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Chikorita Starting Stats and Moves

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This is a page about the Pokemon Chikorita in the game Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX for Nintendo Switch. Learn Chikorita's Moves, Abilities, Rescue Camp, Evolution Chain, and which Dungeons Chikorita can be found in.

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Basic Information
Is Chikorita a Good Starter?
Best Partner for Chikorita
Best Moveset
Learned Moves
Evolution
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Chikorita Basic Information

Chikorita Pokemon No. and Type

Chikorita

Pokemon No.	152
Type	Grass

Chikorita Base Stats

HP	Attack	Defense	Special Attack	Special Defense	Speed
41	13	13	11	13	13

Chikorita Ability

Ability	Effect
Leaf Guard	The Pokemon is protected from bad status conditions, such as poison or paralysis, during Sunny weather or in Extremely Harsh Sunlight.
Overgrow	When the Pokemon's HP is low, the power of Grass-type moves goes up.

Is Chikorita a Good Starter?

Tier
・Ancient Power is a great move especially against the Flying bosses. ・Razor Leaf has a great four (4) tile range. ・Is a Grass type so it might have troubles against Flying bosses.

Starter Tier List

Best Partner for Chikorita

Totodile for Type Coverage

No.	Pokémon	Type	Ability
158	Totodile		Torrent Sheer Force

Chikorita may have a lot of weaknesses, but Totodile can cover most of them with its wide moveset.

With access to Water-, Ice-, Fighting-, and Rock-type moves, Totodile can deal with Fire-, Flying-, Ice-, and Bug-type Pokemon handily.

Type Effectiveness

Best Moveset for Chikorita

Move	Type Range	Effect
Ancient Power	Rock Front	It damages an enemy. It could also boost your Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Travel Speed. The stats return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Razor Leaf	Grass 4 tiles away	It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It has a high critical-hit rate.
Reflect	Psychic Entire room	You and your teammates in the same room get the Reflect condition, which reduces the damage taken from physical moves.
Solar Beam	Grass 4 tiles away	You'll get the Solar Beam condition, which lets you charge power to try a powerful attack on the next turn. During Sunny weather or in Extremely Harsh Sunlight, it charges for an immediate attack on the first turn. But during Rain, Heavy Rain, Hail, or a Sandstorm, the damage will be reduced.

Notes

Chikorita isn't a good Pokemon coverage wise. What it provides is defensive capability through Reflect and Light Screen. They could also support Fire-type Pokemon with Sunny Day.

Chikorita Learned Moves

By Level Up

Lv.	Move	Type Range	Effect
Base	Tackle	Normal Front	It damages an enemy.
Base	Growl	Normal Entire room	It lowers the Attack of enemies in the same room.
6	Razor Leaf	Grass 4 tiles away	It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It has a high critical-hit rate.
9	Poison Powder	Poison Front	It makes an enemy Poisoned. But it has no effect on Grass-type Pokemon.
12	Synthesis	Grass User	It restores your HP. During Sunny weather or in Extremely Harsh Sunlight, it restores your HP even more. During Rain, Heavy Rain, Hail, or a Sandstorm, the amount regained goes down.
17	Reflect	Psychic Entire room	You and your teammates in the same room get the Reflect condition, which reduces the damage taken from physical moves.
20	Magical Leaf	Grass Front	It damages an enemy. It never misses.
23	Natural Gift	Normal Front	It damages an enemy. If you're holding food, such as Berries or seeds, the move's type will change and the power will go up.
28	Sweet Scent	Normal Entire room	It gives off a sweet scent that lowers the evasiveness of all enemies in the same room. It could also make enemies' Bellies emptier.
31	Light Screen	Psychic Entire room	You and your teammates in the same room get the Light Screen condition, which reduces the damage taken from special moves.
34	Body Slam	Normal Front	It damages an enemy. It could also cause Paralysis.
39	Safeguard	Normal Entire room	You and your teammates in the same room get the Safeguard condition, which prevents you from having bad statuses.
42	Aromatherapy	Grass Entire room	If you and your teammates in the same room have any bad statuses, all the bad statuses will be removed.
45	Solar Beam	Grass 4 tiles away	You'll get the Solar Beam condition, which lets you charge power to try a powerful attack on the next turn. During Sunny weather or in Extremely Harsh Sunlight, it charges for an immediate attack on the first turn. But during Rain, Heavy Rain, Hail, or a Sandstorm, the damage will be reduced.

By TM

Move	Type Range	Effect
Attract	Normal Front	It makes an enemy Infatuated, which makes the enemy's moves more likely to fail.
Confide	Normal Front	It lowers the enemy's Sp. Atk.
Double Team	Normal User	It boosts your evasiveness. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Echoed Voice	Normal Nearby Pokemon	It damages enemies. It causes more damage if its used repeatedly. The power also goes up when you use it after a teammate uses it.
Energy Ball	Grass 4 tiles away	It damages a Pokemon, even one far away. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Def.
Facade	Normal Front	It damages an enemy. The damage it causes goes up if you have a bad status. It also prevents your Attack from being lowered when you use this move while you have a Burn.
Frustration	Normal Front	It damages an enemy. The less you have opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Grass Knot	Grass Front	It damages an enemy. The heavier the enemy, the greater the damage caused by the move.
Hidden Power	Normal Front	It damages an enemy. The move's type changes on each adventure.
Light Screen	Psychic Entire room	You and your teammates in the same room get the Light Screen condition, which reduces the damage taken from special moves.
Nature Power	Normal Other	Borrowing power from nature, a variety of damaging moves will be used depending on the scenery of the floor.
Protect	Normal User	You'll Protect yourself from enemies' moves. But its chance of failure rises if you use it after you've already used a move that blocks enemies' attacks.
Reflect	Psychic Entire room	You and your teammates in the same room get the Reflect condition, which reduces the damage taken from physical moves.
Rest	Psychic User	You'll get the Napping condition. With the Napping condition, you'll fall asleep, awakening later with all your HP restored and bad statuses healed.
Return	Normal Front	It damages an enemy. The more you've opened up to your team, the more powerful this move will be.
Round	Normal Front	It damages an enemy. It causes more damage if your teammate in the same room just used the same move.
Safeguard	Normal Entire room	You and your teammates in the same room get the Safeguard condition, which prevents you from having bad statuses.
Sleep Talk	Normal Other	If you're sleeping, a move you know will be used automatically on an enemy near you. But keep in mind that nothing will happen if you use this while you're wide awake.
Solar Beam	Grass 4 tiles away	You'll get the Solar Beam condition, which lets you charge power to try a powerful attack on the next turn. During Sunny weather or in Extremely Harsh Sunlight, it charges for an immediate attack on the first turn. But during Rain, Heavy Rain, Hail, or a Sandstorm, the damage will be reduced.
Substitute	Normal User	You'll create a Substitute if you have more than half your max HP. Every time you use this move, your HP decreases. When you create a Substitute, you won't be targeted by enemies, but you can't use moves or items, and you can't restore your HP naturally.
Sunny Day	Fire Entire floor	It changes the floor's weather to Sunny. The power of Fire-type moves goes up, and the power of Water-type moves goes down.
Swagger	Normal Front	It makes an enemy Confused, but it also sharply raises the enemy's Attack.
Swords Dance	Normal User	It sharply boosts your Attack. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.
Toxic	Poison Front	It makes the enemy Badly Poisoned. It never misses if used by a Poison-type Pokemon. It will even hit a Pokemon that's used Dig, Fly, or the like.

By Move Tutor

Move	Type Range	Effect
Giga Drain	Grass Front	It damages an enemy. It also restores your HP. The greater the damage it causes, the more HP it restores.
Iron Tail	Steel Front	It damages an enemy. It could also lower the enemy's Defense.
Magic Coat	Psychic Entire room	You and your teammates in the same room will get the Magic Coat status, which reflects status moves and the effects of wands back at the attacker. But there are some moves that cannot be reflected, so be careful! The status will go away after a while.
Seed Bomb	Grass Front	It damages an enemy.
Snore	Normal 1 tile around user	If you're sleeping, it will be used automatically and will damage enemies around you. It could also make them Flinch. Keep in mind that nothing will happen if you use it while you're wide awake.
Synthesis	Grass User	It restores your HP. During Sunny weather or in Extremely Harsh Sunlight, it restores your HP even more. During Rain, Heavy Rain, Hail, or a Sandstorm, the amount regained goes down.
Worry Seed	Grass 4 tiles away	It changes the target's Ability to Insomnia. The effect wears off when you go to the next floor.

Chikorita Evolution

Evolution Chain

Pokemon	How to Evolve
Chikorita	-
Bayleef	Evolves from Chikorita at Lv. 16
Meganium	Evolves from Bayleef at Lv. 32

Can Chikorita Mega Evolve?

This Pokemon can not Mega Evolve.

How to Get Chikorita

Dungeons Where Chikorita is Found

Dungeon	# of Floors	Boss	Strong Foe
Joyous Tower	99	-	-

Chikorita Rescue Camp

Rescue Camp	Price
Beau Plains	2700

Is Recruiting Chikorita Worth It?

Check out our list on Best Pokemon for the Story to find out which Pokemon are best to recruit!

Best Pokemon for the Story

Pokemon by Type
Fire	Water	Grass
Electric	Ice	Fighting
Poison	Ground	Flying
Psychic	Bug	Rock
Ghost	Dragon	Dark
Fairy	Steel	Normal

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Chikorita Base Stats

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Chikorita Evolution

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