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title: "Wo-Chien (#1001): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si"
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description: "Wo-Chien (#1001): Dark/Grass-type Ruinous Pokémon from Paldea. Base stat total 570. Abilities: Tablets of Ruin. Stats, matchups, evolutions, moves, every Pokédex entry and lore on pokee.si."
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#1001 · Paldea · Generation 9 · legendary

# Wo-Chien

Ruinous Pokémon · Dark/Grass-type

![Wo-Chien official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/1001.webp)

Wo-Chien is a [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark)/[Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass)-type Pokémon, the Ruinous Pokémon, number 1001 (#1001) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the [Paldea](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/paldea) region. It is 1.5 m tall and weighs 74.2 kg.

Wo-Chien is a snail made of dead leaves that wears a row of old wooden tablets as its shell, and the Pokédex says the grudge of one punished writer brought it to life. It drains the life from plants so fiercely that forests wither on the spot.

## How to pronounce Wo-Chien

Wo-Chien is pronounced **woh-CHEN**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Wo-Chien said out loud:

[Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/1001.mp3)

In Japanese it is チオンジェン (Chionjen).

Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce).

## Lore

### Biology

Wo-Chien is 1.5 m tall and weighs 74.2 kg. Its mossy dark-green body is draped in dead green and yellow leaves, with two pairs of long curling vines for eyestalks. The tablets curled along its back form its shell, and their writing has faded too far to read. Bulbapedia treats the tablets as its true form and the leafy body as one they built using their control over plants.

### Behaviour

Wo-Chien is a sealed, resentful Pokémon rather than a sociable one. The Pokédex says it was born from the resentment of someone punished for recording a king's wicked acts on wooden tablets, and Bulbapedia notes it is the only one of the four treasures of ruin given life by one individual's feeling rather than humanity's feelings in general. Its one recorded habit is draining the life-force of vegetation across a wide area.

### Habitat

The Pokédex gives no natural habitat. In Paldea it is sealed in the Grasswither Shrine, in South Province (Area One).

### Powers

Its Ability Tablets of Ruin lowers the Attack of every other Pokémon in battle. Its signature move Ruination, shared by all four treasures of ruin, deals damage equal to half of the target's remaining HP. It also learns Giga Drain, Leaf Storm, Foul Play and Knock Off. With base Special Defense 135 and Defense 100 it is built to outlast attackers.

### Name origin

Wo-Chien may join wō, the Chinese word for a snail, with jiǎn, bamboo slips. The Japanese name is Chionjen (チオンジェン), which may combine chóng (bug) with the same jiǎn.

### Design inspiration

Wo-Chien may be modelled on the decollate snail, a predatory Mediterranean land snail with a blunt, conical shell. Its shell echoes the bamboo or wooden slips used for writing in China before paper, and the four treasures of ruin may draw on the Four Perils of Chinese myth; Wo-Chien may correspond to Táowù, a monster whose name was also given to a lost history of the ancient state of Chu. These are fan readings.

### In the games

Wo-Chien is one of four Legendary Pokémon sealed in shrines across Paldea in Scarlet and Violet: pull out the eight stakes scattered around its area and the shrine unlocks, letting you challenge it. You can catch only one per save file. In Pokémon Masters EX it forms a sync pair with Archie, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.

### In the anime

In the Pokémon Horizons episode HZ153, whose Japanese title translates as 'Paldea in Ruin: Resurrection', Coral and Sidian break the Grasswither Shrine's seal by accident, and Dot finds and confronts Wo-Chien.

### Fun facts

- Bulbapedia counts 92 wooden tablets on its in-game model, all of them visible at the peak of one animation.
- Of the four treasures of ruin, only Wo-Chien has Pokédex entries that contain no number.
- French and German spell its name Chongjian, the modern pinyin style, while English, Spanish and Italian keep the older Wade-Giles spelling.
- Bulbapedia says its Scarlet Pokédex entry may echo a Chinese idiom about sins too numerous to record on bamboo slips.

Sources: [Bulbapedia: Wo-Chien (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Wo-Chien_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Wo-Chien (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/wo-chien/) · [Bulbapedia: Treasures of ruin](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Treasures_of_ruin)

## Base stats

- HP: **85**
- Attack: **85**
- Defense: **100**
- Sp. Atk: **95**
- Sp. Def: **135**
- Speed: **70**

Wo-Chien’s base stat total is **570**. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.

## Type matchups

### What is Wo-Chien weak to?

Wo-Chien takes extra damage from [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug) (4×), [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire) (2×), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice) (2×), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting) (2×), [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison) (2×), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying) (2×), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) (2×) moves.

It resists [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water) (½×), [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric) (½×), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass) (½×), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground) (½×), [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost) (½×), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark) (½×).

It is immune to [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic) moves.

## Evolution

Wo-Chien does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

## Abilities

- [Tablets of Ruin](https://pokee.si/abilities/tablets-of-ruin): Lowers Attack of all Pokémon except itself.

