Competitive Information for Charizard (mega) [X/Y]
Fire / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Charizard-mega-y? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Charizard is a phenomenal Fire and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's a super common sight to see Charizard out in the 6th generation battlefield. Charizard can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Charizard is weak to Electric, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Charizardite Y
Ability: Drought
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 12 Hp / 252 SpA / 244 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Solar Beam
- Air Cutter / Air Slash
- Dragon Pulse
Special Sweeper Charizard-Mega-Y (Drought)
Charizard is a sensational Special Sweeper for single battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Drought changes the weather to Intense Sunlight when Charizard is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all fire attacks while the Sunlight remains active. With a Charizardite Y 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).
◆ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. Hits turn 2. No charge in sunlight).
◆ 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 flinch the target).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Charizard-mega-y? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Charizardite Y
Ability: Drought
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
- Solar Beam
- Dragon Pulse / Twister
Doubles Special Sweeper Charizard-Mega-Y (Drought)
Charizard is a marvelous Special Sweeper for double battles. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Drought changes the weather to Intense Sunlight when Charizard is sent out onto the field. This help boosts all fire attacks while the Sunlight remains active. With a Charizardite Y 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 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 flinch the target).
◆ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. Hits turn 2. No charge in sunlight).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
◆ Twister is a special 40-base power Dragon-type move (20% chance to flinch the foes).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Charizard-mega-y 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-y can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Charizard-mega-y
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Drought + Item: Heat rock
- 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
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break, Defog
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Charizard-mega-y's stats
- Ancient Power
- Belly Drum
- Defense Curl
- Dragon Dance
- Flame Charge
- Hone Claws
- Howl
- Metal Claw
- Ominous Wind
- Power-Up Punch
- Rage
- Steel Wing
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Charizard-mega-y
- Blast Burn
- Earthquake
- Howl
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Charizard-mega-y in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Charizard-mega-y's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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