Competitive Information for Charizard [Sword/Shield]
Fire / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Charizard? 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.
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Charizard is popular Fire and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's super common to find yourself dealing with Charizard when battling in the 8th generation meta. Charizard is weak to Electric, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Lum Berry
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Blast Burn
- Air Slash / Hurricane
- Scorching Sands
- Protect
Special Sweeper Charizard (Popular/Trending)
Charizard is a phenomenal Special Sweeper for single battles. 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 Solar Power, if sunny day is active Charizard's sp. Atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn. With a Lum Berry equipped to it, Charizard cures itself if it has a non-volatile status or is confused then the Lum Berry gets consumed.
◆ Blast Burn is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Fire-type move (Charizard cannot move next turn).
◆ Air Slash is a special STAB-boosted 75-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Hurricane is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Flying-type move (30% chance to confuse target. Can't miss in rain).
◆ Scorching Sands is a special 70-base power Ground-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Charizard this turn).
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Item: Charti Berry / Eject Pack
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Overheat / Weather Ball
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Breath
- Scorching Sands
Special Sweeper Charizard (Solar Power)
Charizard is a fabulous Special Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Solar Power, if sunny day is active Charizard's sp. Atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Charizard's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
◆ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-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 make the target flinch).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
◆ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Scorching Sands is a special 70-base power Ground-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
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Item: Choice Specs
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Focus Blast
- Air Slash
- Fire Blast
- Solar Beam
Charizard Special Sweeper (Solar Powered Specs)
Charizard is pretty popular Special Sweeper for single battles. This moveset is 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 make the target flinch).
◆ Fire Blast is a special STAB-boosted 110-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 a spectacular Special Tank for single battles. This moveset attempts to take a hefty 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. Equipping Heat Rock helps extend sunny weather effects this Pokemon creates from 5 turns to 8 instead.
◆ Blast Burn is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Fire-type move (Charizard cannot move next turn).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice 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 wonderful Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is 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 vitality 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 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.
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Item: Charti Berry / Life Orb
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -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 (Solar Power)
Charizard is a decent Special Sweeper for double battles. 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 Solar Power, if sunny day is active Charizard's sp. Atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn. With a Charti Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective rock-type attack then the Charti Berry gets consumed.
◆ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
◆ Air Cutter is a special STAB-boosted 60-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 make the target flinch).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
◆ Twister is a special 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 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 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
- 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: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break, Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp, Scorching Sands
Moves that boost Charizard'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
- Air Slash
- Blast Burn
- Earthquake
- Heat Wave
- Howl
- Hurricane
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Roost
- Scorching Sands
- Solar Beam
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Charizard in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/4/252 )
- Optimize Charizard's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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