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No. 1002 · National Pokédex

Chien-Pao

パオジアン · Paojian · Baojian
❄️ Ice 🌑 Dark
Height
1.9 m
Weight
152.2 kg
Category
Ruinous Pokémon
Generation
Generation 9
Chien-Pao
🔊 Cry

⚡The Essentials on Chien-Pao

Types
Ice Dark
Weaknesses
×4 Fighting · ×2 Fire, Bug, Rock, Steel, Fairy Table
Resistances
×½ Ice, Ghost, Dark · immune: Psychic
Evolution
Chien-Pao does not evolve and has no pre-evolution.
Shiny
Shiny Chien-PaoAlternate, 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: Speed (135) Detail
In Current Games
Other Names
Baojian in French · パオジアン, Paojian in Japanese · Baojian in German All Languages

📋Overview

Chien-Pao is a Ice and Dark-type Pokémon, No. 1002 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 9. Category: Ruinous Pokémon. Height: 1.9 m, weight: 152.2 kg.

Ability: Sword of Ruin. Chien-Pao is weak to Fire, Bug, Rock, Steel and Fairy-type moves (×2 damage). Chien-Pao is very weak to Fighting-type moves (×4 damage). Chien-Pao takes no damage from Psychic-type moves.

Generation
Generation 9
Scarlet / Violet
National No.
#1002
National Pokédex
Category
Ruinous Pokémon
Status
Legendary

📊Base Stats

The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.

HP
80
255
Attack
120
255
Defense
80
255
Special Attack
90
255
Special Defense
65
255
Speed
135
255
Total
570
Min HP (Lv. 100)
270
0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature
Max HP (Lv. 100)
364
31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature
Gen Changes
Stable
Unchanged recently

🛡️Type Effectiveness

Multipliers received depending on the type of the opposing move (Ice / Dark). See the type chart

Very weak (×4) — 1 type
Fighting
×4
Weak (×2) — 5 types
Fire
×2
Bug
×2
Rock
×2
Steel
×2
Fairy
×2
Normal (×1) — 8 types
Normal
×1
Water
×1
Electric
×1
Grass
×1
Poison
×1
Ground
×1
Flying
×1
Dragon
×1
Resistant (×0.5) — 3 types
Ice
×½
Ghost
×½
Dark
×½
Immune (×0) — 1 type
Psychic
×0

✨Abilities

Sword of Ruin
Ability 1
The power of the Pokémon's ruinous sword lowers the Defense stats of all Pokémon except itself.

🌱Chien-Pao Evolution

This Pokémon does not evolve and does not come from any evolution.

🔮Chien-Pao Forms and Shiny

Chien-Pao
Standard Form
Ice · Dark
Shiny Availability
Shiny Chien-Pao
Shiny form available
Base rate (Gen VI+): 1/4096. With Shiny Charm: 1/1365. Masuda Method: 1/683.

⚔️Chien-Pao Moves

Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.

Lv.
Move
Type · Cat.
Accuracy
Pow.
PP
1
Spite
Ghost Stat
100%
—
10
1
Powder Snow
Ice Spec.
100%
40
25
1
Mean Look
Normal Stat
—
—
5
5
Icy Wind
Ice Spec.
95%
55
15
10
Payback
Dark Phys.
100%
50
10
15
Mist
Ice Stat
—
—
30
15
Haze
Ice Stat
—
—
30
20
Ice Shard
Ice Phys.
100%
40
30
25
Swords Dance
Normal Stat
—
—
20
30
Snowscape
Ice Stat
—
—
10
35
Night Slash
Dark Phys.
100%
70
15
40
Dark Pulse
Dark Spec.
100%
80
15
45
Icicle Crash
Ice Phys.
90%
85
10
50
Ruination
Dark Spec.
90%
1
10
55
Sucker Punch
Dark Phys.
100%
70
5
60
Sacred Sword
Fighting Phys.
100%
90
15
65
Recover
Normal Stat
—
—
5
70
Throat Chop
Dark Phys.
100%
80
15
75
Sheer Cold
Ice Spec.
30%
—
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
Speed
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 Chien-Pao

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

Ubers
Smogon · Gen IX · 2026-09
Ubers
Usage rate: 4.0% · Position #35

📱Chien-Pao in Pokémon GO

Chien-Pao in Pokémon GO Not yet released
  • 3,329Max CP (Lv. 40)
  • 1,902Perfect CP in Raids
  • 20 kmper Candy as Buddy
Pokémon GO entry: Chien-Pao →

📖Pokédex Entries

Description by game, with language selection.

Scarlet
“This Pokémon can control 100 tons of fallen snow. It plays around innocently by leaping in and out of avalanches it has caused.”
Violet
“The hatred of those who perished by the sword long ago has clad itself in snow and become a Pokémon.”

🌍Multilingual Names

🇫🇷 Français
Baojian
🇬🇧 English
Chien-Pao
🇯🇵 漢字
パオジアン
🇯🇵 Kana
パオジアン
🇯🇵 Romaji
Paojian
🇩🇪 Deutsch
Baojian
🇪🇸 Español
Chien-Pao
🇮🇹 Italiano
Chien-Pao
🇰🇷 한국어
파오젠
🇨🇳 ZH-Hans
古剑豹
🇹🇼 ZH-Hant
古劍豹
Category (Genus)
🇫🇷 FR
Fléau
🇬🇧 EN
Ruinous Pokémon
🇯🇵 JP
さいやくポケモン
🇩🇪 DE
Unheil

🎬Media & Gallery

Official artwork
Dream World
Pokémon HOME
Gen V (animated)
Back sprite
Shiny
Gen I
Gen II
Gen III
Gen IV
Audio Cries

❓Frequently asked questions about Chien-Pao

What type is Chien-Pao?

Chien-Pao is a Ice and Dark-type Pokémon.

What are Chien-Pao's weaknesses?

Chien-Pao is weak to Fire, Bug, Rock, Steel and Fairy-type moves (×2 damage). Chien-Pao is very weak to Fighting-type moves (×4 damage). Chien-Pao takes no damage from Psychic-type moves.