Competitive Information for Charmander [Sword/Shield]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Charmander? 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.
Charmander is an awesome Fire-typed Pokemon. Charmander is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Charmander can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Charmander is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Thunder Punch / Double-Edge
- Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Charmander (Blaze)
Charmander is an awesome Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Charmander from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Charmander's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Charmander's offensive stat is 1.5x with fire attacks. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Charmander afterwards).
◆ Dragon Claw is a physical 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ 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: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Overheat / Weather Ball
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Breath
- Air Cutter
- Ancient Power
Special Sweeper Charmander (Solar Power)
Charmander is a spectacular Special Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Charmander's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Charmander'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 Charmander's sp. Atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn.
◆ Weather Ball is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (power doubles and type varies in each weather).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ Dragon Breath is a special 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).
◆ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
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Item: Rocky Helmet
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Mild (+SpA, -Def)
EVs: 100 Hp / 210 Def / 200 SpA
Moveset:
- Inferno
- Overheat
- Ancient Power
- Sunny Day
Charmander Special Tank (Scurvy Salamander)
Charmander is a notable Special Tank for single battles. It is designed to take a great amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Solar Power, if sunny day is active Charmander's sp. Atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn. With a Rocky Helmet equipped to it, if Charmander is hit by a contact move, the attacker loses 1/6 of its max hp.
◆ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Charmander's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
◆ Sunny Day is a status move (for 5 turns, intense sunlight powers fire moves).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Charmander? 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: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Rock Slide
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Thunder Punch / Double-Edge
Doubles Physical Sweeper Charmander (Blaze)
Charmander is a spectacular Physical Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Charmander from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Charmander's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Blaze, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Charmander's offensive stat is 1.5x with fire attacks. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
◆ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. Confuses your Charmander afterwards).
◆ Dragon Claw is a physical 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Air Cutter
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Breath
- Ancient Power
Doubles Special Sweeper Charmander (Solar Power)
Charmander is an astounding Special Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Charmander's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Charmander'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 Charmander's sp. Atk is 1.5x; loses 1/8 max hp per turn.
◆ 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).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Charmander 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 Charmander 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 Charmander
- 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, Helping Hand, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Charmander's stats
- Ancient Power
- Belly Drum
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Dragon Dance
- Flame Charge
- Hone Claws
- Howl
- Metal Claw
- Power-Up Punch
- Skull Bash
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Charmander
- Blast Burn
- Howl
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Charmander in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Charmander's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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