Charizard

From the Pokémon Encyclopedia

Charmeleon (#5) - Charizard - Squirtle (#7)
General
Name	Charizard
Japanese	Lizardon
Number	6
Stage	Stage 2
Voice Actors	Ryan Drummond (1999-2004) & Jason Griffith (2005-present)
Name pronunciation
Evolves from	Charmeleon
Evolves to	none
Battle¹
Hit points	78
Attack	84
Defense	78
Speed	100
Special attack²	109
Special defense²	85
Special³	85
Biological
Species	Flame Pokémon
Types	Fire, Flying
Height	5'7" (1.70 m)
Weight	200 lb (90 kg)
Pokédex Color	Red
Shiny color	The part of Charizard's body that's usually orange turns gray while the underside of its wings becomes red
Ability	Blaze
Signature Attack	Flamethrower
Gender distribution	87.5% male, 12.5% female
¹ Stats for trading card versions may vary. ² Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal ³ Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow

Charizard is a fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon series of video games. Charizard is numbered 006 in the National Pokédex, and is a Stage 2 Stage Pokémon (following Charmander at level 16, and Charmeleon at level 36).

Charizard is a Fire/Flying Pokémon. It usually weighs around 90 kilograms (200 lbs) and has a height of 1.7 meters (5'7").

Contents 1 Availability 2 Name origin 3 Strategy 4 Trivia 5 Pokédex data 6 Naturally learnt attacks 7 Learnable machine moves 7.1 HMs 7.2 TMs 8 References 8.1 Main 8.2 Other

[edit] Availability

The only way to get Charizard is to evolve a Charmeleon.

[edit] Name origin

Charizard's name is probably a portmanteau of char and lizard. The Japanese name, Rizaadon, is probably a combination of a pronunciation of the word "Lizard" and the Japanese word "don."

[edit] Strategy

Since Charizard's Special Attack is about 30% higher than its physical Attack, it is best by far using Fire moves than anything else. Defensively, it's Special Defense is about 9% higher than it's Physical, it is better on Pokémon using Special attack types than physical. It is double weak to Rock; single weak to Water, Ice (only in Red, Blue and Yellow) and Electric; single resistant to Fighting, Fire and Steel; double resistant to Bug and Grass; and immune to Ground.

If you need to fight a Charizard, the use the following chart (the number in the parentheses - the actual damage/physical damage without weakness/resistance ratio: multiply the number by the base damage of the move and the attack/special attack of the attacking Pokémon - and the bigger the result, the more damage the move will do):

1. Rock - (4)
2. Water, Electric, Ice (Only in Red, Blue and Yellow) - (1.84)
3. Flying, Ghost, Normal, Poison - (1)
4. Dark, Dragon, Ice (Not in Red, Blue and Yellow), Psychic - (0.92)
5. Fighting, Steel - (0.5)
6. Fire - (0.46)
7. Bug - (0.25)
8. Grass - (0.23)
9. Ground - Immune

[edit] Trivia

• With Charizard's total stats at 1767 in all Pokémon games except Red/Blue/Yellow, Charizard has the highest total stats of the three fully evolved forms of the original starter Pokémon (as compared with Blastoise's total stats at 1759, and Venusaur's at 1749).
• When the Pokémon Trading Card Game first started to become widespread in North America, the Base Set Charizard card was very popular and always in high demand. In trading card magazines, the card's value sometimes exceeded one hundred dollars.

[edit] Pokédex data

Version	Pokédex data
Pokémon Red and Blue	Spits fire that is hot enough to melt boulders. Known to cause forest fires unintentionally.
Pokémon Yellow	When expelling a blast of super hot fire, the red flame on the tip of its tail burns more intensely.
Pokémon Gold	If Charizard becomes furious, the flame at the tip of its tail flares up in a whitish-blue color.
Pokémon Silver	Breathing intense hot flames, it can melt almost anything. Its breath inflicts terrible pain on its enemies.
Pokémon Crystal	It uses its wings to fly high. The temperature of its fire increases as it gains experience in battle.
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	Charizard flies around in the sky in search of powerful opponents. It breathes fire of such great heat that it melts anything. However, it never turns its fiery breath on any opponent weaker than itself.
Pokémon FireRed	Its wings can carry this Pokémon close to an altitude of 4,600 feet. It blows out fire at very high temperatures.
Pokémon LeafGreen	Spits fire tat is hot enough to melt boulders. Known to cause forest fires unintentionally.

[edit] Naturally learnt attacks

These are attacks which are learnt naturally by Charizard — that is, learnt without the use of a TM or HM (automatically learned once they reach a certain level).

