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Charmander → Charmeleon → Charizard

1-cost fighter · Fire / Flying · melee · #4 of 13 1-cost Pokémon in our tier list.

Charmander official artwork
Charmander ★
Charmeleon official artwork
Charmeleon ★★
Charizard official artwork
Charizard ★★★

Synergies

Fire Fire types' attacks burn: 60/160/240 damage/s for 3s. Active at 2 / 4 / 5. Other Fire Pokémon: Vulpix, Ponyta, Growlithe, Magmar, Flareon, Moltres.

Flying Flying types dodge 10/25/40% of basic attacks. Active at 2 / 4 / 6. Other Flying Pokémon: Caterpie, Pidgey, Zubat, Scyther, Aerodactyl, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres.

Abilities

In Kanto Tactics each star level has its own ability. It casts on its own when Energy is full (+10 Energy per attack, more when hit).

★ Charmander: Ember

Hits its target: 175; burns 30/s.

Fire · Special · 35 Energy (starts with 10)

★★ Charmeleon: FlamethrowerCone

A cone of flame in front: burns every enemy it reaches. Power 315.

Fire · Special · 65 Energy (starts with 10)

★★★ Charizard: Fire BlastBurning ground

A fiery blast around its target: the ground burns for 3s, burning anyone who steps on it (bigger in Sun). Power 649.

Fire · Mixed (30% Attack, 70% Sp. Atk) · 85 Energy

Stats

StarHPAttackSp. AtkDefenseSp. DefAtk speedCritRangeEnergy
★ Charmander1,303796062600.816%135
★★ Charmeleon2,0411169677771.006%165
★★★ Charizard4,19823521098991.206%185

Without items or synergies. A shiny copy (1 in 200 in the shop) has +10% HP, defenses and damage.

Where you fight it in the campaign

These Campaign trainers can field it: Cerulean City · Rival Blue, Pokémon Mansion · Burglar, Route 22 · Rival Blue, Victory Road · Black Belt, Elite Four · Lance, Champion · Blue.