Charizard Guide: Builds and Best Items | Pokemon UNITE

The best guide on how to play Charizard in Pokemon UNITE for Nintendo Switch and Mobile. Check here for the best builds, Held and Battle items, movesets, as well as the latest nerfs, buffs, counters, matchups, and more!

Charizard Latest Nerfs & Buffs (9/22)

Version 1.2.1.3 Patch Note Updates

Charizard Move Changes (September 22)
Seismic Slam	• Reworked. • Now casts Seismic Slam first before taking flight. Charizard heals from damage dealt during flight.
Fire Blast	• Cooldown reduced from 8s to 7s.
Fire Punch	• Cooldown reduction from hitting enemies adjusted.
Flamethrower	• Movement speed buff increased.

Charizard Basic Info

Charizard
	Tier Rating: Role: All-Rounder Attack Type: Melee Damage Type: Physical Difficulty: Novice Cost: 6000 / 345
"When it’s still a Charmander, it’s not the most reliable, but when it evolves into Charizard, it can use its powerful moves to attack and deal damage over a wide area."

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Charizard Best Lanes

Top	Jungle	Bottom

Tips & Strategies for Every Lane

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths	Weaknesses
✔︎ Great Disables at mid-game ✔︎ Strong Unite Move	✖︎ Weak Early Game ✖︎ Low Damage Output ✖︎ Low Endurance

Best Builds for Charizard

Builds
Sustained Damage Build	Ranged DPS Build
Bruiser Build	Jungle Build

Sustained Damage Build

Sustained Damage Build
Moveset	Held Items
Flamethrower Flare Blitz	Muscle Band Scope Lens Energy Amplifier
Battle Item
Eject Button
Item Effects (at Level 30)
Attack: +15 Critical-Hit Rate: +6% Critical-Hit Damage: +12% Attack Speed: +7.50% Cooldown: -4.50% Unite Move Charge Rate: +6%

This build relies on pressuring your opponent's HP with a combination of Flamethrower and Flare Blitz, then taking them out via Standard Attacks. These moves also knock targets around, allowing you to set enemies up for follow-up damage from your team. Reach level seven as fast as possible to fully utilize this close-range setup.

Muscle Band and Scope Lens empowers Charizard's unique DPS Standard Attacks, enabling you to burn through your target's HP quickly. Energy Amplifier allows you to use your moves and unite move more frequently due to its cooldown reduction and faster recharge rate, respectively.

Eject Button gives you decent mobility to get a better position to land your moves. It's also your primary escape tool, especially during the early-game.

Ranged DPS Build

Ranged DPS Build
Moveset	Held Items
Flamethrower Fire Blast	Muscle Band Float Stone Focus Band
Battle Item
Eject Button
Item Effects (at Level 30)
Attack: +39 Defense: +30 Sp. Def: +30 Attack Speed: +7.50% Movement Speed: +120

This build utilizes Charizard's ranged damage over time moves, giving Charizard some range to work with. Your gameplay should be keeping distance from enemies while burning them with Flamethrower and Fire Blast. Once a target has low HP, finish them off with Seismic Slam and a flurry of Standard Attacks.

Muscle Band and Float Stone are your primary damage items, increasing both your moves' damage and your Standard Attack damage. Float Stone also gives you ample mobility so you can manuveur properly while using your moves from a distance. Focus Band is your only defense item, giving you decent defenses and survivability. However, its main function is to get you through to the early-game where you're trying to reach level 9.

Eject Button serves as an escape and initiation tool. Use it defensively in the early-game to escape bad fights. Once you reach level 9, use it to get a better position to use Seismic Slam.

Bruiser Build

Bruiser Build
Moveset	Held Items
Fire Punch Flare Blitz	Assault Vest Focus Band Buddy Barrier
Battle Item
Eject Button
Item Effects (at Level 30)
Defense: +30 Sp. Def: +72 HP: +870

This build makes Charizard into an aggressive tank. Your gameplay should be tanking damage for your team while controlling enemy movements using Fire Punch and Flare Blitz. Flare Blitz grants a shield when used, making it a perfect tanking move.

Assault Vest, Focus Band, and Buddy Barrier give you ample durability through increased defenses, bonus HP, healing, and shielding, allowing you constantly use your moves.

Eject Button lets you get aggressive once you have Fire Punch, Flare Blitz, and Seismic Slam available.

Jungle Build

Jungle Build
Moveset	Held Items
Fire Punch Flare Blitz	Razor Claw Muscle Band Focus Band
Battle Item
Eject Button
Item Effects (at Level 30)
Attack: +30 Defense: +30 Sp. Def: +30 Critical-Hit Rate: +2.10% Attack Speed: +7.50%

This build turns Charizard into a single-target assassin. To make this work, Charizard has to go jungle to get levels fast. Once you reach level 5, get Fire Punch and gank one lane, but don't be too agressive. Keep clearing the jungle camps to level up until you get to level 9. Once you're level 9, focus now on pressuring lanes by getting kills with your team, you'll most likely be ahead in levels than the rest so take advantage of it. Use Flare Blitz whenever you can to gain the shield and last longer in fights.

Razor Claw enchances your attacks with movement speed reduction, enabling you to stick to targets while you move and attack simultaneously. It also works well with Fire Punch's cooldown reduction when upgraded, granting you bonus damage as you constantly use the move. Muscle Band is a staple jungler item due to its attack speed increase, attack stat increase, and percentage based damage effect. Focus Band is your only defensive item and means of survival so always mind your positioning.

Eject Button is the default battle item for the build, giving offensive and defensive capabilities. However, since you'll be taking the jungle, Fluffy Tail can be an alternative so you can clear camps faster.

Charizard Best Items & Moveset

Best Held Items

Item	Description
Buddy Barrier	When the Pokemon uses its Unite Move, that Pokemon and the nearby ally Pokemon with the lowest HP are each granted a shield equal to (20/30/40)% of their max HP.
Energy Amplifier	After the Pokemon uses its Unite Move, the damage the Pokemon deals is increased by (7/14/21)% for a short time.
Focus Band	When the Pokemon drops to low HP, then each second for three seconds, it recovers (8/11/14)% of the HP it has lost.
Scope Lens	Increases damage dealt by basic attack critical hits. The higher the Pokemon's Attack, the more the damage increases.
Muscle Band	When basic attacks hit, the damage is increased by 1%/2%/3% of the opposing Pokemon's remaining HP.

Energy Amplifier is a staple item to have in a Charizard's builds thanks to how much it synergizes well with Seismic Slam. Also, the cooldown reduction means more opportunities to reign fire over opponents! Combine this with Buddy Barrier and you can stick to your chosen target for the entire duration of your flight. This makes your Unite Move almost a guaranteed kill!

Since Charizard can dish out extra damage because of its passive ability, Focus Band grants you that extra survivability while low on HP. It's a great turn around item and its defensive stats also isn't something to scoff at.

Held Item Tier List: Best Items to Equip

Best Battle Items

Item	Description
Eject Button	Makes your Pokemon move quickly in the specified direction.

Eject Button improves your overall mobility by granting you the ability to teleport short distances. This can be used both offensively and defensively.

Best Moveset

Move	Description
Flare Blitz	Charge forward, gaining a shield and dealing damage while knocking back enemies in the user's path.
Fire Punch	Lunges forward with a fiery punch, dealing damage to opponents in the way and knocks them back. Upgraded: The cooldown is reduced each time a normal attack hits.

Charizard is all about blitzing and punching whoever is unfortunate enough to get in the way. Both Flare Blitz and Fire Punch offer easy knockbacks to displace opponents while also outputting decent amounts of damage. Being Dash moves, they also allow Charizard to get better positioning around enemies, as well as evasion.

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How to Play Charizard

Avoid Skirmishes in the Early Game

Charizard is an All-Rounder Pokemon that can push the advantage in team fights with its high damage output. It does take a while to get this particular Pokemon set up. Gathering as much experience as possible is paramount. Fire Spin will be enough to disrupt enemy positioning. You can also afford to position more aggressively in team fights once you unlock your Unite Move.

Keep Moving While Using Basic Attacks

Since Charizard can move during its basic attack animation, you can easily stick to a running for maximum pressure. Veteran MOBA players will find this similar to Orb Walking, in which you speed up attacks by canceling their animations early with a directional input.

Learn Fire Punch and Flare Blitz for Max Damage

If you're looking to focus on direct offense with Charizard, then Choosing Fire Punch at Lv. 5 and Flare Blitz at Lv. 7 will allow you to have maximum engagement in up close and personal team fights. Both of these moves allow Charizard to have much needed dash moves that can get it closer to its targets, while also inflicting high damage. Since Charizard can easily reposition while attacking, make sure that you're always positioned in the area your enemy wants to escape to so you can push them back into a tight spot.

Use Fire Punch for Extra Mobility

Prioritize farming in the early game until level 5 as that is when either Fire Punch or Flamethrower will be available which allows a higher damage contribution to small skirmishes and team fights early on.

Group Up Wild Pokemon to Farm Faster

Take advantage of Charizard's long range AoEs by grouping up wild Pokemon which will greatly speed up your farm. When looking to invade or steal enemy camps in the early game be careful of opposing Pikachu or Cramorant, as they have high crowd control and damage early on.

Use Basic Attacks to Lower Fire Punch Cooldown

Getting the upgraded Fire Punch at Lv. 11 is Charizard's greatest power spike. With the upgrade, Fire Punch's cooldown is reduced whenever a basic attack hits. Use wild Pokemon, like the Vespiquen camps, to quickly reset your cooldowns and fire off as my Fire Punches as you can.

Utilize Your Damage Bonus With Your Unite Move

Charizard becomes empowered for a short duration after suplexing an opponent with a Seismic Slam. This allows Charizard to gain movement speed, damage, and the ability to move over walls. Unload your other moves first before using Seismic Slam so you can focus on dealing high damage with your standard attacks while empowered!

Charizard Combos

Early Game Combo

Early Game Combo
►
Fire Spin ► Flame Burst
During the early game, you can maximize your damage with this combo. Cast Fire Spin first to slow your target down, and to make sure that Flame Burst hits your target. Get closer to your target and stay on top, chasing them while burning their HP with basic attacks.

Seismic Slam Setup Combos

Seismic Slam Setup Combo (Variation 1)
► ►
Flare Blitz ► Fire Punch ► Seismic Slam
During the later part of the game, you can get in close and personal with this combo. Initiate using Flare Blitz to get close to your target and get the shield, then immediately follow up with Fire Punch to deal more damage and knock your target back. Finally, finish with Seismic Slam, and don't forget to stay on top of your target while attacking.

Seismic Slam Setup Combo (Variation 2)
► ►
Fire Punch ► Fire Blast ► Seismic Slam
This is an alternative version of the previous combo. Start with Fire Punch to get close to your target, then quickly follow up with Fire Blast. FInish again with Seismic Slam and basic attacks.

Matchups & Counters for Charizard

Charizard Matchups

✘ : Counter | = : Even | ✓ : Advantageous
1. The chart is based on our own experience playing Charizard.
2. Pokemon within each tier are unordered
3. Any Pokemon not shown here are still under investigation.

Counter with Disables and Better Damage

Being the squishiest All-Rounder in the roster, Charizard can easily be countered by Pokemon that have disabling moves and a better damage output. This makes Charizard an easy target in the early game.

Best Counters

Pokemon	Explanation
Blastoise	Rating: ★★★★★ Blastoise can overpower Charizard in all stages of the game. A Hydro Pump can negate any distance you covered between you and Blastoise. Even if you get close, Blastoise's tanky build makes it hard to pressure, and can easily fight back with Rapid Spin. Fighting Blastoise will turn Charizard's Unite move into a defensive move, which you do not want.
Zeraora	Rating: ★★★★★ Zeraora is hard to take out with its powerful single target burst moves and high mobility. Without any disable moves to keep Zeroara still, it can chain a ton of damage with Spark and Wild Charge before Charizard can even land a move.
Mr. Mime	Rating: ★★★★ Mr. Mime can outplay Charizard with debuffs and hindrances. A well-place Barrier is enough to make Charizard scramble around to find a good position.
Cinderace	Rating: ★★★★ Cinderace is much like Charizard in that they both require some time before making an impact. However, Charizard is overpowered by Cinderace's superior damage and attack speed in the late-game.

Even Matchups for Charizard

Timing your moves right will give Charizard an advantage over these Pokemon. It will help if you have a teammate nearby, just in case things get messy.

Pressure with Combos

Pokemon with Low HP

Close the distance with Flare Blitz or a Fire Punch and spam your basic attacks until you take them down. You Eject Button will come in handy for maintaining contact during the encounter.

Circle Around with Basic Attacks

Pokemon with Low Mobility

Take advantage of Chaizard's moving basic attacks to circle around Defenders and while continuously spraying flames. Just be careful not to get caught in any crowd control moves.

Best Matchups for Charizard

Useless Against Non-Sp. Atk. Pokemon

Useless Against Non-Sp. Atk. Pokemon

Being an Attack type Pokemon, Charizard is not affected by Sylveon's Sp. Atk. and Sp. Def. manipulation tricks. Charizard's DPS is too much for Sylveon's fragile defenses against non-sp. atk. Pokemon.

Best Teammates for Charizard

Pokemon	Explanation
Eldegoss Blissey	Provides extra protection and mobility boosts
	Eldegoss and Blissey provides a decent amount of support abilities that can enhance Charizard's early laning phase and duels. Stick to your supporters at all times!
Wigglytuff	Great mix of support and offense
	Charizard's dueling power is quite weak in the early stages of the game. Wigglytuff and its early pressure is a great help to give Charizard that extra damage he needs to win fights early on and get a lead.

