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Charizard, a Fire and Flying type Pokémon, official artwork

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Charizard: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Charizard is a straightforward attacker, led by its Sp. Atk (109) and Speed (100), with a base stat total of 534. Competitively it is a lower-tier option.

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What is Charizard weak to?

How much damage Charizard takes from each attacking type.

4×Weak toRock
2×Weak toElectricWater
0.5×ResistsFairyFightingFireSteel
0.25×ResistsBugGrass
0×Immune toGround

Charizard takes super-effective damage from Rock, Electric, Water (Rock hit it for 4x damage). It resists Fairy, Fighting, Fire, Steel, Bug, Grass and is immune to Ground.

Best moveset for Charizard

Charizard has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Blast BurnFire150
  • Focus PunchFighting150
  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • OutrageDragon120

Best nature for Charizard

Timid. Charizard is a special attacker (109 Sp. Atk) with usable 100 Speed, so Timid (+Speed, −Attack) is the standard pick.

Abilities

  • BlazeAt 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5x with Fire attacks.
  • Solar PowerIf Sunny Day is active, this Pokemon's Sp. Atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max HP per turn.

Evolution line

Charmander
Charmeleon
Charizard
Full learnset (69 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Blast BurnFire15090%Special
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
OverheatFire13090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Flare BlitzFire120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
HurricaneFlying11070%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
InfernoFire10050%Special
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
FlyFlying9095%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dragon PulseDragon85100%Special
CrunchDark80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Dragon ClawDragon80100%Physical
Fire PledgeFire80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Air SlashFlying7595%Special
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Fire PunchFire75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Temper FlareFire75100%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Scorching SandsGround70100%Special
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
SlashNormal70100%Physical
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
Air CutterFlying6095%Special
Breaking SwipeDragon60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Dragon BreathDragon60100%Special
Dragon TailDragon6090%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
AcrobaticsFlying55100%Physical
Flame ChargeFire50100%Physical
Weather BallNormal50100%Special
EmberFire40100%Special
ScratchNormal40100%Physical
Fire SpinFire3585%Special
FlingDark?100%Physical
Heat CrashFire?100%Physical
Belly DrumNormal--Status
Dragon CheerDragon--Status
Dragon DanceDragon--Status
EndureNormal--Status
GrowlNormal-100%Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SmokescreenNormal-100%Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status
Will-O-WispFire-85%Status