Charizard

PVE Movesets Grades

Quick	Charge	ATK	DEF
Fire Spin	Overheat	A-	X
Fire Spin	Flamethrower*	B	B
Fire Spin	Dragon Claw	X	A-
Fire Spin	Blast Burn*	A	B
Air Slash	Overheat	B	X
Air Slash	Flamethrower*	B-	B
Air Slash	Dragon Claw	X	A
Air Slash	Blast Burn*	A-	A-
Wing Attack*	Overheat	B	X
Wing Attack*	Flamethrower*	B-	C
Wing Attack*	Dragon Claw	X	B
Ember*	Dragon Claw	X	B
Dragon Breath*	Dragon Claw	B-	D
Ember*	Blast Burn*	A-	B
Wing Attack*	Blast Burn*	A-	A-

Quick	Charge	ATK	DEF
Fire Spin	Fire Blast	C	X
Air Slash	Fire Blast	X	X
Wing Attack*	Fire Blast	X	X
Ember*	Overheat	C	X
Ember*	Fire Blast	X	X
Ember*	Flamethrower*	C	C
Air Slash	Return	X	C
Fire Spin	Return	X	C
Dragon Breath*	Blast Burn*	C	C
Dragon Breath*	Flamethrower*	X	X
Dragon Breath*	Fire Blast	X	X
Dragon Breath*	Overheat	X	X
Dragon Breath*	Return	X	X
Ember*	Return	X	X
Wing Attack*	Return	X	X

PVE Offensive Moves Explanation

• Fire Spin is Charizard’s best fast move and strictly superior to Ember.

• Wing Attack* is preferable to Air Slash and equal to Fire Spin if both have the same effectiveness.

• Blast Burn makes Charizard one of the strongest Fire-type attackers.

• Overheat is Charizard's best non-exclusive charged move and beats Fire Blast soundly.

• Flamethrower has less cycle DPS than Overheat and is just a worse Blast Burn, but has advantages due to multiple charge bars.

• Dragon Breath and Dragon Claw can work as a pseudo-dragon attacker, and are only useful for preparing a Mega Charizard X.
• Return has no purposes on offensive Charizard.

PVE Defensive Moves Explanation

• Attackers may be inclined to throw Water-types at Charizard, in which case Air Slash edges out Fire Spin. 

• Ember and Wing Attack are worse versions of Fire Spin and Air Slash, respectively.

• Dragon Claw is the preferred charge move due its early damage window, wide neutral coverage, neutral damage to Rock Types, and 3 bars.

• Return is inferior in terms of damage, but is much harder to dodge. 

• Flamethrower is a decent alternative, but Blast Burn is decisively better.

• Fire Blast and Overheat are poor due to their late damage windows and charge time.
• Dragon Breath is inferior on defense.

PVE Overview

PVP Movesets Grades

Quick	Charge	ATK
Fire Spin	Blast Burn* Dragon Claw	B
Wing Attack*	Blast Burn* Dragon Claw	A
Dragon Breath*	Blast Burn* Dragon Claw	B

PvP Moveset Explanation

Fire Spin or Wing Attack* or Dragon Breath* + Blast Burn* and Dragon Claw

Wing Attack is the most preferable Fast Attack on Charizard due to its superior energy generation, while maintaining decent DPT. Fire Spin is a decent move, but is generally outclassed by Wing Attack because other Fire-type Pokemon such as Talonflame and Ninetales are better at dealing consistent Fire damage. Dragon Breath is a powerful move, but lacks STAB, and generally falls behind against neutral opponents. Air Slash is just inferior to Wing Attack

Blast Burn is a limited move obtained through Community Day events, but it's mandatory for optimal usage of Charizard. An incredible 2.2 DPE (Damage Per Energy) rating allows Charizard to output huge amounts of damage without paying high energy costs. Even when resisted, Blast Burn would still have a greater DPE value than neutral Dragon Claw, but not when it would be doubly resisted. Dragon Claw is recommended for its cheaper energy cost and Dragon-type coverage. The update to Overheat following the Dec 2019 rebalance makes it a decent choice if Blast Burn is unavailable, but a significant self debuff of -2 ATK makes it more risky and less reliable. Fire Blast costs too much energy, and Flamethrower is a direct downgrade of Blast Burn. 

PvP Rating Explanation

Great League: 4 / 5

A fan-favorite from other Pokemon games, Charizard first gained popularity in PvP during the Silph Arena's Kingdom Cup. While a relatively high ATK stat offers good offensive capabilities, a lack of bulk combined with a risky typing and a double weakness makes Charizard difficult to use. In addition, Charizard also requires access to the legacy Blast Burn obtained from its Community Day in order to perform optimally in most cases, which limits its accessibility. However, thanks Wing Attack's impressive energy generation as of the Season of Mythical Wishes update, Charizard is more than capable of burning its opponents to ash with its extremely powerful Blast Burn over and over again.. 

Ultra League: 4.5 / 5

Charizard's devastating moveset allows it to perform well in the Ultra League, shredding even the sturdiest Pokemon with repeated Blast Burns. Risky vulnerabilities and unspectacular bulk are still major problems for Charizard though. Access to Dragon-type moves is valuable against popular Dragon-types like Giratina.  

Master League: 2 / 5

Charizard lacks sufficient stats to perform well in Master League. Unspectacular energy gains often make Charizard too slow to keep up with Pokemon with faster movesets, not to mention numerous losses against Pokemon with legendary stats and common Dragon-types, despite access to Dragon-type moves.

Fast Moves

14

Fire Spin

More Info

Fire

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	EPU	DPS	DPS w/STAB	True DPS
1.10	0.20	9.09		12.73	15.91

14

Air Slash

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Flying

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	EPU	DPS	DPS w/STAB	True DPS
1.20	0.20	8.33		11.67	14.58

Elite Fast Moves

10

Ember

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Fire

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	EPU	DPS	DPS w/STAB	True DPS
1.00	0.20	10.00		10.00	12.50

8

Wing Attack

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Flying

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	EPU	DPS	DPS w/STAB	True DPS
0.80	0.20	11.25		10.00	12.50

6

Dragon Breath

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Dragon

1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.51x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	EPU	DPS	DPS w/STAB	True DPS
0.50	0.20	8.00		12.00	15.00

Charge Moves

50

Dragon Claw

3 Energy

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Dragon

1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.51x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
1.70	0.20	0.00	1.52	29.41	36.76		44.56

140

Fire Blast

1 Energy

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Fire

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
4.20	0.80	0.00	1.40	33.33	41.67		46.67

160

Overheat

1 Energy

More Info

Fire

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
4.00	1.20	0.00	1.60	40.00	50.00		64.00

Elite Charge Moves

110

Blast Burn

2 Energy

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Fire

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
3.30	0.45	0.00	2.20	33.33	41.67		73.33

70

Flamethrower

2 Energy

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Fire

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
2.20	0.20	0.00	1.40	31.82	39.77		44.55

Purified Charge Moves

35

Return

3 Energy

More Info

Normal

.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.51x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
0.70	0.25	0.00	1.06	50.00	62.50		53.03

Purification Cost

Pokemon Type Chart

Vulnerable

	160% damage
	256% damage
	160% damage

Resistant

	39.1% damage
	62.5% damage
	62.5% damage
	62.5% damage
	39.1% damage
	62.5% damage
	62.5% damage

Raid Boss Catch Rate

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