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Charizard Moves

Move Slot 1 (R)

Flame Burst (Lv. 1 or 3)	Move Type: Ranged Damage Type: Physical Cooldown: 6s Total Damage: 341 (Lv. 3)
Spits a burst of flame at opponents, damaging and burning Pokemon caught in the burst. Increases Movement Speed for a short duration on a successful hit.
Fire Punch (Lv. 5) Upgrade Lv. 11	Move Type: Dash Damage Type: Physical Cooldown: 6s Total Damage: 920 (Lv. 5) / 1877 (Lv. 15)
Lunges forward with a fiery punch, dealing damage to opponents in the way and knocks them back. Upgraded: The cooldown is reduced each time a normal attack hits.
Flamethrower (Lv. 5) Upgrade Lv. 11	Move Type: Ranged Damage Type: Physical Cooldown: 5.5s Total Damage: 577 (Lv. 5) / 1208 (Lv. 15)
Breathes fire at opponents, damaging them continuously while also leaving them burned. Hitting an opponent also increases your Movement Speed. Upgrade: Initial damage from the Move and damage inflicted by burn increases.

Move Slot 2 (ZR)

Fire Spin (Lv. 1 or 3)	Move Type: Area Damage Type: Physical Cooldown: 10s Total Damage: 990 (Lv. 3)
Engulfs the opponents in a vortex of fire, damaging and slowing them down for a short amount of time.
Flare Blitz (Lv. 7) Upgrade Lv. 13	Move Type: Dash Damage Type: Physical Cooldown: 10s Total Damage: 621 (Lv. 7) / 1085 (Lv. 15)
Charge forward, gaining a shield and dealing damage while knocking back enemies in the user's path.
Fire Blast (Lv. 7) Upgrade Lv. 13	Move Type: Area Damage Type: Physical Cooldown: 6.5s Total Damage: 1862 (Lv. 7) / 3555 (Lv. 15)
Fires a blast of fire at an area, creating an area of fire. Opponents who are caught in the fire will receive damage over time while slowing them down. Upgraded: Damage is increased.

Unite Moves (ZL)

Seismic Slam (Lv. 9)	Move Type: Sure Hit Damage Type: Physical Cooldown: 100s Total Damage: 1359 (Lv. 9) / 2020 (Lv. 15)
Flies around the sky and ignores terrain. Standard attacks have increased damage, burn enemies, and heal the user while it's flying. Using the Move again while flying will have the user grab its target and slam it to the ground.

Standard Attack

Standard Attack	Deals continual damage. Deals increased damage to opposing Pokemon that are burned and increases in range every time the user evolves.

Ability (Passive)

Blaze	Increases critical-hit rate below half HP.

Charizard Stats & Evolutions

Charizard Evolutions

1st Evolution	2nd Evolution	Final Evolution
Charmander (Lv. 1)	Charmeleon (Lv. 4)	Charizard (Lv. 9)

Charizard Stats

Level	HP	Defense	Special Defense	Attack Damage
1	3200	70	54	161
2	3264	74	57	164
3	3341	79	61	168
4	3434	85	65	172
5	3771	106	81	196
6	3905	114	87	208
7	4066	124	95	216
8	4259	136	104	232
9	4941	178	137	276
10	5219	195	150	296
11	5553	216	166	316
12	5953	241	185	344
13	6433	271	208	376
14	7009	307	236	416
15	7700	350	269	460

Attack Damage is the damage of the Basic Attack as tested against the Training Dummy.

Charizard In-Game Stats Listing

Offense	Endurance	Mobility	Scoring	Support

Charizard Skins (Holowear)

Holowear
Purple Unite Style 350 / 18	Orange Unite Style 350 / 18
Captain Style 1200	Bonfire Style 350 / 18
Adept Style Season 3 Battle Pass

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Absol	Alolan Ninetales	Blastoise	Blissey
Charizard	Cinderace	Cramorant	Crustle
Decidueye	Dragonite	Eldegoss	Garchomp
Gardevoir	Gengar	Greedent	Greninja
Lucario	Machamp	Mamoswine	Mr. Mime
Pikachu	Slowbro	Snorlax	Sylveon
Talonflame	Tsareena	Venusaur	Wigglytuff
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Top 5 Master Rank Picks & Win Rate

All data is based on Season 02 Master Rank Top 100. Last Updated: January 10, 2021

Pokemon	Tier	Most Played	Average Win	Best Lane
Lucario		22%	78%	Bot
Eldegoss		9%	81%	Bot
Dragonite		9%	77%	Jungle
Greedent		8%	77%	Top
Mr. Mime		7%	82%	Bot

Top Picked Pokemon Per Role

Attacker	Supporter	All- Rounder	Defender	Speedster
Venusaur	Eldegoss	Lucario	Greedent	Zeraora

Master Rank: Top Ranked Win Rates

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Speedsters			Supporters

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