ Super effective

Steel✓ Super effective

FairyNeutral

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.