Is Lanturn Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Water/Electric with AbilityVolt Absorb healing from Electric moves. Lanturn handles Juan's gym and Wallace's Water Champion team while being immune to opposing Electric. The dual typing answers Emerald's Water-heavy endgame from both angles. Underrated endgame pick.
Chinchou resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Chinchou has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Chinchou trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Chinchou resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Chinchou trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Chinchou has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catch Chinchou on Route 124 (Surf, Lv 20-30, common).
- After Wattson
- TM24ElectricThunderbolt135100%15
- LV 25ElectricSpark98100%20
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Winona
- TM25ElectricThunder16570%10
- LV 41WaterHydro Pump16580%5
- After Tate & Liza
- HM08WaterDive120100%10
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- After Juan
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
Your Chinchou should hit Level 27 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
- After Wattson
- TM24ElectricThunderbolt135100%15
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Winona
- TM25ElectricThunder16570%10
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- After Tate & Liza
- HM08WaterDive120100%10
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- After Juan
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 50WaterHydro Pump16580%5
How to Get Lanturn in Emerald
No wild encounters for Lanturn. The 2-stage line runs through Chinchou, which you can catch at solid rates from the locations below. Evolve at level 27 once you've got the levels.
Catch Chinchou at any of these 2 spots to eventually evolve into Lanturn.
Encountered via Surfing
- 1Catch Chinchou
- 2Evolve Lanturnat Lv.27
Badge 7
Badge 8How to Obtain Lanturn in E
Step 1Catch ChinchouRoute 124 - UnderwaterLv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 30%Route 126 - UnderwaterLv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 30%
Step 2Lanturn ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Lanturn egg.
Lanturn Weakness
Lanturn's Water/Electric typing leaves it vulnerable to Grass and Ground. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Volt Absorb grants an additional Electric immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. With 125 HP and balanced defenses, Lanturn can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Grass, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Flying |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Lanturn Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Lanturn
 Grovyle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Grovyle builds →Leaf Blade 2x44-53% Dig 2x25-30% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | A | |
 Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Bayleef Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Trapinch Ground | C | |
Grovyle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Grovyle builds →Leaf Blade 2x45-54% Dig 2x27-31% | ||
Sandslash Ground | A | |
Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) | ||
Bayleef Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
Trapinch Ground | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
Grovyle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Grovyle builds →Leaf Blade 2x45-53% Dig 2x26-31% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Sandslash Ground | A | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Shiftry builds →Dig 2x36-43% Bullet Seed 2x9-11% | ||
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x90-106%KO Dig 2x32-38% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x80-94% Dig 2x36-43% | ||
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x90-106%KO Earthquake 2x52-62% | ||
Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 2x73-87% Earthquake 2x51-60% | ||
Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x80-94% Dig 2x36-43% | ||
 Groudon Ground | S | |
Obtain MethodTerra Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Groudon builds →Earthquake 2x124-146%KO Solar Beam 2x56-66% | ||
Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x88-103%KO Earthquake 2x51-60% | ||
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 2x72-85% Earthquake 2x50-59% | ||
Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
A | ||
Recommended Build AbilityKeeneye ItemLeftovers NatureCareful Moves View Skarmory builds →
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A | ||
Recommended Build AbilityNatural Cure ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Starmie builds →Rapid Spin9-11% Ice Beam11-13% Thunderbolt22-27% Surf11-13% | ||
A | ||
Recommended Build AbilityMagnetpull ItemMagnet NatureModest Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Magneton builds →Thunderbolt28-33% | ||
A | ||
Recommended Build AbilityVoltabsorb ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Jolteon builds →Thunderbolt24-28% | ||
B | ||
Recommended Build AbilityMarvelscale ItemLeftovers NatureBold Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Milotic builds →Surf9-11% | ||
Lanturn Evolutions
Lanturn is the evolved form of Chinchou. Breeding produces Chinchou eggs, and they're average hatch time. Evolving from Chinchou gave Lanturn the biggest boost in HP (+50), bringing the total to 460 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
E Lanturn Best Moveset
Lanturn fills a unique defensive niche, combining Water/Electric typing with AbilityVolt Absorb to create a Pokemon that heals from the Electric attacks that threaten other Water-types. 125 HP provides natural bulk while the moveset fires MoveSurf and MoveThunderbolt for dual TermStab. Teams pairing Lanturn with Ground-types cover each other's weaknesses effectively.
Best Build
Lanturn best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Tank Moveset
- Thunderbolt
- Hydro Pump
- Thunder Wave
- Ice Beam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Amnesia and Flail on Lanturn. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Hydro Pump and Thunder, they expand what Lanturn can actually threaten in practice.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The light-emitting orbs on its back are very bright. They are formed from a part of its dorsal fin. This POKéMON illuminates the inky darkness of deep seas.
Lanturn Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Don't let Lanturn's 460 base stat total fool you. Volt Absorb is what makes it tick. It punches way above its weight class. We rate it C-Tier as a support. Thunderbolt with Leftovers is the standard set.
In Emerald, Run Volt Absorb on Lanturn. It's the ability that defines how you build around it and the main reason it holds a competitive niche. Lanturn also gets Illuminate, but they don't compare.
In Emerald, Lanturn fills the support role. It's a special attacker with base 76 Sp. Atk. At base 67 Speed, it won't be moving first often. And it's enough bulk to take a hit or two.
In Emerald, run Thunderbolt, Hydro Pump, Thunder Wave, and Ice Beam on Lanturn. Thunderbolt is the most common pick at 0% usage. Thunderbolt provides reliable STAB damage.
Game Availability
Lanturn first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 17 games across 9 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves