Pokemon Champions Build Guide

Best Charizard Build in Pokemon Champions

Charizard is best used as a special attacker in Pokemon Champions. Its strongest build is Mega Charizard Y, which gives teams sun, strong Fire-type pressure and immediate offensive value.

Charizard Form

Normal Form

Charizard

Last Updated: Regulation M-2

Page Status: This Charizard build guide will be updated when new Pokemon Champions regulations, items, buffs or nerfs change its best set.

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Best Charizard Builds in Pokemon Champions

Charizard has two main builds in Pokemon Champions. The Mega Charizard Y build is the stronger offensive option, while the non-Mega build is better when another Pokemon needs the Mega slot.

Build 1: Mega Charizard Y Sun Attacker

This is the main Charizard build. It focuses on immediate pressure with sun-boosted damage. Mega Charizard Y is one of your main offensive pieces, so this build should be played aggressively.

Build 2: Bulky Non-Mega Special Attacker

This version gives Charizard more flexibility and does not rely on Mega Evolution or weather. Use this build when you want to save your Mega slot for another Pokemon.

Charizard and Mega Charizard Stats

Charizard, Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y are shown together below for easy comparison.

Best Items for Charizard

Charizardite Y is the best item for the main build because it enables Mega Charizard Y and gives Charizard Drought. This is the best version when Charizard is one of your main attackers.

Leftovers or Sitrus Berry are the best options for the non-Mega build. These items give Charizard more staying power when it is not being used as the main Mega Pokemon.

Best Pokemon to Pair with Charizard

Charizard works best with Pokemon that either benefit from sun, support fast offensive teams or help Charizard avoid bad matchups.

What Charizard Is Good Against

Charizard is strong against teams that struggle with Fire-type pressure, sun and special attacking damage. It is especially useful into Grass, Bug, Steel and Ice-type Pokemon.

Mega Charizard Y also has Solar Beam, which helps punish some Water, Rock and Ground-type Pokemon that would normally try to switch into Charizard.

Potential Counters for Charizard

Charizard is heavily threatened by Rock, Electric and Water damage. Teams with strong weather control or fast super-effective damage can make Charizard much harder to use.

Charizard All Moves

Charizard can learn Fire, Flying, Dragon, Normal and coverage moves across different Pokemon games. Use the section below to view the full move list by learn method.

Move data shown from: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

Level-Up Moves

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Start	Air Slash	Flying	Special	75	95
1	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100
1	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100
1	Growl	Normal	Status	–	100
1	Heat Wave	Fire	Special	95	90
1	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100
1	Smokescreen	Normal	Status	–	100
12	Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	60	100
19	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95
24	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100
30	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100
39	Scary Face	Normal	Status	–	100
46	Fire Spin	Fire	Special	35	85
54	Inferno	Fire	Special	100	50
62	Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	120	100

TM Moves

Method	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
TM	Acrobatics	Flying	Physical	55	100
TM	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	–
TM	Air Cutter	Flying	Special	60	95
TM	Air Slash	Flying	Special	75	95
TM	Blast Burn	Fire	Special	150	90
TM	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100
TM	Breaking Swipe	Dragon	Physical	60	100
TM	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100
TM	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100
TM	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100
TM	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100
TM	Double Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100
TM	Dragon Cheer	Dragon	Status	0	0
TM	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100
TM	Dragon Dance	Dragon	Status	–	–
TM	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100
TM	Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90
TM	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100
TM	Endure	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100
TM	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85
TM	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95
TM	Fire Pledge	Fire	Special	80	100
TM	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100
TM	Fire Spin	Fire	Special	35	85
TM	Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	50	100
TM	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100
TM	Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	120	100
TM	Fling	Dark	Physical	–	100
TM	Fly	Flying	Physical	90	95
TM	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70
TM	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100
TM	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90
TM	Heat Crash	Fire	Physical	–	100
TM	Heat Wave	Fire	Special	95	90
TM	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Hurricane	Flying	Special	110	70
TM	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90
TM	Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100
TM	Overheat	Fire	Special	130	90
TM	Protect	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Rest	Psychic	Status	–	–
TM	Roar	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90
TM	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95
TM	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	–	–
TM	Scary Face	Normal	Status	–	100
TM	Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	70	100
TM	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100
TM	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100
TM	Substitute	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	–	–
TM	Swift	Normal	Special	60	–
TM	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	–	–
TM	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85
TM	Temper Flare	Fire	Physical	75	100
TM	Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100
TM	Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100
TM	Weather Ball	Normal	Special	50	100
TM	Will O Wisp	Fire	Status	–	85

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy
Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100
Belly Drum	Normal	Status	–	–
Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100
Counter	Fighting	Physical	–	100
Dragon Rush	Dragon	Physical	100	75
Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75
Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95

Charizard Pokemon Champions Regulation History

This section keeps older Charizard builds available in case a previous regulation returns.

Should You Use Charizard?

Charizard is worth using if your team wants sun, special attacking pressure and strong Fire-type damage. Mega Charizard Y is the better build when Charizard is one of your main offensive Pokemon.

The non-Mega build is more flexible, but it is less threatening and should mostly be used when another Pokemon needs the Mega slot.

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