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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#006 Charizard

FireFlying

SpeciesFlame Pokémon
Japanese nameLizardon
PronunciationCHAR-I-ZARD
Height5′ 7″ 1.70 m
Weight200.0 lb 90.00 kg
Gender♂ 87.5% · ♀ 12.5%

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Name meaning

Combination of CHAR (burn) and LIZARD. “Lizard who burns things”

Evolution

CharmanderLevel 16CharmeleonLevel 36Charizard

Charizard in the original Gengar’s Pokédex — Charizard as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue	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.
Stadium	Its fiery breath reaches incredible temperatures. It can quickly melt glaciers weighing 10,000 tons.
GoldStadium 2	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.

Where to find Charizard

Game	Where to find it	Time	Rarity
Blue	Must Evolve from Charmeleon	NA	Evolve
Red		NA	Evolve
Yellow		NA	Evolve
Gold		Trade	None
Silver		Trade	None
Crystal		Trade	None

How to catch

	Ground	Surf	Fishing	Forest Tree	Mountain Tree	Rock Smash	Breed	Evolve	Event	BugCatch	Game Corner
R/B								✓
Yellow								✓
G/S								✓
Crystal								✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

Normal×1
Fire×0.5
Water×2
Electric×2
Grass×0.25
IceG/S/C ×1R/B/Y × 2
Fighting×0.5
Poison×1
Ground×0
Flying×1
Psychic×1
Bug×0.25
Rock×4
Ghost×1
Dragon×1
Dark×1
Steel×0.5

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 weaknesses and 6 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 2 (50%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 4 weaknesses and 5 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 4 : 5 (80%).
This Pokémon has less weaknesses and more resistances in GSC than RBY, thus in GSC it has a better defense ratio.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

Normal1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Fire1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
Water1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
Electric1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
Grass1st: Good 2nd: Good
Ice1st: Good 2nd: Normal
Fighting1st: Normal 2nd: Good
Poison1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Ground1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Flying1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Psychic1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Bug1st: Good 2nd: Good
Rock1st: Bad 2nd: Bad
Ghost1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Dragon1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
Dark1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
Steel1st: Good 2nd: Bad

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 7 advantages and 7 disadvantages out of 34 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 6 advantages and 6 disadvantages out of 30 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).

Moves learned by levelling up

R/B/Y	G/S/C	Move	Type	Kind
Start	Start	Scratch	Normal	Physical
Start	Start	Growl	Normal	Status
Start	Start	Ember	Fire	Special
—	Start	Smokescreen	Normal	Status
Start	—	Leer	Normal	Status
Start	Start	Rage	Normal	Physical
—	Start	Scary Face	Normal	Status
46	Start	Flamethrower	Fire	Special
—	36	Wing Attack	Flying	Physical
36	44	Slash	Normal	Physical
—	54	Dragon Rage	Dragon	Special
55	64	Fire Spin	Fire	Special

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

Flamethrower

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

TM01Dynamicpunch
TM02Headbutt
TM03Curse
TM05Roar
TM06Toxic
TM08Rock Smash
TM10Hidden Power
TM11Sunny Day
TM13Snore
TM15Hyper Beam
TM17Protect
TM20Endure
TM21Frustration
TM23Iron Tail
TM24Dragonbreath
TM26Earthquake
TM27Return
TM28Dig
TM31Mud-Slap
TM32Double Team
TM34Swagger
TM35Sleep Talk
TM37Sandstorm
TM38Fire Blast
TM39Swift
TM40Defense Curl
TM44Rest
TM45Attract
TM47Steel Wing
TM48Fire Punch
TM49Fury Cutter
HM01Cut
HM02Fly
HM04Strength

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

TM01Mega Punch
TM03Swords Dance
TM05Mega Kick
TM06Toxic
TM08Body Slam
TM09Take Down
TM10Double-Edge
TM15Hyper Beam
TM17Submission
TM18Counter
TM19Seismic Toss
TM20Rage
TM23Dragon Rage
TM26Earthquake
TM27Fissure
TM28Dig
TM31Mimic
TM32Double Team
TM33Reflect
TM34Bide
TM38Fire Blast
TM39Swift
TM40Skull Bash
TM44Rest
TM50Substitute
HM01Cut
HM02Fly
HM04Strength

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups	Monster group 11 Dragon group 13

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move	How to pass it down
Rock Slide	Mate with a male from the Larvitar Family.
Bite	Mate with a male from Ekans, Larvitar, Squirtle, or Totodile Family.
Outrage	Mate with a male from Dratini Family.
Ancientpower	Breed a male from Corsola, Kabuto, or Omanyte Family to a female from Totodile Family. Then breed a male offspring with the move to a female from Charmander Family.
Belly Drum	Mate with a male Snorlax.
Beat Up	Breed a male Sneasel with the move to a female from Ekans Family or Nidoran(F). Breed male offspring with the move to female from Charmander Family.

Stats

Stat	Base	Range at Lv. 100	G/S/C rank	R/B/Y rank
HP	78	329-359	20/4563.67%	17/4267.35%
Attack	84	236-266	13/4967.35%	13/4565.54%
Defense	78	224-254	20/5561.79%	17/4463.67%
Speed	100	268-298	7/4789.41%	7/4287.46%
Special Attack G/S/C	109	286-316	8/4693.92%	—
Special Defense G/S/C	85	238-268	15/4172.57%	—
Special R/B/Y	85	238-268	—	12/2970.86%
Total	534 G/S/C 425 R/B/Y	1581-1761 1295-1445	7/8788.49%	12/6584.13%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library