The Essentials on Chi-Yu
- Weaknesses
- ×2 Water, Fighting, Ground, Rock Table
- Resistances
- ×½ Fire, Grass, Ice, Ghost, Dark, Steel · immune: Psychic
- Evolution
- Chi-Yu does not evolve and has no pre-evolution.
- Shiny
Alternate, rare colors: in the main games since X and Y, an encounter has a 1 in 4,096 chance of being Shiny, excluding hunting bonuses. View- Stats
- Total 570 · top stat: Special Attack (135) Detail
- In Current Games
- Scarlet and Violet: No. 396 in the Paldea Pokédex
- Pokémon GO: not yet released
- Other Names
- Yuyu in French · イーユイ, Yiyui in Japanese · Yuyu in German All Languages
Overview
Chi-Yu is a Fire and Dark-type Pokémon, No. 1004 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 9. Category: Ruinous Pokémon. Height: 0.4 m, weight: 4.9 kg.
Ability: Beads of Ruin. Chi-Yu is weak to Water, Fighting, Ground and Rock-type moves (×2 damage). Chi-Yu takes no damage from Psychic-type moves.
Generation
Generation 9
Scarlet / Violet
National No.
#1004
National Pokédex
Category
Ruinous Pokémon
Status
Legendary
Base Stats
The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.
HP
55
255
Attack
80
255
Defense
80
255
Special Attack
135
255
Special Defense
120
255
Speed
100
255
Total
570
Min HP (Lv. 100)
220
0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature
Max HP (Lv. 100)
314
31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature
Gen Changes
Stable
Unchanged recently
Type Effectiveness
Multipliers received depending on the type of the opposing move (Fire / Dark). See the type chart
Weak (×2) — 4 types
Water
×2
Fighting
×2
Ground
×2
Rock
×2
Normal (×1) — 7 types
Normal
×1
Electric
×1
Poison
×1
Flying
×1
Bug
×1
Dragon
×1
Fairy
×1
Resistant (×0.5) — 6 types
Fire
×½
Grass
×½
Ice
×½
Ghost
×½
Dark
×½
Steel
×½
Immune (×0) — 1 type
Psychic
×0
Abilities
Ability 1
The power of the Pokémon's ruinous beads lowers the Sp. Def stats of all Pokémon except itself.
Chi-Yu Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve and does not come from any evolution.
Chi-Yu Forms and Shiny
Standard Form
Fire · Dark
Shiny Availability
Shiny form available
Base rate (Gen VI+): 1/4096.
With Shiny Charm: 1/1365.
Masuda Method: 1/683.
Chi-Yu Moves
Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.
Lv.
Move
Type · Cat.
Accuracy
Pow.
PP
1
Spite
Ghost
Stat
100%
—
10
1
Ember
Fire
Spec.
100%
40
25
1
Mean Look
Normal
Stat
—
—
5
5
Flame Wheel
Fire
Phys.
100%
60
25
10
Payback
Dark
Phys.
100%
50
10
15
Will-O-Wisp
Fire
Stat
85%
—
15
20
Flame Charge
Fire
Phys.
100%
50
20
25
Incinerate
Fire
Spec.
100%
60
15
30
Confuse Ray
Ghost
Stat
100%
—
10
35
Nasty Plot
Dark
Stat
—
—
20
40
Dark Pulse
Dark
Spec.
100%
80
15
45
Lava Plume
Fire
Spec.
100%
80
15
50
Ruination
Dark
Spec.
90%
1
10
55
Bounce
Flying
Phys.
85%
85
5
60
Swagger
Normal
Stat
85%
—
15
65
Inferno
Fire
Spec.
50%
100
5
70
Memento
Dark
Stat
100%
—
10
75
Overheat
Fire
Spec.
90%
130
5
Advanced Breeding
Egg Groups
Undiscovered
Egg Cycles
50 cycles
≈ 12,850 steps
Gender
Genderless
Ditto Compatibility
✓ Yes
Pokérus
Susceptible
EV ×2 if infected
Max Characteristic
Special Attack
Highest base stat
Hyper Training & Mints
Available from level 50. Cost: 1 Gold Bottle Cap per IV set to 31 or 3 Silver Bottle Caps per IV. Mints let you change the effect of a Nature without changing the base Nature.
Where to Find Chi-Yu
Available in 2 games, 2 recorded encounters. Click a game to see the details.
Natively obtainable:
Scarlet
Violet
Generation IX
Scarlet 1 encounter
Available
▼
Picnic
(1)
Paldea
Violet 1 encounter
Available
▼
Picnic
(1)
Paldea
Transfer to Pokémon HOME
How to bring this Pokémon to HOME depending on the game of origin.
Scarlet
→
Pokémon HOME
HOME (direct)
Violet
→
Pokémon HOME
HOME (direct)
Note:
Some transfers are irreversible (Bank → HOME). Check the legality of moves in the target game — HOME may replace an illegal move with a basic move.
Competitive & Meta
Chi-Yu in Pokémon GO
Not yet released
- 3,457Max CP (Lv. 40)
- 1,975Perfect CP in Raids
- 20 kmper Candy as Buddy
Pokédex Entries
Description by game, with language selection.
Scarlet
“It controls flames burning at over 5,400 degrees Fahrenheit. It casually swims through the sea of lava it creates by melting rock and sand.”
Violet
“The envy accumulated within curved beads that sparked multiple conflicts has clad itself in fire and become a Pokémon.”
Multilingual Names
🇫🇷 Français
Yuyu
🇬🇧 English
Chi-Yu
🇯🇵 漢字
イーユイ
🇯🇵 Kana
イーユイ
🇯🇵 Romaji
Yiyui
🇩🇪 Deutsch
Yuyu
🇪🇸 Español
Chi-Yu
🇮🇹 Italiano
Chi-Yu
🇰🇷 한국어
위유이
🇨🇳 ZH-Hans
古玉鱼
🇹🇼 ZH-Hant
古玉魚
Category (Genus)
🇫🇷 FR
Fléau
🇬🇧 EN
Ruinous Pokémon
🇯🇵 JP
さいやくポケモン
🇩🇪 DE
Unheil
Media & Gallery
Audio Cries
Frequently asked questions about Chi-Yu
What type is Chi-Yu?
Chi-Yu is a Fire and Dark-type Pokémon.
What are Chi-Yu's weaknesses?
Chi-Yu is weak to Water, Fighting, Ground and Rock-type moves (×2 damage). Chi-Yu takes no damage from Psychic-type moves.
