Competitive Information for Charizard [Black/White]
Fire / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Charizard? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Charizard is an astounding Fire and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to see Charizard show up as a Black/White opponent. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Charizard is weak to Electric, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Choice Scarf / Life Orb
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Focus Blast
- Solar Beam
- Flamethrower / Fire Blast
- Air Slash / Roost
Special Sweeper Charizard (Popular/Trending)
Charizard is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Scarf will increase Charizard's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Charizard's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Solar Power, if sunny day is active Charizard's sp. atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn.
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Fire Blast is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
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Item: Life Orb / Charcoal
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Air Slash / Air Cutter
- Dragon Pulse
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Charizard (Solar Power)
Charizard is an interesting Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Charizard's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). Life Orb boosts the power of Charizard's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Solar Power, if sunny day is active Charizard's sp. atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Charizard cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Item: Choice Specs
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Focus Blast
- Air Slash
- Fire Blast
- Solar Beam
Charizard Special Sweeper (Solar Powered Specs)
Charizard is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Charizard's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Solar Power, if sunny day is active Charizard's sp. atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn. If you thought Solar Powered Charizard wasn't strong enough, add Choice Specs to really make it a BBQ! Charizard cannot set up its own sun with a Choice set so make sure you take care of this ahead of time and try to keep him in the Sun.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Fire Blast is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
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Item: Fighting Gem
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 133 Hp / 200 SpA / 177 SpD
Moveset:
- Focus Blast
- Sunny Day
- Fire Blast
- Solar Beam
Charizard Special Tank (What U Say?)
Charizard is an interesting Special Tank. The purpose of this moveset is to take a good amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Charizard's attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks.
♦ Sunny Day is a status move (for 5 turns, intense sunlight powers fire moves).
♦ Fire Blast is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
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Item: Heat Rock
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Air Slash
- Blast Burn / Dragon Pulse
- Sunny Day
- Solar Beam
Charizard Special Tank (Rawrrrrrrr)
Charizard is pretty popular Special Tank. It tries to take a substantial amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Solar Power, if sunny day is active Charizard's sp. atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn.
♦ Blast Burn is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Fire-type move (Charizard cannot move next turn).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Sunny Day is a status move (for 5 turns, intense sunlight powers fire moves).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Belly Drum
- Substitute
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
Charizard Physical Sweeper (Firey Drummer)
Charizard is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Charizard last longer regaining it's health every turn. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Charizard's attacking stat is 1.5x with fire attacks.
♦ Substitute is a status move (Charizard takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Charizard? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Charcoal
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Dragon Pulse / Twister
- Hyper Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Charizard (Solar Power)
Charizard is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Charizard's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Solar Power, if sunny day is active Charizard's sp. atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Charizard's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. hits adjacent foes).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Charizard cannot move next turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Charizard learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Charizard can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Charizard
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Blaze + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Inferno
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog, Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Charizard's stats
- Ancient Power
- Belly Drum
- Defense Curl
- Dragon Dance
- Flame Charge
- Hone Claws
- Howl
- Metal Claw
- Ominous Wind
- Rage
- Steel Wing
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Charizard
- Air Slash
- Ancient Power
- Blast Burn
- Dragon Claw
- Dragon Pulse
- Dragon Tail
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Flamethrower
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power Grass
- Hidden Power Ground
- Hidden Power Ice
- Howl
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Solar Beam
- Sunny Day
- Thunder Punch
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Charizard in Black and White
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252/ )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Charizard's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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