## Moves

### Moves Wo-Chien learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Absorb](https://pokee.si/moves/absorb) | Grass | Special | 20 |
| 1 | [Spite](https://pokee.si/moves/spite) | Ghost | Status | — |
| 1 | [Mean Look](https://pokee.si/moves/mean-look) | Normal | Status | — |
| 5 | [Tickle](https://pokee.si/moves/tickle) | Normal | Status | — |
| 10 | [Payback](https://pokee.si/moves/payback) | Dark | Physical | 50 |
| 15 | [Poison Powder](https://pokee.si/moves/poison-powder) | Poison | Status | — |
| 15 | [Stun Spore](https://pokee.si/moves/stun-spore) | Grass | Status | — |
| 20 | [Mega Drain](https://pokee.si/moves/mega-drain) | Grass | Special | 40 |
| 25 | [Leech Seed](https://pokee.si/moves/leech-seed) | Grass | Status | — |
| 30 | [Growth](https://pokee.si/moves/growth) | Normal | Status | — |
| 35 | [Ingrain](https://pokee.si/moves/ingrain) | Grass | Status | — |
| 40 | [Dark Pulse](https://pokee.si/moves/dark-pulse) | Dark | Special | 80 |
| 45 | [Giga Drain](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-drain) | Grass | Special | 75 |
| 50 | [Ruination](https://pokee.si/moves/ruination) | Dark | Special | 1 |
| 55 | [Foul Play](https://pokee.si/moves/foul-play) | Dark | Physical | 95 |
| 60 | [Power Whip](https://pokee.si/moves/power-whip) | Grass | Physical | 120 |
| 65 | [Grassy Terrain](https://pokee.si/moves/grassy-terrain) | Grass | Status | — |
| 70 | [Knock Off](https://pokee.si/moves/knock-off) | Dark | Physical | 65 |
| 75 | [Leaf Storm](https://pokee.si/moves/leaf-storm) | Grass | Special | 130 |

### TM moves (40)

Wo-Chien can learn 40 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: [Take Down](https://pokee.si/moves/take-down), [Mud-Slap](https://pokee.si/moves/mud-slap), [Scary Face](https://pokee.si/moves/scary-face), [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect), [Trailblaze](https://pokee.si/moves/trailblaze), [Facade](https://pokee.si/moves/facade), [Hex](https://pokee.si/moves/hex), [Snarl](https://pokee.si/moves/snarl), [Magical Leaf](https://pokee.si/moves/magical-leaf), [Mud Shot](https://pokee.si/moves/mud-shot), [Endure](https://pokee.si/moves/endure), [Sunny Day](https://pokee.si/moves/sunny-day), [Rain Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/rain-dance), [Bullet Seed](https://pokee.si/moves/bullet-seed), [Zen Headbutt](https://pokee.si/moves/zen-headbutt), [Foul Play](https://pokee.si/moves/foul-play), [Body Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/body-slam), [Sleep Talk](https://pokee.si/moves/sleep-talk), [Seed Bomb](https://pokee.si/moves/seed-bomb), [Reflect](https://pokee.si/moves/reflect), [Light Screen](https://pokee.si/moves/light-screen), [Grass Knot](https://pokee.si/moves/grass-knot), [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest), [Taunt](https://pokee.si/moves/taunt), [Body Press](https://pokee.si/moves/body-press), [Dark Pulse](https://pokee.si/moves/dark-pulse), [Substitute](https://pokee.si/moves/substitute), [Giga Drain](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-drain), [Energy Ball](https://pokee.si/moves/energy-ball), [Pollen Puff](https://pokee.si/moves/pollen-puff), [Grassy Terrain](https://pokee.si/moves/grassy-terrain), [Giga Impact](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-impact), [Leaf Storm](https://pokee.si/moves/leaf-storm), [Hyper Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/hyper-beam), [Solar Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/solar-beam), [Tera Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/tera-blast), [Spite](https://pokee.si/moves/spite), [Knock Off](https://pokee.si/moves/knock-off), [Solar Blade](https://pokee.si/moves/solar-blade), [Lash Out](https://pokee.si/moves/lash-out).

## Breeding & training

- Gender: genderless.
- Egg groups: Undiscovered.
- Egg cycles: 50 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 6,400).
- Catch rate: 6 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 0.
- Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Def effort values.
- Base experience yield: 285.

## Pokédex entries

It drains the life-force from vegetation, causing nearby forests to instantly wither and fields to turn barren. *(Violet)*

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. *(Scarlet)*

## Names around the world

- **Japanese**: チオンジェン
- **Romaji**: Chionjen
- **French**: Chongjian
- **German**: Chongjian
- **Spanish**: Wo-Chien
- **Italian**: Wo-Chien
- **Korean**: 총지엔
- **Chinese (Simplified)**: 古简蜗
- **Chinese (Traditional)**: 古簡蝸

## Trivia

- Highest Sp. Def among Grass types: 135.
- Highest Sp. Def among Dark types: 135.
- Highest Sp. Def among Gen 9 Pokémon: 135, shared with 1 other.
- Highest Sp. Def among Grass types in Gen 9: 135.
- Highest Sp. Def among Dark types in Gen 9: 135.
- Taller than 72% of all Pokémon (1.5 m).
- Heavier than 76% of all Pokémon (74.2 kg).
- Base stat total 570, ranked #93 of 1,025.
- Its best stat is Sp. Def, ranked #16 of 1,025.
- One of 7 Pokémon that are both Dark and Grass.
- One of 147 brown Pokémon.
- Number 96 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
- Can learn 52 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 6: about 0.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.

## Sources and fact-checking

- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: [PokéAPI](https://pokeapi.co) open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Wo-Chien (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Wo-Chien_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Wo-Chien (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/wo-chien/), [Bulbapedia: Treasures of ruin](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Treasures_of_ruin).
- Pronunciation (woh-CHEN): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name (low confidence).

**Last checked:** 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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[Dark-type Pokémon](https://pokee.si/types/dark) · [Grass-type Pokémon](https://pokee.si/types/grass) · [Dark/Grass weaknesses and matchups](https://pokee.si/types/grass-dark) · [Wo-Chien vs Chien-Pao](https://pokee.si/vs/wo-chien-vs-chien-pao) · [Paldea region guide](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/paldea) · [Tablets of Ruin ability](https://pokee.si/abilities/tablets-of-ruin) · [Compare Wo-Chien](https://pokee.si/compare?ids=1001) · [Full Pokédex](https://pokee.si/pokedex) · [Type chart](https://pokee.si/types) · [All moves](https://pokee.si/moves)

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