Chainite

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Chainite Retribution Pokémon #148
Type Ghost Dark Unknown Unknown
Abilities Shadow Tag or Cursed Body				Hidden Ability
Mega Ability
Gender ratio Genderless		Catch rate 110 (14.4%)
Breeding Egg group Amorphous Hatch time 5120 steps*
Height 2.0 m 6'6.7" m		Weight 98.6 kg 217.4 lbs {{{weight2-kg}}} kg
Base experience yield 193		Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 2 0 HP 2 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Body style Unknown		Footprint File:F148.png
Pokédex color   Black		Base friendship 10
Cry

Chainite is a dual-type Ghost/Dark Pokémon.

It evolves from Linkite when traded.

Pokédex entry

Biology

Physiology

Chainite's dark spirit has become so powerful and angry that its Linkite body can no longer contain it and is literally bursting at the seams with malicious spirit energy. Wisps and tendrils of black smoke emerge from the Substitute doll's arms, feet, and mouth. Chainite's shackles are much heavier than Linkite's and it has a straitjacket and a large padlock in front of it. The Poké Ball at the end of its chain has grown spikes and can be used as a flail.

Special abilities

Behavior

Habitat

Game locations

Held items

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Moves

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By TM/HM

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM01 Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150150 100}}100% 20 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM12 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000Varies 100}}100% 20 TM24 Thunderbolt Electric Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM25 Thunder Electric Special 110110 070}}70% 10 TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000Varies 100}}100% 20 TM30 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM31 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM56 Fling Dark Physical 0000Varies 100}}100% 10 TM60 Drain Punch Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM61 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM63 Embargo Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM64 Explosion Normal Physical 250250 100}}100% 5 TM65 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 07070 100}}100% 15 TM66 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM73 Thunder Wave Electric Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM74 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000Varies 100}}100% 5 TM75 Swords Dance Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM79 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM82 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM85 Dream Eater Psychic Special 100100 100}}100% 15 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 090}}90% 15 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM92 Trick Room Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 HM04 Strength Normal Physical 08080 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Chainite Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Chainite

By Move Tutor

By Move Tutor

Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Cost  Block Normal Status — —% 5 4 /0 Crunch Dark Physical 80 100% 15 4 /5000 Foul Play Dark Physical 95 100% 15 4 Iron Defense Steel Status — —% 15 4 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100% 20 4 Nasty Plot Dark Status — —% 20 4 /0 Ominous Wind Ghost Special 60 100% 5 4 Pain Split Normal Status — —% 20 4 Spite Ghost Status — 100% 10 4 /0

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Chainite Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Chainite

By breeding

Chainite is genderless, it can't get any of the Egg Moves listed through natural means (unless learnable elsewhere such as via a Mystery Gift event, TM, and/or Move Tutor).

By Mystery Gift

Evolution

Unevolved Linkite  Ghost

Trade →

First evolution Chainite  Ghost  Dark

Sprites

Front	Back
Front shiny	Back shiny

Shiny Prior to 1.2

Front	Back

Mystery Gift Sprites

Front	Back
Front shiny	Back shiny

Trivia

• Linkite is the only Pokémon that evolves by trade that gains a type immunity from doing so.

Design origin

Chainite is based on a Substitute decoy chained to a Poké Ball, presumably the one it died in. Its bonds have been reinforced with a collar, padlock, and straitjacket. The shiny, as EeveeBaily put it, "it's supposed to represent a Love Ball, which makes it even more tragic that it got abandoned by its trainer." However, the irony from a gameplay mechanic standpoint is that Love Balls don't have any effect on the friendship stat like the Friend Balls or Luxury Balls do. Instead, Love Balls only increase the odds of catching Pokemon of the opposite gender, making the ties to the Love Ball even more ironic given that Linkite and Chainite are Genderless, and thus would be unaffected by it.

Name origin

Chainite comes from chain.

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