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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#113 Chansey

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SpeciesEgg Pokémon
Japanese nameLucky
PronunciationCHAN-SEE
Height3′ 7″ 1.09 m
Weight76.0 lb 34.20 kg
Gender♂ 0% · ♀ 100%

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Name meaning

CHANCEY meaning “risky” in which, is a hard to find Pokémon. (good luck)

Evolution

ChanseyReach Happiness QuotaBlissey

Chansey in the original Gengar’s Pokédex — Chansey as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue	A rare and elusive POKEMON that is said to bring happiness to those who manage to get it.
Yellow	A gentle and kind-hearted POKEMON that shares its nutritious eggs if it sees an injured POKEMON.
Stadium	Lays very succulent eggs every day. If it is treated with love and care, its eggs appear to become even more delicious.
GoldStadium 2	It walks carefully to prevent its egg from breaking. However, it is extremely fast at running away.
Silver	Few in number and difficult to capture, it is said to bring happiness to the trainer who catches it.
Crystal	People try to catch it for its extremely nutritious eggs, but it rarely can be found.

Where to find Chansey

Game	Where to find it	Time	Rarity
Blue	Safari Zone, Unknown Dungeon	NA	Few
Red		NA	Few
Yellow		NA	Few
Gold	Routes 13, 14, 15	Any	Few
Silver		Any	Few
Crystal		Any	Few

How to catch

	Ground	Breed
R/B	✓
Yellow	✓
G/S	✓	✓
Crystal	✓	✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

Normal×1
Fire×1
Water×1
Electric×1
Grass×1
Ice×1
Fighting×2
Poison×1
Ground×1
Flying×1
Psychic×1
Bug×1
Rock×1
Ghost×0
Dragon×1
Dark×1
Steel×1

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 1 weakness and 1 resistance out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 1 weakness and 1 resistance out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
This Pokémon has the same number of weaknesses and resistances in both GSC and RBY. So the defense ratio of both are the same.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

NormalNormal
FireNormal
WaterNormal
ElectricNormal
GrassNormal
IceNormal
FightingNormal
PoisonNormal
GroundNormal
FlyingNormal
PsychicNormal
BugNormal
RockBad
GhostNo Effect
DragonNormal
DarkNormal
SteelBad

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 0 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 17 types.
Red, Blue & Yellow: 0 advantages and 2 disadvantages out of 15 types.

Moves learned by levelling up

Yellow	R/B	G/S/C	Move	Type	Kind
Start	Start	Start	Pound	Normal	Physical
30	30	Start	Growl	Normal	Status
Start	—	9	Tail Whip	Normal	Status
—	—	13	Softboiled	Normal	Status
12	Start	17	Double Slap	Normal	Physical
30	30	23	Minimize	Normal	Status
24	24	29	Sing	Normal	Status
—	—	35	Egg Bomb	Normal	Physical
44	44	41	Defense Curl	Normal	Status
48	48	49	Light Screen	Psychic	Status
54	54	57	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

TM01Dynamicpunch
TM02Headbutt
TM03Curse
TM04Rollout
TM06Toxic
TM07Zap Cannon
TM08Rock Smash
TM09Psych Up
TM10Hidden Power
TM11Sunny Day
TM13Snore
TM14Blizzard
TM15Hyper Beam
TM16Icy Wind
TM17Protect
TM18Rain Dance
TM20Endure
TM21Frustration
TM22Solarbeam
TM23Iron Tail
TM25Thunder
TM27Return
TM29Psychic
TM30Shadow Ball
TM31Mud-Slap
TM32Double Team
TM33Ice Punch
TM34Swagger
TM35Sleep Talk
TM37Sandstorm
TM38Fire Blast
TM40Defense Curl
TM42Dream Eater
TM44Rest
TM45Attract
HM04Strength
HM05Flash

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

TM01Mega Punch
TM05Mega Kick
TM06Toxic
TM08Body Slam
TM09Take Down
TM10Double-Edge
TM11Bubblebeam
TM12Water Gun
TM13Ice Beam
TM14Blizzard
TM15Hyper Beam
TM17Submission
TM18Counter
TM19Seismic Toss
TM20Rage
TM22Solarbeam
TM24Thunderbolt
TM25Thunder
TM29Psychic
TM30Teleport
TM31Mimic
TM32Double Team
TM33Reflect
TM34Bide
TM35Metronome
TM37Egg Bomb
TM38Fire Blast
TM40Skull Bash
TM41Softboiled
TM44Rest
TM45Thunder Wave
TM46Psywave
TM49Tri Attack
TM50Substitute
HM04Strength
HM05Flash

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups	Fairy Pokémon group 12

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move	How to pass it down
Heal Bell	Teach wild male Smeargle Heal Bell, catch it, then breed it with a female from Snubbull Family. Then breed a male offspring with the move to Chansey Family.
Metronome	Mate with male Clefairy/Clefable or Togetic.
Present	Mate a male Delibird with Present to a Pokémon from the Marill, Pikachu, or Snubbull Family. Then breed male offspring with move to Chansey Family.

Stats

Stat	Base	Range at Lv. 100	G/S/C rank	R/B/Y rank
HP	250	673-703	2/4599.99%	1/42100.00%
Attack	5	78-108	49/490.72%	45/450.47%
Defense	5	78-108	55/551.79%	44/440.95%
Speed	50	168-198	34/4727.43%	31/4222.70%
Special Attack G/S/C	35	138-168	39/4612.54%	—
Special Defense G/S/C	105	278-308	10/4190.32%	—
Special R/B/Y	105	278-308	—	8/2989.41%
Total	450 G/S/C 415 R/B/Y	1413-1593 1275-1425	27/8765.54%	15/6580.20%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library