Competitive Information for Charizard [Diamond/Pearl]
Fire / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Charizard? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Charizard is a pretty decent Fire and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's normal to see Charizard show up as a Diamond/Pearl opponent. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Charizard is weak to Electric, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Salac Berry
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 248 Hp / 8 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flamethrower / Fire Blast
- Roost / Air Slash
- Substitute
- Toxic
Support Charizard (Popular/Trending)
Charizard is an outstanding Support. 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 fire-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Fire Blast is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Charizard takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Leftovers / Salac Berry
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 244 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Roost
- Substitute
- Toxic
Physical Sweeper Charizard (Popular/Trending)
Charizard is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It is designed 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 it's health every turn. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Charizard's fire-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Charizard takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target).
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Item: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Dragon Pulse
- Hyper Beam
Special Sweeper Charizard
Charizard is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed 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 Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Charizard's fire-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ 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.
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Charizard cannot move next turn).
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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 spectacular Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed 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 it's health points every turn. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Charizard's fire-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ 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. power doubles on dig).
♦ 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 Diamond/Pearl 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 Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Dragon Pulse / Twister
- Hyper Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Charizard
Charizard is popular Special Sweeper. It attempts 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 Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Charizard's fire-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Heat Wave is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Charizard's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ 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 Diamond/Pearl. 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 DP 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
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break, Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Charizard's stats
- Ancient Power
- Belly Drum
- Defense Curl
- Dragon Dance
- Howl
- Metal Claw
- Ominous Wind
- Rage
- Steel Wing
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Charizard
- Air Slash
- Belly Drum
- Blast Burn
- Dragon Pulse
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Fire Punch
- Flamethrower
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power Grass
- Howl
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Substitute
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Charizard in Diamond and Pearl
- Timid Nature ( 248/0/0/8/0/252/ )
- Jolly Nature ( 12/244/0/0/0/252/ )
- Optimize Charizard's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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