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Chesnaught Movesets and Best Builds

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Last updated on: November 27, 2025 01:17 AM

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This is a complete guide on how to build your Chesnaught for Competitive and Ranked Matches in Pokemon Legends: Z-A! Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, and Held Items to use with Chesnaught, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.

Chesnaught
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Mega Chesnaught

List of Contents

Base Stats, Type and Weaknesses
Best Builds
How to Use Effectively
Best Teams
Counters for Chesnaught
Related Guides

Chesnaught Base Stats, Type, and Weaknesses

Chesnaught Battle Information

Chesnaught

Mega Chesnaught

Dex #215		Base Stats
Chesnaught
		Stat	Value
		HP	88
		Atk	107
		Def	122
		Sp. Atk	74
		Sp. Def	75
		Speed	64
		Total	530
Type Effectiveness
Weak to:	(4x)
Weak to:	(2x)
Resists:	(0.5x)
Resists:

Dex #215		Base Stats
Mega Chesnaught
		Stat	Value
		HP	88
		Atk	137
		Def	172
		Sp. Atk	74
		Sp. Def	115
		Speed	44
		Total	630
Type Effectiveness
Weak to:	(4x)
Weak to:	(2x)
Resists:	(0.5x)
Resists:

What is Type Effectiveness?

Best Nature for Chesnaught

Best Natures
Adamant （+Atk, -Sp.Atk）	Jolly （+Speed, -Sp.Atk）

What are Natures?

Best Builds for Chesnaught

Build Name	Strengths and Weaknesses
Mega Chesnaught Build ★★★★★	Strengths: • Gets a major boost to its Attack and Defense when Mega Evolved. • Great counter against the Ground-types dominating the Meta. • Has a good variety of offensive coverage moves. Weaknesses: • Poor type matchup in the current meta. • Loses Speed when Mega Evolved, making your cooldowns a bit longer.
Regular Build ★★★☆☆	Strengths: • Fater than its Mega Evolution. • Best used to scare off opponents into switching. • Has a good variety of offensive coverage moves. Weaknesses: • Poor type matchup in the current meta. • No decent Grass-type move choice if you're running Life Orb.

Mega Chesnaught Build

Mega Chesnaught

Held Item

Nature

Chesnaughtite

EV Spread

252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe

Moveset

Summary

Gets a major boost to its Attack and Defense when Mega Evolved.

Suited more for scoring, so try to keep your distance if you see a Skarmory or Metagross.

Has a good variety of offensive coverage moves..

Chesnaught can comfortably fill a slot in your team if you need a Grass-type. It is a solid addition to any team and fulfils a supportive or offensive role.

Held Item

Item	Effect / Location
Chesnaughtite	Effect: One of a variety of mysterious Mega Stones. A Chesnaught holding this stone will be able to Mega Evolve during battle.

The item chosen for Chesnaught for this build is its Mega Stone, Chesnaughtite.

How to Get Chesnaughtite Mega Stone

Moves Breakdown

Wood Hammer	Main STAB move against Water and Ground-types .
Close Combat	Main damager against the overwhelming presence of Steel-types like Excadrill in the current meta.
Dragon Claw	Can deal a good amount of damage against Garchomp or Dragonite.
Earthquake	Used to score a lot of points on skirmishing opponents thanks to the size increase from Mega Evolving.

This set focuses on having Chesnaught deal damage over a wide area to maximize the amount of Points you can get.

Other Viable Moves

Poison Jab or Iron Head	Can be useful against the occasional Xerneas or Gardevoir.
Thunder Punch	Can be useful if you encounter a Flying-type, like Skarmory, but you should just switch out.
Curse or Bulk Up	Buffs your already high Attack and Defense Stats.
Spiky Shield	Amazing Defensive move if timed properly.

EV Spread and Nature

A full 252 EVs are placed in Chesnaught's Attack and HP to make it hit as hard and take as much hits as possible. The extra 4 EVs are put into its Speed.

An Adamant nature is preferred to help it deal more damage by boosting tis Physical Attack.

Pokemon Natures Guide

Key Damage Calculations

Damage Dealt by Mega Chesnaught
252 Atk｜252 HP Defensive EV Investment: 252 HP Item: Slowbronite	Wood Hammer + 168-202 (98.8 - 118.8%) 93.8% chance to OHKO
252 Atk｜252 HP Defensive EV Investment: 252 HP Item: Metagrossite	Earthquake + 110-132 (58.8 - 70.5%) Guaranteed 2HKO

Standard Chesnaught Build

Chesnaught

Held Item

Nature

Life Orb

EV Spread

252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe

Moveset

Summary

You can also run Expert Belt, but it is a bit weaker than Life Orb.

Life Orb can make up for not going Mega and can still hold its own.

Can further increase damage by not running any Mega, and just using Plus Moves.

This build focuses on Chesnaught just using a Life Orb and relying on Plus Moves. This build is the same as the Mega Chesnaught build, but requires more careful maneuvering due to its frailness combines with Life Orb chip damage.