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Charizard

Rank 6

Charizard build and set

FireFlying
Usage
23.3%—
Brought
44.8%
Leads
30.0%
Mega Evolves
36.5%
Win rate
52.2%
▲ 2.2 pts above 50%
51.2% – 53.2% · 9,426 games

22,204 battles · 30 days · updated 57 min ago

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Mega Charizard Y

FireFlying

Drought

Charizardite YModest+SpA −Atk

  • FireSpecialHeat Wave
  • NormalStatusProtect
  • NormalSpecialWeather Ball
  • FlyingSpecialHurricane
HP
181
28
Atk
111
0
Def
111
13
SpA
198
1
SpD
135
0
Spe
144
24

Item, ability and moves: the most revealed in VGC 2026 Reg M-C over 7 days

Nature and SP: Smogon, September 2026

Showdown paste

Charizard @ Charizardite Y
Ability: Blaze
Level: 50
EVs: 28 HP / 13 Def / 1 SpA / 24 Spe
Modest Nature
- Heat Wave
- Protect
- Weather Ball
- Hurricane

Spreads (Smogon)

Source: Smogon, September 2026 (1,760+ cutoff)

  1. Modest

    +SpA−Atk

    7.3%Most used
    • HP28
    • Atk0
    • Def13
    • SpA1
    • SpD0
    • Spe24

  2. Timid

    +Spe−Atk

    5.1%
    • HP2
    • Atk0
    • Def0
    • SpA32
    • SpD0
    • Spe32

  3. Modest

    +SpA−Atk

    3.6%
    • HP20
    • Atk0
    • Def32
    • SpA1
    • SpD0
    • Spe13

Abilities

  • Blaze 50.7%
  • Solar Power 49.3%

Moves

Revealed in 3,778 games

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  • FlyingSpecialAir Slash1.0%
  • DragonPhysicalDragon Claw0.9%
  • FireSpecialOverheat0.7%
  • DragonPhysicalBreaking Swipe0.6%
  • GroundSpecialScorching Sands0.4%
  • NormalStatusBelly Drum0.4%
  • FirePhysicalFlame Charge0.4%
  • DragonSpecialDragon Pulse0.4%
  • FireSpecialFlamethrower0.3%
  • NormalStatusHelping Hand0.3%
  • NormalStatusRoar0.2%
  • RockPhysicalRock Slide0.1%
  • FightingSpecialFocus Blast0.1%
  • NormalStatusSubstitute0.1%
  • FirePhysicalTemper Flare0.1%
  • ElectricPhysicalThunder Punch0.1%
  • FlyingPhysicalAcrobatics0.0%
  • FlyingSpecialAir Cutter0.0%
  • FireSpecialBlast Burn0.0%
  • FightingPhysicalBrick Break0.0%
  • DragonStatusDragon Cheer0.0%
  • DragonPhysicalDragon Rush0.0%

Items

Revealed in 3,083 games

30-day trend13.8% – 27.8%

Most common teammates

Lead pairs

Counters

Struggles against

  1. Indeedeewins 40.1%187 games
  2. Gardevoirwins 40.5%168 games
  3. Raichuwins 43.9%490 games

Does well against

  1. Golisopodwins 70.2%527 games
  2. Politoedwins 65.0%678 games
  3. Farigirafwins 63.4%716 games
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Charizard is on 23.3% of VGC 2026 Reg M-C teams (30 days), ranking 6. Its most seen moves are Heat Wave, Protect and Weather Ball. The most revealed item is Charizardite Y. It usually teams up with Farigiraf and Archaludon. It is brought in 45% of its games and leads in 30%.