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No. 1001 · National Pokédex

Wo-Chien

チオンジェン · Chionjen · Chongjian
🌿 Grass 🌑 Dark
Height
1.5 m
Weight
74.2 kg
Category
Ruinous Pokémon
Generation
Generation 9
Wo-Chien
🔊 Cry

⚡The Essentials on Wo-Chien

Types
Grass Dark
Weaknesses
×4 Bug · ×2 Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Flying, Fairy Table
Resistances
×½ Water, Electric, Grass, Ground, Ghost, Dark · immune: Psychic
Evolution
Wo-Chien does not evolve and has no pre-evolution.
Shiny
Shiny Wo-ChienAlternate, 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 Defense (135) Detail
In Current Games
Other Names
Chongjian in French · チオンジェン, Chionjen in Japanese · Chongjian in German All Languages

📋Overview

Wo-Chien is a Grass and Dark-type Pokémon, No. 1001 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 9. Category: Ruinous Pokémon. Height: 1.5 m, weight: 74.2 kg.

Ability: Tablets of Ruin. Wo-Chien is weak to Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Flying and Fairy-type moves (×2 damage). Wo-Chien is very weak to Bug-type moves (×4 damage). Wo-Chien takes no damage from Psychic-type moves.

Generation
Generation 9
Scarlet / Violet
National No.
#1001
National Pokédex
Category
Ruinous Pokémon
Status
Legendary

📊Base Stats

The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.

HP
85
255
Attack
85
255
Defense
100
255
Special Attack
95
255
Special Defense
135
255
Speed
70
255
Total
570
Min HP (Lv. 100)
280
0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature
Max HP (Lv. 100)
374
31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature
Gen Changes
Stable
Unchanged recently

🛡️Type Effectiveness

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

Very weak (×4) — 1 type
Bug
×4
Weak (×2) — 6 types
Fire
×2
Ice
×2
Fighting
×2
Poison
×2
Flying
×2
Fairy
×2
Normal (×1) — 4 types
Normal
×1
Rock
×1
Dragon
×1
Steel
×1
Resistant (×0.5) — 6 types
Water
×½
Electric
×½
Grass
×½
Ground
×½
Ghost
×½
Dark
×½
Immune (×0) — 1 type
Psychic
×0

✨Abilities

Tablets of Ruin
Ability 1
The power of the Pokémon's ruinous wooden tablets lowers the Attack stats of all Pokémon except itself.

🌱Wo-Chien Evolution

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

🔮Wo-Chien Forms and Shiny

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

⚔️Wo-Chien Moves

Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.

Lv.
Move
Type · Cat.
Accuracy
Pow.
PP
1
Spite
Ghost Stat
100%
—
10
1
Mean Look
Normal Stat
—
—
5
1
Absorb
Grass Spec.
100%
20
25
5
Tickle
Normal Stat
100%
—
20
10
Payback
Dark Phys.
100%
50
10
15
Stun Spore
Grass Stat
75%
—
30
15
Poison Powder
Poison Stat
75%
—
35
20
Mega Drain
Grass Spec.
100%
40
15
25
Leech Seed
Grass Stat
90%
—
10
30
Growth
Normal Stat
—
—
20
35
Ingrain
Grass Stat
—
—
20
40
Dark Pulse
Dark Spec.
100%
80
15
45
Giga Drain
Grass Spec.
100%
75
10
50
Ruination
Dark Spec.
90%
1
10
55
Foul Play
Dark Phys.
100%
95
15
60
Power Whip
Grass Phys.
85%
120
10
65
Grassy Terrain
Grass Stat
—
—
10
70
Knock Off
Dark Phys.
100%
65
20
75
Leaf Storm
Grass 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 Defense
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 Wo-Chien

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

PU
Smogon · Gen IX · 2026-09
PartiallyUsed
Usage rate: 9.2% · Position #20

📱Wo-Chien in Pokémon GO

Wo-Chien in Pokémon GO Not yet released
  • 2,937Max CP (Lv. 40)
  • 1,678Perfect CP in Raids
  • 20 kmper Candy as Buddy
Pokémon GO entry: Wo-Chien →

📖Pokédex Entries

Description by game, with language selection.

Scarlet
“The grudge of a person punished for writing the king’s evil deeds upon wooden tablets has clad itself in dead leaves to become a Pokémon.”
Violet
“It drains the life-force from vegetation, causing nearby forests to instantly wither and fields to turn barren.”

🌍Multilingual Names

🇫🇷 Français
Chongjian
🇬🇧 English
Wo-Chien
🇯🇵 漢字
チオンジェン
🇯🇵 Kana
チオンジェン
🇯🇵 Romaji
Chionjen
🇩🇪 Deutsch
Chongjian
🇪🇸 Español
Wo-Chien
🇮🇹 Italiano
Wo-Chien
🇰🇷 한국어
총지엔
🇨🇳 ZH-Hans
古简蜗
🇹🇼 ZH-Hant
古簡蝸
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 Wo-Chien

What type is Wo-Chien?

Wo-Chien is a Grass and Dark-type Pokémon.

What are Wo-Chien's weaknesses?

Wo-Chien is weak to Fire, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Flying and Fairy-type moves (×2 damage). Wo-Chien is very weak to Bug-type moves (×4 damage). Wo-Chien takes no damage from Psychic-type moves.