The rows entitled with acronyms are used to identify at what level the Pokémon learns that attack in that game. For example, if the number "7" was in a row entitled RGB beside an attack named "Foobar", than that Pokémon would learn the attack "Foobar" at level seven in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green.

Any attacks which are learned at "Catch" means that they already know that attack when they are caught, or learn it before evolving into this form. N/A means that that attack is not learnable in that game. Any attacks which are learned a "Evolve" are learned when they evolve.

RGB stands for Red/Green/Blue, Y stands for Yellow, GSC stands for Gold, Silver, Crystal, RS stands for Ruby/Sapphire, FRLG stands for FireRed/LeafGreen, and GSC/FRLG stands for Gold/Silver/Crystal/FireRed/LeafGreen.

RGB	Y	GSC	RS	FRLG	Attack learnt:	type
Evolve	Evolve	Evolve	Evolve	Evolve	Scratch	Normal
Evolve	Evolve	Evolve	Evolve	Evolve	Growl	Normal
Evolve	Evolve	Evolve	Evolve	Evolve	Ember	Fire
N/A	N/A	N/A	Evolve	Evolve	Metal Claw	Steel
N/A	N/A	Evolve	Evolve	Evolve	Smokescreen	Normal
Evolve	Evolve	N/A	N/A	N/A	Leer	Normal
Evolve	Evolve	Evolve	Evolve	N/A	Rage	Normal
N/A	N/A	Evolve	Evolve	Evolve	Scary Face	Normal
N/A	N/A	36	36	36	Wing Attack	Flying
36	36	44	44	44	Slash	Normal
46	46	Evolve	Evolve	Evolve	Flamethrower	Fire
N/A	N/A	54	54	54	Dragon Rage	Dragon
55	55	64	64	64	Fire Spin	Fire

[edit] Learnable machine moves

The following moves can be taught to Charmander via the use of TMs or HM:

[edit] HMs

Number	Red/Blue	Yellow	Gold/Silver/Crystal	Ruby/Sapphire	Fire Red/Leaf Green
1	Cut	Cut	Cut	Cut	Cut
2		Fly	Fly	Fly	Fly
4	Strength	Strength	Strength	Strength	Strength
6				Rock Smash	Rock Smash

[edit] TMs

Number	Red/Blue	Yellow	Gold/Silver/Crystal	Ruby/Sapphire	Fire Red/Leaf Green
1	Mega Punch	Mega Punch	Dynamicpunch	Focus Punch	Focus Punch
2			Headbutt	Dragon Claw	Dragon Claw
3	Swords Dance	Swords Dance	Curse
5	Mega Kick	Mega Kick	Roar	Roar	Roar
6	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic
8	Body Slam	Body Slam	Rock Smash
9	Take Down	Take Town
10	Double Edge	Double Edge	Hidden Power	Hidden Power	Hidden Power
11			Sunny Day	Sunny Day	Sunny Day
13			Snore
15			Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam
17	Submission	Submission	Protect	Protect	Protect
18	Counter	Counter
19	Seismic Toss	Seismic Toss
20	Rage	Rage	Endure
21			Frustration	Frustration	Frustration
23	Dragon Rage	Dragon Rage	Iron Tail	Iron Tail	Iron Tail
24			Dragonbreath
26			Earthquake	Earthquake	Earthquake
27			Return	Return	Return
28	Dig	Dig	Dig	Dig	Dig
31	Mimic	Mimic	Mud Slap	Brick Break	Brick Break
32	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team
33	Reflect	Reflect
34	Bide	Bide	Swagger
35			Sleep Talk	Flamethrower	Flamethrower
37			Sandstorm
38	Fire Blast	Fire Blast	Fire Blast	Fire Blast	Fire Blast
39	Swift	Swift	Swift
40	Skull Bash	Skull Bash	Defense Curl	Aerial Ace	Aerial Ace
42				Facade	Facade
43				Secret Power	Secret Power
44	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest	Rest
45			Attract	Attract	Attract
47			Steel Wing	Steel Wing	Steel Wing
48			Fire Punch
49			Fury Cutter
50	Substitute	Substitute		Overheat	Overheat

[edit] References

[edit] Main

• Pokémon Forever Pokédex data
• Pokémon Forever old Pokédex data
• Eevee's Den Pokédex data
• Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex data
• Azure Heights Pokédex data
• Pokémon Elite Pokédex data
• Serebii.net Pokédex data

[edit] Other

• Andy's Guide to Pokémon Pokédex data
• Andy's Guide to Pokémon Pokédex data (GS)
• DLTK Pokédex data
• Pojo Pokédex data