Competitive Information for Charizard (mega) [Sword/Shield]
Fire / Dragon
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Charizard-mega-x? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Charizard is an awesome Fire and Dragon-typed Pokemon. It's almost common to find yourself dealing with Charizard when battling in the 8th generation meta. Charizard is weak to Dragon, Ground, and Rock-typed attacks.
Item: Charizardite X
Ability: Tough Claws
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Flare Blitz / Blaze Kick
- Earthquake / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Charizard-Mega-X (Tough Claws)
Charizard is a decent Physical Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Tough Claws, Charizard's contact moves have their power multiplied by 1.3. Earthquake was added to provide additional threat coverage. With a Charizardite X equipped to it, if held by a charizard, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Dragon Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. Thaws Charizard).
◆ Blaze Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Charizardite X
Ability: Tough Claws
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Breath
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Scorching Sands
Special Sweeper Charizard-Mega-X (Tough Claws)
Charizard is a stupendous Special Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Tough Claws, Charizard's contact moves have their power multiplied by 1.3. With a Charizardite X equipped to it, if held by a charizard, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ Dragon Breath is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Air Cutter is a special 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Air Slash is a special 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Scorching Sands is a special 70-base power Ground-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Charizard-mega-x? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Charizardite X
Ability: Tough Claws
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 Atk / 244 Spe
Moveset:
- Outrage / Breaking Swipe
- Flare Blitz / Blaze Kick
- Double-Edge / Slash
- Earthquake
Doubles Physical Sweeper Charizard-Mega-X (Tough Claws)
Charizard is pretty popular Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Tough Claws, Charizard's contact moves have their power multiplied by 1.3. With a Charizardite X equipped to it, if held by a charizard, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Breaking Swipe is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Dragon-type move (100% chance to lower the foes attack by 1 stage).
◆ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. Thaws Charizard).
◆ Blaze Kick is a physical STAB-boosted 85-base power Fire-type move (high critical hit ratio. 10% chance to burn).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Slash is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Charizardite X
Ability: Tough Claws
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Dragon Pulse / Twister
- Scorching Sands
Doubles Special Sweeper Charizard-Mega-X (Tough Claws)
Charizard is popular Special Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Tough Claws, Charizard's contact moves have their power multiplied by 1.3. With a Charizardite X equipped to it, if held by a charizard, this item allows it to mega evolve in battle.
◆ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
◆ Air Cutter is a special 60-base power Flying-type move (high critical hit ratio. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Air Slash is a special 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special STAB-boosted 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Twister is a special STAB-boosted 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Scorching Sands is a special 70-base power Ground-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Charizard-mega-x 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-mega-x can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Charizard-mega-x
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- 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
- Contact moves boosted by Tough Claws: Aerial Ace, Metal Claw, Acrobatics, Bite, Body Slam, Breaking Swipe, Brick Break, Brutal Swing, Counter, Crunch, Dig, Double-Edge, Dragon Claw, Facade, False Swipe, Fire Punch, Flame Charge, Flare Blitz, Focus Punch, Headbutt, Heat Crash, Outrage, Power-Up Punch, Quick Attack, Rock Smash, Scratch, Seismic Toss, Shadow Claw, Skull Bash, Slash, Strength, Thunder Punch, Wing Attack, Dynamic Punch, Dragon Rush, Iron Tail, Mega Kick, Fury Swipes, Submission, Mega Punch, Take Down, Blaze Kick, Dragon Tail, Dual Wingbeat, Giga Impact, Steel Wing, Cut, Fire Fang, Fly, Fury Cutter
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Defog, Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Scorching Sands, Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Charizard-mega-x's stats
- Ancient Power
- Belly Drum
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Dragon Dance
- Flame Charge
- Hone Claws
- Howl
- Metal Claw
- Power-Up Punch
- Scale Shot
- Skull Bash
- Steel Wing
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Charizard-mega-x
- Blast Burn
- Earthquake
- Howl
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Charizard-mega-x in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Charizard-mega-x's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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