Charizard
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| Charizard
(リザードン Lizardon) | |
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| General | |
| National Dex: | #006 |
| Evolves From: | Charmeleon |
| Evolves Into: | None |
| Generation: | Generation I |
| Pronunciation: | 
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| Base Stats | |
| HP: | 78 |
| Attack: | 84 |
| Defense: | 78 |
| Special Atk: | 109 |
| Special Def: | 85 |
| Speed: | 100 |
| Biological Details | |
| Species: | Flame Pokémon |
| Type(s): | Fire/Flying |
| Height: | 5'07" (1.7 m) |
| Weight: | 199.5 lbs. (90.5kg) |
| Abilities: | |
| Pokédex Color: | Red |
| Gender: | 12.5% ♀/ 87.5% ♂ |
Charizard (リザードン Lizardon) is a Fire/Flying-type Pokémon and the evolved form of Charmeleon. Charizard is the final stage of the Pokémon Charmander.
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[edit] Appearance
Charizard is a large dragon-like Pokémon that differs greatly from its pre-evolved form. The red skin colour of Charmeleon is no longer apparent, as Charizard appears to have reverted back to the orange colour of Charmander. The single horn that was on the back of its head now is two, one on either side. The most notable difference though, is the large wings that developed on its back.
[edit] Special Abilities
Like its pre-evolved forms, Charizard is able to breathe fire. Unlike its pre-evolved forms, Charizard now have the ability to fly with the development of the wings on its back.
[edit] In Anime
Ash Ketchum currently owns a Charizard, which is currently training in Charific Valley. At one time, Ash's Charizard was disobedient, never listened to any of his commands, and even cost him a few matches. After a battle with a Poliwrath, in which he was frozen by Poliwrath's ice beam, he was defrosted by Ash. After that Charizard became better-behaved and is now one of Ash's strongest Pokémon (or maybe the strongest).
Jessie was given a Charizard by the Team Rocket Delibird in the episode Grating Spaces. This however, was a mistake as it was meant to be given to someone else and was taken back.
Liza of Charicific Valley owns a Charizard, which is seen in Charizard's Burning Ambition, Great Bowls of Fire, and Better Eight Than Never. Her Charizard is also seen in the Pokémon movie, The Spell of the Unown.
[edit] In Game
Charizard first appeared during the Generation I games as the final form of the starter Pokémon Charmander.
It has only ever been obtainable by completely evolving Charmander to Charmeleon and then into Charizard.
[edit] Pokédex Entries
| Pokédex Entries | |
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| Red | |
| Blue | |
| It spits fire that is hot enough to melt boulders. Known to cause forest fires unintentionally. | |
| Yellow | |
| When expelling a blast of super hot fire, the red flame at the tip of its tail burns more intensely. | |
| Gold | |
| If Charizard becomes furious, the flame at the tip of its tail flares up in a whitish-blue color. | |
| Silver | |
| Breathing intense, hot flames, it can melt almost anything. Its breath inflicts terrible pain on enemies. | |
| Crystal | |
| It uses its wings to fly high. The temperature of its fire increases as it gains experience in battle. | |
| Ruby | |
| Charizard flies around 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. | |
| Sapphire | |
| Charizard flies around 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. | |
| Emerald | |
| A Charizard flies about in search of strong opponents. It breathes intense flames that can melt any material. However, it will never torch a weaker foe. | |
| FireRed | |
| Its wings can carry this Pokémon close to an altitude of 4,600 feet. It blows out fire at very high temperatures. | |
| LeafGreen | |
| It spits fire that is hot enough to melt boulders. It may cause forest fires by blowing flames. | |
| Diamond | |
| It is said that Charizard's fire burns hotter if it has experienced harsh battles. | |
| Pearl | |
| It is said that Charizard's fire burns hotter if it has experienced harsh battles. | |
| Platinum | |
| It is said that Charizard's fire burns hotter if it has experienced harsh battles. | |
This pokemon is considered by many to be the strongest one in existence.
[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):
- Rock - (4)
- Water, Electric, Ice (Only in Red, Blue and Yellow) - (1.84)
- Flying, Ghost, Normal, Poison - (1)
- Dark, Dragon, Ice (Not in Red, Blue and Yellow), Psychic - (0.92)
- Fighting, Steel - (0.5)
- Fire - (0.46)
- Bug - (0.25)
- Grass - (0.23)
- Ground - Immune
[edit] Learnset
| Attack | Type | Red/Green/Blue | Yellow | Gen. II | Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald | FireRed/LeafGreen | Gen. IV |
| Scratch | Normal | Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch |
| Growl | Normal | Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch |
| Ember | Fire | Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch |
| Metal Claw | Steel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Catch | N/A |
| Smokescreen | Normal | N/A | N/A | Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch |
| Leer | Normal | Catch | Catch | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Rage | Normal | Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch | N/A | N/A |
| Scary Face | Normal | N/A | N/A | Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch |
| Fire Fang | Fire | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 28 |
| Wing Attack | Flying | N/A | N/A | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| Slash | Normal | 36 | 36 | 44 | 44 | 44 | Catch |
| Flamethrower | Fire | 46 | 46 | Catch | Catch | Catch | 42 |
| Dragon Rage | Dragon | N/A | N/A | 54 | 54 | 54 | Catch |
| Fire Spin | Fire | 55 | 55 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 49 |
| Heat Wave | Fire | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 59 |
| Flare Blitz | Fire | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 66 |
[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 | FireRed/LeafGreen |
| 1 | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut |
| 2 | Fly | Fly | Fly | Fly | |
| 4 | Strength | Strength | Strength | Strength | Strength |
| 6 | Rock Smash | Rock Smash |
[edit] TMs
[edit] Origins
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] 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.
- In the games, Rhyhorn has exactly the same cry as Charizard. It is unknown why this is so.
[edit] References
- Serebii.net Pokédex data
- Legendary Pokémon data
- The Pokémon Database
- Pokémon.Marriland data
- Pokémon Dream Pokédex data
