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charizard
#006

Charizard

Flame Pokémon

FireFlying

It is said that Charizard’s fire burns hotter if it has experienced harsh battles.

Base Stats

HP 78
Attack 84
Defense 78
Sp. Atk 109
Sp. Def 85
Speed 100
Total 534

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Flame Pokémon
Height 1.7 m
Weight 90.5 kg
Base Exp 240
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Monster ,Dragon

Sprites

charizard Front Front
charizard Back Back
charizard Front Shiny Front Shiny
charizard Back Shiny Back Shiny
charizard Official Art Official Art
charizard Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

ru Usage: 0.1%
Swords Dance
Moves
Fire Punch / Flare Blitz / Roost
Item
Flying Gem
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Solar Power
Item
Flame Plate / Leftovers
Ability
Solar Power
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

In the RU tier, Charizard is usually considered to be outclassed by a plethora of other powerful Fire-types, most notably Moltres by virtue of their shared secondary typing. However, Charizard has a few tricks up its sleeve that can make it worth using over its Fire-type brethren. First of all, it has a rather expansive movepool by RU standards, with a wide selection physical and special attacks as well as several boosting moves, the most notable of which is Swords Dance. This last move, when combined with Acrobatics, allows it to function as a physical setup sweeper, which is a role that none of its competitors can fill efficiently. Second, it has usable stats with which to take advantage of said movepool, including a fairly high Special Attack stat and a 100 base Speed stat, which allows it to Speed tie with Timid Typhlosion and Entei, the fastest Fire-types in RU. Third, its hidden ability, Solar Power, raises its Special Attack to unparalleled heights under the sun, making special sets very difficult to wall. That said, it's clear that Charizard has to capitalize on these singular traits if it doesn't want to be outclassed in RU, but even then, unfortunately, it requires a lot of team support to alleviate its shortcomings. In fact, its easily exploitable weaknesses and the prominence of faster threats make it prone to being revenge killed; moreover, Charizard has a terrible 4x weakness to Stealth Rock, which makes Rapid Spin support absolutely necessary.

Most Used Moves

Air Slash
62.3%
Roost
35.6%

Most Used Items

Charcoal
29.4%
Life Orb
25.2%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc