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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

nu Usage: 30.1%
Special Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Toxic Stall
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 248
SpA 8
Spe 252
Swords Dance
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Choice Specs
Item
Choice Specs
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Dragon Dance
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Charizard is generally regarded as the best Pokemon in NU. It's powerful, fast, and extremely versatile, capable of running sets ranging from special attacker to physical setup sweeper to Toxic staller that each require different counters. Its typing comes with an obvious drawback in a 4x weakness to Stealth Rock, making Rapid Spin support nearly mandatory, but Charizard also has an immunity to Ground and resistance to Fighting, which open up far more opportunities to switch in freely than other offensive Fire-types have, as well as access to Roost. When you're building an NU team, Charizard is the number one Pokemon you need to keep in mind.

Most Used Moves

Air Slash
75.0%
Roost
57.9%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
50.4%
Leftovers
13.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc