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Pokémon · #6

Charizard

FireFlying Legal in M-C 2 Mega formes

Mega Charizard Y is #14 on the ladder, on 12.2% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 78
Atk 104
Def 78
SpA 159
SpD 115
Spe 100

Base stat total 634

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66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

155
111
98
211
135
167

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

FireFlying
Weak ×4
Rock
Weak ×2
WaterElectric
Resists ×½
FireFightingSteelFairy
Resists ×¼
GrassBug
Immune
Ground

Abilities

Drought
On switch-in, this Pokemon summons Sun. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Charizard holding Charizardite Y .

Speed tier

Most common
167 (Timid, 32 Spe SP, 39% of spreads)
Fastest
167 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
120 (0 SP)
Slowest
108 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 167, it outspeeds 28 of the other 49 Pokémon in the top 50, ties 1, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Sneasler 172
  2. Mega Floette 169
  3. Garchomp 169
  4. Mega Charizard Y (this) 167
  5. Mega Gardevoir 167
  6. Arcanine-Hisui 156
  7. Mega Baxcalibur 152
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #14 · on 12.2% of teams · 307,430 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 99.4%
  2. Heat Wave 99.3%
  3. Weather Ball 93.1%
  4. Solar Beam 47.8%
  5. Ancient Power 33.6%
  6. Hurricane 16.3%
  7. Air Slash 2.2%
  8. Overheat 1.9%
  9. Roar 1.4%
  10. Scorching Sands 1.2%

Items

  1. Charizardite Y 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Drought 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 167 8.5%
  2. Modest 8/0/0/32/0/26 · Spe 146 3.8%
  3. Timid 12/0/14/8/0/32 · Spe 167 3.3%
  4. Modest 28/0/13/1/0/24 · Spe 144 3.2%
  5. Modest 32/0/12/1/0/21 · Spe 141 3.2%
  6. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 152 3.1%
  7. Timid 32/0/7/4/0/23 · Spe 157 2.6%
  8. Modest 24/0/16/9/0/17 · Spe 137 2.1%

Teammates

  1. Garchomp 35.3%
  2. Kingambit 33.3%
  3. Farigiraf 25.0%
  4. Archaludon 24.7%
  5. Incineroar 22.3%
  6. Sneasler 21.1%
  7. Rillaboom 19.9%
  8. Whimsicott 19.8%
  9. Sylveon 19.7%
  10. Venusaur 19.6%
  11. Basculegion 18.4%
  12. Grimmsnarl 15.0%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #16 · on 9.5% of teams · 307,430 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 98.8%
  2. Heat Wave 98.7%
  3. Weather Ball 88.4%
  4. Solar Beam 49.8%
  5. Ancient Power 29.6%
  6. Hurricane 17.7%
  7. Air Slash 5.0%
  8. Scorching Sands 2.8%
  9. Overheat 2.4%
  10. Dragon Pulse 2.3%

Items

  1. Charizardite Y 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Drought 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 167 23.4%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 152 7.3%
  3. Timid 12/0/14/8/0/32 · Spe 167 4.2%
  4. Modest 24/0/16/9/0/17 · Spe 137 2.1%
  5. Timid 16/0/18/3/0/29 · Spe 163 1.8%
  6. Modest 16/0/25/12/0/13 · Spe 133 1.6%
  7. Modest 32/0/12/1/0/21 · Spe 141 1.6%
  8. Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 120 1.0%

Teammates

  1. Kingambit 28.0%
  2. Sneasler 26.7%
  3. Garchomp 25.3%
  4. Farigiraf 25.0%
  5. Rillaboom 23.8%
  6. Archaludon 21.8%
  7. Whimsicott 19.7%
  8. Incineroar 19.0%
  9. Basculegion 18.7%
  10. Venusaur 17.5%
  11. Grimmsnarl 16.1%
  12. Sylveon 14.1%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #20 · on 8.4% of teams · 307,430 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Heat Wave 98.1%
  2. Protect 97.9%
  3. Weather Ball 83.9%
  4. Solar Beam 53.8%
  5. Ancient Power 28.1%
  6. Hurricane 15.3%
  7. Air Slash 7.5%
  8. Scorching Sands 3.3%
  9. Dragon Pulse 3.1%
  10. Overheat 2.8%

Items

  1. Charizardite Y 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Drought 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 167 27.8%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 152 8.5%
  3. Timid 12/0/14/8/0/32 · Spe 167 3.6%
  4. Modest 24/0/16/9/0/17 · Spe 137 2.2%
  5. Modest 16/0/25/12/0/13 · Spe 133 1.6%
  6. Timid 16/0/18/3/0/29 · Spe 163 1.5%
  7. Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 120 1.2%
  8. Modest 32/0/12/1/0/21 · Spe 141 1.2%

Teammates

  1. Kingambit 26.7%
  2. Sneasler 26.1%
  3. Garchomp 25.9%
  4. Rillaboom 23.5%
  5. Whimsicott 22.0%
  6. Farigiraf 21.6%
  7. Incineroar 19.8%
  8. Basculegion 19.7%
  9. Archaludon 18.3%
  10. Venusaur 17.2%
  11. Grimmsnarl 13.8%
  12. Sylveon 13.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 625 of 4,641 teams (13.5%) · win rate 51.6% (95% interval 49.9%–53.2%, n = 3,340 games) · 54 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

  1. Mega Floette +6.8 pp n = 72 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Mega Floette beat teams bringing Mega Charizard Y more often than expected+6.8 pp · n = 72 · Showdown replays
  2. Incineroar +2.4 pp n = 293 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Incineroar beat teams bringing Mega Charizard Y more often than expected+2.4 pp · n = 293 · Showdown replays

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Strong against (replays)

Teams with it beat teams bringing these more often than expected.

  1. Mega Golisopod +5.8 pp n = 59 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Mega Golisopod more often than expected+5.8 pp · n = 59 · Showdown replays
  2. Mega Raichu Y +4.8 pp n = 122 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Mega Raichu Y more often than expected+4.8 pp · n = 122 · Showdown replays
  3. Gholdengo +4.4 pp n = 122 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Gholdengo more often than expected+4.4 pp · n = 122 · Showdown replays
  4. Arcanine-Hisui +3.3 pp n = 88 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Arcanine-Hisui more often than expected+3.3 pp · n = 88 · Showdown replays
  5. Farigiraf +3.0 pp n = 96 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Farigiraf more often than expected+3.0 pp · n = 96 · Showdown replays
  6. Volcarona +2.6 pp n = 82 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Volcarona more often than expected+2.6 pp · n = 82 · Showdown replays
  7. Kingambit +2.4 pp n = 158 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Kingambit more often than expected+2.4 pp · n = 158 · Showdown replays
  8. Sylveon +2.4 pp n = 85 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Sylveon more often than expected+2.4 pp · n = 85 · Showdown replays
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  1. Venusaur +2.3 pp n = 69 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Venusaur more often than expected+2.3 pp · n = 69 · Showdown replays
  2. Mega Garchomp Z +2.0 pp n = 124 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Mega Garchomp Z more often than expected+2.0 pp · n = 124 · Showdown replays
  3. Mega Delphox +1.9 pp n = 69 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Mega Delphox more often than expected+1.9 pp · n = 69 · Showdown replays
  4. Milotic +1.6 pp n = 51 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Milotic more often than expected+1.6 pp · n = 51 · Showdown replays
  5. Archaludon +1.5 pp n = 164 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Archaludon more often than expected+1.5 pp · n = 164 · Showdown replays

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Venusaur +16.6 pp n = 60,195 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Charizard Y teams; Venusaur is on 3% of all teams (6.64× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Garchomp +25.8 pp n = 108,615 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 35% of Mega Charizard Y teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (3.72× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Grimmsnarl +9.8 pp n = 46,176 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Charizard Y teams; Grimmsnarl is on 5% of all teams (2.88× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Whimsicott +12.2 pp n = 60,748 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Charizard Y teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (2.61× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Sylveon +9.3 pp n = 60,656 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Charizard Y teams; Sylveon is on 10% of all teams (1.89× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Farigiraf +9.3 pp n = 76,827 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Mega Charizard Y teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (1.59× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Archaludon +7.5 pp n = 75,935 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Mega Charizard Y teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (1.44× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Kingambit +8.1 pp n = 102,497 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 33% of Mega Charizard Y teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (1.32× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Basculegion -2.2 pp n = 56,629 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Mega Charizard Y teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.90× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Incineroar -9.3 pp n = 68,680 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Mega Charizard Y teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.71× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Sneasler -16.0 pp n = 64,776 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Mega Charizard Y teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.57× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -26.7 pp n = 61,025 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Charizard Y teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.43× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 78
Atk 130
Def 111
SpA 130
SpD 85
Spe 100

Base stat total 634

Stat Point planner

66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

155
200
131
135
105
152

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe · Adamant Nature

Types and weaknesses

FireDragon
Weak ×2
GroundRockDragon
Resists ×½
ElectricBugSteel
Resists ×¼
FireGrass

Abilities

Tough Claws
This Pokemon's contact moves have their power multiplied by 1.3. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Charizard holding Charizardite X .

Speed tier

Most common
152
Fastest
167 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
120 (0 SP)
Slowest
108 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 152, it outspeeds 25 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 2, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Mega Gardevoir 167
  2. Arcanine-Hisui 156
  3. Mega Baxcalibur 152
  4. Mega Charizard X (this) 152
  5. Mega Dragonite 152
  6. Archaludon 150
  7. Gholdengo 149
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #116 · on 0.3% of teams · 20,798 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 97.7%
  2. Flare Blitz 74.2%
  3. Dragon Claw 67.1%
  4. Dragon Dance 65.4%
  5. Breaking Swipe 28.2%
  6. Flame Charge 21.8%
  7. Belly Drum 16.6%
  8. Temper Flare 8.9%
  9. Roost 5.8%
  10. Swords Dance 2.7%

Items

  1. Charizardite X 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Tough Claws 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 8.4%
  2. Jolly 32/2/8/0/8/16 · Spe 149 6.9%
  3. Jolly 23/32/0/0/0/11 · Spe 144 6.3%
  4. Adamant 32/17/0/0/0/17 · Spe 137 4.6%
  5. Jolly 30/6/1/0/1/28 · Spe 162 4.5%
  6. Adamant 26/20/0/0/0/20 · Spe 140 3.6%
  7. Adamant 14/20/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 3.0%
  8. Adamant 14/21/1/0/1/29 · Spe 149 2.7%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 51.9%
  2. Sneasler 43.0%
  3. Milotic 40.7%
  4. Incineroar 26.4%
  5. Sinistcha 18.2%
  6. Kingambit 16.4%
  7. Mega Floette 14.6%
  8. Farigiraf 14.0%
  9. Sylveon 10.3%
  10. Indeedee-F 9.9%
  11. Gholdengo 9.9%
  12. Basculegion 9.8%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #113 · on 0.5% of teams · 20,798 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 94.9%
  2. Flare Blitz 69.3%
  3. Dragon Claw 61.9%
  4. Dragon Dance 59.2%
  5. Breaking Swipe 31.8%
  6. Flame Charge 24.6%
  7. Belly Drum 21.8%
  8. Roost 5.1%
  9. Temper Flare 4.4%
  10. Thunder Punch 4.1%

Items

  1. Charizardite X 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Tough Claws 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 13.2%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 167 7.6%
  3. Jolly 32/2/8/0/8/16 · Spe 149 5.1%
  4. Adamant 32/17/0/0/0/17 · Spe 137 4.3%
  5. Adamant 20/18/0/0/4/24 · Spe 144 2.2%
  6. Adamant 32/18/5/0/0/11 · Spe 131 2.1%
  7. Jolly 30/6/1/0/1/28 · Spe 162 1.8%
  8. Adamant 14/21/1/0/1/29 · Spe 149 1.5%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 42.1%
  2. Sneasler 37.3%
  3. Sinistcha 30.9%
  4. Milotic 29.5%
  5. Indeedee-F 22.1%
  6. Incineroar 21.1%
  7. Kingambit 18.1%
  8. Mega Floette 13.2%
  9. Gholdengo 10.8%
  10. Basculegion 9.7%
  11. Farigiraf 9.1%
  12. Whimsicott 9.0%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #115 · on 0.6% of teams · 20,798 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 90.0%
  2. Flare Blitz 68.7%
  3. Dragon Claw 64.0%
  4. Dragon Dance 56.5%
  5. Breaking Swipe 28.6%
  6. Belly Drum 19.9%
  7. Flame Charge 19.4%
  8. Fire Punch 6.3%
  9. Thunder Punch 5.8%
  10. Rock Slide 5.5%

Items

  1. Charizardite X 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Tough Claws 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 16.8%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 167 11.3%
  3. Jolly 32/2/8/0/8/16 · Spe 149 3.6%
  4. Adamant 32/17/0/0/0/17 · Spe 137 3.0%
  5. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 120 1.4%
  6. Adamant 32/18/5/0/0/11 · Spe 131 1.2%
  7. Adamant 20/18/0/0/4/24 · Spe 144 1.1%
  8. Adamant 32/10/2/0/4/18 · Spe 138 1.0%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 34.2%
  2. Sneasler 33.2%
  3. Sinistcha 27.3%
  4. Milotic 24.1%
  5. Indeedee-F 18.1%
  6. Incineroar 16.9%
  7. Kingambit 15.8%
  8. Whimsicott 11.5%
  9. Basculegion 10.4%
  10. Gholdengo 9.2%
  11. Mega Floette 9.1%
  12. Farigiraf 8.6%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 16 of 4,641 teams (0.3%) · win rate 34.2% (95% interval 24.7%–45.2%, n = 79 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Milotic +28.8 pp n = 8,461 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 41% of Mega Charizard X teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (3.43× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Sinistcha +10.9 pp n = 3,787 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Mega Charizard X teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (2.48× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Floette +3.8 pp n = 3,047 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Charizard X teams; Mega Floette is on 11% of all teams (1.35× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sneasler +6.0 pp n = 8,951 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 43% of Mega Charizard X teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (1.16× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Rillaboom +5.3 pp n = 10,788 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 52% of Mega Charizard X teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (1.11× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Sylveon -0.1 pp n = 2,151 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Charizard X teams; Sylveon is on 10% of all teams (0.99× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Farigiraf -1.7 pp n = 2,910 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Charizard X teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (0.89× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Incineroar -5.2 pp n = 5,499 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 26% of Mega Charizard X teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.83× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Kingambit -8.9 pp n = 3,411 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Mega Charizard X teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.65× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Gholdengo -9.2 pp n = 2,053 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Charizard X teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.52× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Indeedee-F -10.4 pp n = 2,055 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Charizard X teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.49× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Basculegion -10.8 pp n = 2,036 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Charizard X teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.48× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 78
Atk 84
Def 78
SpA 109
SpD 85
Spe 100

Base stat total 534

Stat Point planner

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Modest Nature

Types and weaknesses

FireFlying
Weak ×4
Rock
Weak ×2
WaterElectric
Resists ×½
FireFightingSteelFairy
Resists ×¼
GrassBug
Immune
Ground

Abilities

Blaze
At 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5× with Fire attacks. · used by 26%
Solar Power
If Sun is active, this Pokemon's Sp. Atk is 1.5×; loses 1/8 max HP per turn. · used by 74%

Speed tier

Most common
152
Fastest
167 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
120 (0 SP)
Slowest
108 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

With Scarf (Speed 228), it outspeeds 48 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Indeedee 241 (Scarf)
  2. Annihilape 234 (Scarf)
  3. Charizard (this) 228 (Scarf)
  4. Mega Lucario Z 223
  5. Basculegion 214 (Scarf)
  6. Mega Delphox 204
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #241 · on 0.0% of teams · 3,063 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Heat Wave 96.7%
  2. Ancient Power 58.2%
  3. Overheat 50.2%
  4. Dragon Pulse 35.3%
  5. Protect 34.9%
  6. Weather Ball 31.3%
  7. Solar Beam 31.2%
  8. Hurricane 21.2%
  9. Flamethrower 12.9%
  10. Blast Burn 12.3%

Items

  1. Choice Scarf 53.7%
  2. Life Orb 37.4%
  3. Sitrus Berry 1.8%
  4. Focus Sash 1.7%
  5. Charcoal 1.1%
  6. Expert Belt 0.4%

Abilities

  1. Solar Power 74.0%
  2. Blaze 26.0%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 152 44.7%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 167 35.9%
  3. Modest 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 152 11.5%
  4. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 167 1.4%
  5. Modest 1/0/2/31/0/32 · Spe 152 1.0%
  6. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 108 0.8%
  7. Calm 32/0/0/2/32/0 · Spe 120 0.7%
  8. Modest 32/0/16/18/0/0 · Spe 120 0.6%

Teammates

  1. Farigiraf 57.1%
  2. Mega Garchomp Z 48.9%
  3. Whimsicott 43.9%
  4. Torkoal 42.3%
  5. Aegislash 33.1%
  6. Rillaboom 28.8%
  7. Basculegion 17.9%
  8. Sneasler 17.0%
  9. Indeedee-F 16.0%
  10. Kingambit 15.0%
  11. Floette-Eternal 13.1%
  12. Garchomp 12.9%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #251 · on 0.1% of teams · 3,063 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Heat Wave 89.5%
  2. Solar Beam 47.1%
  3. Weather Ball 41.1%
  4. Protect 40.6%
  5. Overheat 36.9%
  6. Ancient Power 34.2%
  7. Air Slash 19.7%
  8. Scorching Sands 18.8%
  9. Hurricane 15.7%
  10. Dragon Pulse 10.5%

Items

  1. Choice Scarf 50.3%
  2. Life Orb 27.2%
  3. Charcoal 6.3%
  4. Focus Sash 2.5%
  5. Sitrus Berry 2.5%
  6. Wise Glasses 2.4%

Abilities

  1. Solar Power 85.0%
  2. Blaze 14.9%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 152 35.3%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 167 26.6%
  3. Modest 6/0/0/32/0/28 · Spe 148 4.0%
  4. Modest 31/0/0/20/0/15 · Spe 135 3.1%
  5. Modest 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 152 2.2%
  6. Bold 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 120 1.7%
  7. Modest 6/0/13/32/0/15 · Spe 135 1.5%
  8. Modest 2/0/0/32/32/0 · Spe 120 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Whimsicott 32.8%
  2. Farigiraf 31.6%
  3. Torkoal 27.5%
  4. Indeedee-F 21.5%
  5. Mega Garchomp Z 20.9%
  6. Rillaboom 13.8%
  7. Mega Salamence 12.3%
  8. Kingambit 11.9%
  9. Venusaur 9.9%
  10. Pawmot 9.4%
  11. Mega Floette 9.3%
  12. Incineroar 9.0%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #271 · on 0.1% of teams · 3,063 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Heat Wave 77.1%
  2. Protect 44.3%
  3. Solar Beam 37.1%
  4. Weather Ball 34.7%
  5. Ancient Power 28.8%
  6. Air Slash 24.2%
  7. Overheat 22.6%
  8. Scorching Sands 16.7%
  9. Hurricane 13.8%
  10. Flamethrower 10.7%

Items

  1. Choice Scarf 36.7%
  2. Life Orb 26.1%
  3. Charcoal 9.2%
  4. Sitrus Berry 5.3%
  5. Focus Sash 4.3%
  6. Leftovers 2.6%

Abilities

  1. Solar Power 71.1%
  2. Blaze 28.9%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 152 28.5%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 167 26.8%
  3. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 167 2.6%
  4. Modest 31/0/0/20/0/15 · Spe 135 2.5%
  5. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 167 2.0%
  6. Hasty 0/32/0/2/0/32 · Spe 167 1.9%
  7. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 167 1.8%
  8. Modest 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 120 1.7%

Teammates

  1. Whimsicott 27.8%
  2. Torkoal 22.1%
  3. Farigiraf 18.1%
  4. Indeedee-F 18.1%
  5. Rillaboom 12.7%
  6. Mega Salamence 11.3%
  7. Mega Garchomp Z 9.8%
  8. Kingambit 9.4%
  9. Sneasler 8.5%
  10. Garchomp 8.3%
  11. Incineroar 8.3%
  12. Venusaur 7.8%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 3 of 4,641 teams (0.1%) · win rate 35.7% (95% interval 16.3%–61.2%, n = 14 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Aegislash +32.3 pp n = 1,015 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 33% of Charizard teams; Aegislash is on 1% of all teams (38.53× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Floette-Eternal +13.1 pp n = 402 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Charizard teams; Floette-Eternal is on 0% of all teams (192.38× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Torkoal +37.2 pp n = 1,295 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 42% of Charizard teams; Torkoal is on 5% of all teams (8.30× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Garchomp Z +41.0 pp n = 1,497 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 49% of Charizard teams; Mega Garchomp Z is on 8% of all teams (6.21× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Whimsicott +36.3 pp n = 1,344 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 44% of Charizard teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (5.79× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Farigiraf +41.4 pp n = 1,749 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 57% of Charizard teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (3.64× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Garchomp +3.4 pp n = 396 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Charizard teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (1.36× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Basculegion -2.7 pp n = 547 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Charizard teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.87× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Indeedee-F -4.2 pp n = 491 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Charizard teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.79× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Rillaboom -17.8 pp n = 883 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Charizard teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.62× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Kingambit -10.2 pp n = 461 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Charizard teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.60× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sneasler -20.1 pp n = 520 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Charizard teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.46× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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