Charizard

Charizard @ Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability: Solar Power
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Fire Blast
- Solar Beam
- Focus Blast
- Roost

Overview

Charizard is Sun's premier wallbreaker. Solar Power adds 50% Sp. Atk in Sun (Drought from Torkoal or sun setter ally), bringing its 109 base SpA to Specs-equivalent damage while staying off-Choice. Heavy-Duty Boots is mandatory because Charizard is 4× weak to Stealth Rock — without Boots, you take 50% per switch-in. Tera Fire converts Solar Beam into Tera Blast Fire if you need it, but most builds keep the original typing for Roost utility.

Move analysis

Fire Blast is your nuke — 120 BP, 1.5× from STAB, 1.5× from Sun, 1.5× from Solar Power = 405% of the base damage. Solar Beam handles Ground-types and bulky Waters (skips charging in Sun). Focus Blast for Heatran, Tyranitar, Kingambit, and Blissey. Roost extends Charizard's life by removing the Flying weakness for that turn (so Stone Edge users hit you neutral) and recovering 50%.

Team partners

Torkoal (Drought setter), Bloodmoon Ursaluna (sun abuser, Tera Normal hits everything), Walking Wake (Sun-boosted Hydro Steam), Hatterene (Magic Bounce vs. hazards), Great Tusk (Rapid Spin backup, Earthquake on opposing Fire-resists).

What beats Charizard

Heatran (immune to Fire, walls everything except Focus Blast — and dodges that 30% of the time), Tyranitar (Sandstorm kills Sun, resists Fire, Stone Edge OHKOs), Garganacl (Tera Water + Salt Cure stalls), and any unaware mon that ignores stat boosts.

How to use the build

Open our damage calculator and plug in the EV spread above to see what Charizard OHKOs and 2HKOs against the current OU/VGC meta. Drop Charizard into the team builder to check defensive coverage gaps when paired with your other 5 slots.

Other Fire/Flying options

If you want to run a different Fire-type, browse our competitive builds hub. For more on Tera mechanics, see the damage calculator's Tera explainer and our guide on type matchups.