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charizard
#006

Charizard

Flame Pokémon

FireFlying

When expelling a blast of superhot fire, the red flame at the tip of its tail burns more intensely.

Base Stats

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

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

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

Sun Attacker
Moves
Overheat / Hidden Power Ground
Item
Charizardite Y
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 248
Def 64
SpA 88
Spe 108
Dragon Dance
Item
Charizardite X
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

In Doubles OU, while Mega Charizard Y is one of the top three Mega Pokemon and is one of the best Pokemon in the metagame period, Mega Charizard X serves as more of a niche option and needs heavy team support to work at its best. One of Mega Charizard Y's key selling points is Drought, which gives it excellent utility as a weather setter and, more importantly, complements its already powerful Special Attack by providing a 50% damage boost to its Fire-type moves, which lets its Heat Wave take huge chunks of HP out of any opposing Pokemon that does not resist it. What Mega Charizard X brings to the table is the fact that it is a physical setup sweeper that is immune to burns, though its typing is also very useful, as it reduces Charizard's 4x Rock-type weakness to a 2x weakness, removes its Electric- and Water-type weaknesses (though Drought reduces the Water-type weakness on Mega Charizard Y as well), and gives it a neutrality to Fairy despite it being a Dragon-type. Mega Charizard X also has a very useful surprise factor, as opponents may find their typical Charizard counters, such as Electric-types, ineffective against Mega Charizard X. However, Charizard does have its share of problems, notably its middling Speed when compared to threats such as Mega Diancie and Mega Metagross. Mega Diancie in particular is common and powerful, which forces Charizard teams to play extra carefully. Charizard also has weaknesses to a few common offensive types, with Mega Charizard Y being weak to Electric-, Rock-, and Water-type moves and Mega Charizard X being weak to Rock-, Dragon-, and Ground-type moves. In addition, Charizard does not take neutral hits particularly well, meaning that you have to be careful when bringing Charizard on to the field. Mega Charizard X also has the unfortunate issue of having its best attack, Flare Blitz, wear it down quickly due to recoil.

Most Used Moves

Air Slash
63.0%
Nothing
24.8%
Fire Fang
24.1%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
28.4%
Life Orb
24.1%
Charcoal
13.5%
Nothing
8.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc