Chesnaught
Chesnaught is a Grass/Fighting-type Pokémon, the Spiny Armor Pokémon, number 652 (#0652) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 6 and comes from the Kalos region. It is 1.6 m tall and weighs 90 kg.
Chesnaught is the Spiny Armor Pokémon, a gentle knight-like Grass and Fighting type whose tackle can flip a 50-ton tank, according to the Pokédex. It defends its friends with its own body, and in Legends: Z-A it gained a Mega form.
How to pronounce Chesnaught
Chesnaught is pronounced CHES-nawt. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Chesnaught said out loud:
In Japanese it is ブリガロン (Brigarron).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Chesnaught is a hulking armoured hedgehog, 1.6 m tall and 90 kg, with soft white fur across its belly and framing its face like a beard. A beige helmet-like plate covers its head, and a big domed chestnut shell with four spines forms its armour. It can bring its arms together into a spiked shield.
Behaviour
Chesnaught is gentle and prefers to avoid conflict, but when pushed it will pummel opponents with its spiked fists. The Pokédex says it protects allies in danger by making a shield of its arms and blocking attacks with its own body, and claims that with its fists raised in front of its face it could survive a bomb blast.
Habitat
The Pokédex gives it no habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it arrives by trade or a Poké Portal News event; in Legends: Z-A you evolve a Quilladin, and in the Mega Dimension DLC it also turns up in Hyperspace Lumiose's Grass-type and Fighting-type wild zones.
Powers
Its Ability Overgrow boosts Grass moves at low HP, and its Hidden Ability Bulletproof blocks ball and bomb moves. It learns Spiky Shield on evolving, and later gets Hammer Arm and Wood Hammer. With Chesnaughtite it can Mega Evolve into Mega Chesnaught, new in Legends: Z-A, which is still Grass and Fighting but trades Speed for much more Attack and Defense. Bulbapedia says its fur works as an impact-absorbing cloak and its shoulder armour turns into an axe. Base Defense 122 makes Chesnaught a slow, sturdy bruiser.
Name origin
Chesnaught may combine 'chestnut' with 'juggernaut', 'knight' or 'dreadnought'. The Japanese name is Brigarron (ブリガロン), which may blend 'brigandine' (a body armour) with marron, the French for chestnut.
Design inspiration
Bulbapedia says the Kalos starters' final forms were designed to look like creatures from a European-style role-playing game. Chesnaught seems to be a hedgehog crossed with a ripe chestnut, with a three-banded armadillo's pale armour and a knight's body armour. Mega Chesnaught may take its crown and red cape from kings. These are fan readings except where a developer is quoted.
Evolution notes
Chesnaught evolves from Quilladin at level 36 and is the final form of the Chespin line.
In the games
Chesnaught is the final form of the Kalos Grass starter in X and Y. In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon it was available from Exeggutor Island with the QR Scanner.
In the anime
Millis Steel's Chesnaught is her main Pokémon in the film Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction. In 'Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!', Alain's Chesnaught lost its Masters Eight Tournament battle against Leon's Rillaboom.
Fun facts
- It has the highest Defense of any fully evolved first partner Pokémon, not counting Mega forms, according to Bulbapedia.
- Mega Chesnaught's Defense 172 and Speed 44 are, Bulbapedia says, both the highest and the lowest base stats among fully evolved first partner Pokémon.
- In 'Dream a Little Dream from Me!' Clemont's Chespin evolves straight into a Chesnaught, but only in a dream.
Base stats
- HP: 88
- Attack: 107
- Defense: 122
- Sp. Atk: 74
- Sp. Def: 75
- Speed: 64
Chesnaught’s base stat total is 530. Its highest stat is Defense.
Type matchups
What is Chesnaught weak to?
Chesnaught takes extra damage from Flying (4×), Fire (2×), Ice (2×), Poison (2×), Psychic (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.
It resists Water (½×), Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Ground (½×), Rock (½×), Dark (½×).
Evolution
What does Chesnaught evolve from?
Chesnaught evolves from Quilladin at level 36.
Chesnaught is the final stage of its evolution family.
The whole family: Chespin, Quilladin, Chesnaught.
Forms
- Mega Chesnaught (Mega): Grass/Fighting-type, base stat total 630 (HP 88, Attack 137, Defense 172, Sp. Atk 74, Sp. Def 115, Speed 44). Ability: Bulletproof.
Abilities
- Overgrow: Strengthens Grass moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
- Bulletproof (hidden ability): Protects against bullet, ball, and bomb-based moves.
Moves
Moves Chesnaught learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evo | Spiky Shield | Grass | Status | — |
| 1 | Feint | Normal | Physical | 30 |
| 1 | Hammer Arm | Fighting | Physical | 100 |
| 1 | Growl | Normal | Status | — |
| 1 | Rollout | Rock | Physical | 30 |
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 1 | Vine Whip | Grass | Physical | 45 |
| 11 | Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 |
| 15 | Leech Seed | Grass | Status | — |
| 19 | Pin Missile | Bug | Physical | 25 |
| 29 | Take Down | Normal | Physical | 90 |
| 35 | Seed Bomb | Grass | Physical | 80 |
| 41 | Mud Shot | Ground | Special | 55 |
| 48 | Bulk Up | Fighting | Status | — |
| 54 | Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 |
| 60 | Pain Split | Normal | Status | — |
| 66 | Wood Hammer | Grass | Physical | 120 |
| 78 | Giga Impact | Normal | Physical | 150 |
“Evo” means Chesnaught learns the move the moment it evolves: Spiky Shield.
TM moves (74)
Chesnaught can learn 74 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Low Kick, Trailblaze, Facade, Aerial Ace, Bulldoze, Metal Claw, Swift, Magical Leaf, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Low Sweep, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Dig, Bullet Seed, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Shadow Claw, Bulk Up, Body Slam, Thunder Punch, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Drain Punch, Reflect, Dragon Claw, Grass Knot, Poison Jab, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Taunt, Swords Dance, Body Press, Spikes, Iron Head, Substitute, Iron Defense, Crunch, Giga Drain, Energy Ball, Helping Hand, Reversal, Grassy Terrain, Grass Pledge, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Frenzy Plant, Focus Blast, Leaf Storm, Hyper Beam, Close Combat, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Roar, Smack Down, Gyro Ball, Knock Off, Super Fang, High Horsepower, Focus Punch, Grassy Glide, Pain Split, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Coaching, Curse.
Egg moves (7):Belly Drum, Curse, Quick Guard, Spikes, Super Fang, Synthesis, Wide Guard.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
- Egg groups: Field.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 3 Defense effort values.
- Base experience yield: 239.
Pokédex entries
When it takes a defensive posture with its fists guarding its face, it could withstand a bomb blast. (Y, Alpha Sapphire)
Its Tackle is forceful enough to flip a 50-ton tank. It shields its allies from danger with its own body. (X, Omega Ruby)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ブリガロン |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Brigarron |
| French | Blindépique |
| German | Brigaron |
| Spanish | Chesnaught |
| Italian | Chesnaught |
| Korean | 브리가론 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 布里卡隆 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 布里卡隆 |
Trivia
- Highest Defense among Grass types in Gen 6: 122, shared with 1 other.
- Highest Defense among Fighting types in Gen 6: 122.
- Highest Sp. Atk among Fighting types in Gen 6: 74, shared with 1 other.
- Highest Sp. Def among Fighting types in Gen 6: 75.
- Highest base stat total among Fighting types in Gen 6: 530.
- Taller than 77% of all Pokémon (1.6 m).
- Heavier than 80% of all Pokémon (90 kg).
- Base stat total 530, ranked #163 of 1,025.
- Its best stat is Defense, ranked #59 of 1,025.
- One of 3 Pokémon that are both Grass and Fighting.
- One of 130 green Pokémon.
- Number 3 of 72 Pokémon introduced in Generation 6 (Kalos).
- Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
- Can learn 89 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Has 1 alternate form.
- Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.
Sources and fact-checking
- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Chesnaught (Pokémon), Serebii: Chesnaught (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (CHES-nawt): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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