Wo-Chien (Pokémon)

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Wo-Chien Ruinous Pokémon チオンジェン Chionjen #1001 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Dark Grass Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Tablets of Ruin Cacophony Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 6 (2.6%)
Breeding Egg Group No Eggs Discovered Hatch time 50 cycles Egg not obtainable
Height 4'11" 1.5 m Wo-Chien 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 163.6 lbs. 74.2 kg Wo-Chien 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 285	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 3 Wo-Chien 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 3 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 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 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Brown	Base friendship 0
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Wo-Chien (Japanese: チオンジェン Chionjen) is a dual-type Dark/Grass Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Along with Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, and Chi-Yu, Wo-Chien is a member of the Treasures of Ruin.

Biology

Wo-Chien is a snail-like Pokémon comprising a dark-green mossy form covered in dead green and yellow leaves. Two pairs of long, curling vines form its eyestalks, which contain eyes with green eyelids, orange sclerae, and pale greenish pupils. A long row of wooden tablets curled around its backside forms its shell. Wooden tablets were once used as a writing medium in the East during ancient times, although the inscriptions written on the particular set forming Wo-Chien's shell have become too faded to be read.

Like the other Treasures of Ruin, Wo-Chien's true form is the row of wooden writing tablets forming its shell, having been given life by the grudges of the person punished for writing the evil deeds of the former Paldean Empire's king on them long ago — while its body is a form it has constructed using its control over plant matter. Wo-Chien is able to drain the life force of vegetations in a wide area around it, causing entire forests and fields to instantly become barren. It is known as the Tablets of Ruin.

Wo-Chien and the other Treasures of Ruin are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Ruination. Wo-Chien is also the only known Pokémon that can have Tablets of Ruin as an Ability.

In the TCG

Main article: Wo-Chien (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Generation IX Paldea #393 Scarlet 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. Violet It drains the life-force from vegetation, causing nearby forests to instantly wither and fields to turn barren.

File:Pokedex Image Wo-Chien SV.png

Wo-Chien in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Generation IX Scarlet Violet South Province: Grasswither Shrine (Only one)

Stats

Base stats

Version 1.0.0

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 85		145 - 192	280 - 374
Attack: 90		85 - 156	166 - 306
Defense: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Sp. Atk: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Sp. Def: 135		126 - 205	247 - 405
Speed: 70		67 - 134	130 - 262
Total: 580
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Version 1.0.1+

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 85		145 - 192	280 - 374
Attack: 85		81 - 150	157 - 295
Defense: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Sp. Atk: 95		90 - 161	175 - 317
Sp. Def: 135		126 - 205	247 - 405
Speed: 70		67 - 134	130 - 262
Total: 570	Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 4× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 0× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 4× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 0× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 4× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 0× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 2× Flying 2× Poison 2× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 4× Ghost ½× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 0× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark ½× Fairy 2× None

Notes: If Miracle Eye is used by an opponent or this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of  Psychic-type  moves is 1×.

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation IX Other generations: None

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP 011 Absorb Grass Special 02020 100100% 25 011 Spite Ghost Status 0000— 100100% 10 011 Mean Look Normal Status 0000— 00——% 5 055 Tickle Normal Status 0000— 100100% 20 1010 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100100% 10 1515 Poison Powder Poison Status 0000— 07575% 35 1515 Stun Spore Grass Status 0000— 07575% 30 2020 Mega Drain Grass Special 04040 100100% 15 2525 Leech Seed Grass Status 0000— 09090% 10 3030 Growth Normal Status 0000— 00——% 20 3535 Ingrain Grass Status 0000— 00——% 20 4040 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100100% 15 4545 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100100% 10 5050 Ruination Dark Special 0000— 09090% 10 5555 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100100% 15 6060 Power Whip Grass Physical 120120 08585% 10 6565 Grassy Terrain Grass Status 0000— 00——% 10 7070 Knock Off Dark Physical 06565 100100% 20 7575 Leaf Storm Grass Special 130130 09090% 5

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Wo-Chien Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Wo-Chien

By TM/HM

Generation IX Other generations: None

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM005 TM005 Mud-Slap Ground Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TM006 TM006 Scary Face Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM029 TM029 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM030 TM030 Snarl Dark Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM033 TM033 Magical Leaf Grass Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM035 TM035 Mud Shot Ground Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM056 TM056 Bullet Seed Grass Physical 02525 100}}100% 30 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM062 TM062 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM071 TM071 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM074 TM074 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM081 TM081 Grass Knot Grass Special 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM087 TM087 Taunt Dark Status 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM089 TM089 Body Press Fighting Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM094 TM094 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM111 TM111 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TM119 TM119 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM131 TM131 Pollen Puff Bug Special 09090 100}}100% 15 TM137 TM137 Grassy Terrain Grass Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM159 TM159 Leaf Storm Grass Special 130130 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Wo-Chien Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Wo-Chien

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: None

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  This Pokémon learns no moves by breeding.

