Charmander

No. 0004 · Gen 1

Charmander weakness and type

Hit CHARMANDER with Water, Ground and Rock for 2× damage.

Moves against Charmander

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective

In Pokémon GO: Water deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • BlazeNo change to type matchups
  • Solar PowerNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP39
  • Attack52
  • Defense43
  • Sp. Atk60
  • Sp. Def50
  • Speed65
  • Total309

Best nature

ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Charmander gives 1 Speed EV.

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How Charmander evolves

CharmanderFire
All evolutions

What Charmander can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
FightingFocus PunchPhysical150
NormalSkull BashPhysical130
FireOverheatsame typeSpecial130
DragonOutragePhysical120
SteelIron TailPhysical100
DarkCrunchPhysical80
GroundDigPhysical80
ElectricThunder PunchPhysical75
RockRock SlidePhysical75
GhostShadow ClawPhysical70
FlyingWing AttackPhysical60
BugFury CutterPhysical40

Type counters to Charmander

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.