Hammer Arm or Close Combat for Chesnaught?

Yet another Chesnaught question! Hammer Arm or Close Combat?Close Combat has stunning power, 120 damage and 100% accuracy, but decreases defence and special defence, and Chesnaught’s defences are what makes it decent. Hammer Arm has lower power AND lower accuracy (100 and 90 respectively), and the decrease in speed doesn’t really matter because he’s slow as a petrified snail.

Should I go all out power and throw defences out the window? Or should I be more reserved and reliable. Actually now that I think of it, a lot of people online use Mega Blaziken and Charizard and numerous other Pokemon that Chesnaught can’t take a hit from, so decreased defences from Close Combat may not matter so much. But please answer anyway!

By the way what level does Chesnaught learn Close Combat?

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Let' compare them:

Hammer Arm’s power is100, with90accuracy, it has10PP and lowers speed after a use. It has STAB with Chestnaught so its power become150.

Power: 150Accuracy: 90Level: 61Effect: Lowers Speed

Close Combat’s power is120,180with STAB and has 100 % of accuracy,5PP and lowers both defensive stats.

Power: 180Accuracy: 100Level: I don’t knowEffect: Lowers Defense and Special Defense

Chestnaughthas a great defense stat teamed with a pretty special defense. It has bulk. BUT, it is severely harmed by its X4 Weakness to Flying. This means Close Combat will weaken it, but must hit very hard, and if luckily enough it’s a OHKO, you’re safe. But with Chestnaught’s Speed, I already see any Pokemon spam Air Slash. I think that your final choice would beHammer Arm, because it can be used strategically with Gardevoire’s low speed in a Trick Room set ; you would have a hard-hitting tank in Chestaught !

Hope this help !