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Wo-Chien Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Wo-Chien Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Wo-Chien

Side game data

Pokémon GO File:GO1001.png Base HP: 198 Base Attack: 186 Base Defense: 242 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: ? km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Charged Attacks:

Evolution data

Unevolved Wo-Chien  Dark  Grass

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Generation IX Scarlet Violet File:Spr 9s 1001.png File:Spr 9s 1001 s.png
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please see Wo-Chien images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Wo-Chien has the highest base Special Defense stat of all Grass-type and Dark-type Pokémon.
• Wo-Chien is the only Dark-type Pokémon with a serpentine body.
• Wo-Chien and the other Treasures of Ruin are the first Pokémon whose base stats were adjusted via a patch to the game.
• Wo-Chien is the only member of the Treasures of Ruin that was given life by a specific individual's emotion rather than the emotions of humanity in general.
• Wo-Chien's in-game model has 92 tablets in total. In one of its animations, the tablets spiral out from under the plants that are comprised by its body, and all 92 can be seen at the peak of this animation.

Origin

Wo-Chien may be modeled after the decollate snail, predatory land snails native to the Mediterranean whose shells are blunt and conical. Wo-Chien's shell is constructed from slips, narrow strips of bamboo or wood used as writing media in China prior to the introduction of paper. Its Pokédex entry in Scarlet may be a reference to the idiom 罄竹難書 / 罄竹难书 qìng zhú nán shū, referring to sins that have become so numerous that it is difficult to record them all on bamboo slips. It may also refer to the heroic deed of court chroniclers of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Annals, where two brothers dedicated their lives to defend the integrity of the annals by recording the regicide of Duke Zhuang II of Qi by usurper Cui Zhu.

Wo-Chien's National Pokédex number and the fact that its body is composed out of a medium for writing may allude to One Thousand and One Nights, a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales and stories often referred to as Arabian Nights in English. Certain stories in One Thousand and One Nights and other Arabic folktales, notably Aladdin, opens in China. In fact, China in this connotation usually only refers to a distant land in the East that differs from Arabia without actual cultural or historical contexts. This may also be the inspiration of the apparent Chinese theme and the in-game myths of the Treasures of Ruin.

Its monstrosity along with its association with the writing of history may be inspired by the creature Taowu of Chinese mythology. Originally considered to be one of the Four Perils in ancient China, it shares its name with the now-lost chronicles of the state of Chu. Since the 16th century, Taowu has been reimagined as a prophetic monster that records the evil deeds committed by ancient rulers and punishes wrongdoers from its vision, similar to the tablets that created Wo-Chien and its ability to cause perils. Additionally, the other members of the Treasures of Ruin may also draw inspiration from the Four Perils.

Name origin

Wo-Chien may be a combination of 蝸 / 蜗 wō (Chinese for snail) and 簡 / 简 jiǎn (Chinese for bamboo slips). The name is formatted in Wade–Giles, a romanization system used in the Anglosphere for most of the 20th century.

Chionjen may be a combination of 蟲 / 虫 chóng (Chinese for bug) and 簡 / 简 jiǎn (Chinese for bamboo slips).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese チオンジェン Chionjen From 蟲 / 虫 chóng and 簡 / 简 jiǎn French Chongjian Transcription of Japanese name Spanish Wo-Chien Same as English name German Chongjian Transcription of Japanese name Italian Wo-Chien Same as English name Korean 총지엔 Chongjien Transcription of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 古簡蝸 / 古简蜗 Gǔjiǎnguā / Gǔjiǎnwō From 古 gǔ, 簡 / 简 jiǎn, and 蝸牛 / 蜗牛 guāniú / wōniú Cantonese Chinese 古簡蝸 Gúgáanwō From 古 gú, 簡 gáan, and 蝸牛 wō'ngàuh

More languages Thai ฉงเจี่ยน Chongchian Transcription of Japanese name

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