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Charmeleon Movesets & Competitive Sets

Charmeleon リザード

Charmeleon movesets cover 5 generations and 8 formats with 10 sets in total. Each set lists moves, ability, item, nature, EVs and Tera type picks with analysis, and can be copied with one click.

Fire Generation I

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Generation: 5
Format: 8
set: 10

Charmeleon Competitive Movesets & Sets

Generation 9 Sets （Format 1 · 1 set）

Sun Attacker

NFE Generation 9

Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Timid
EVs: Sp. Atk 252 / Sp. Def 4 / Speed 252
IVs: Attack 0

Moves

Overheat Fire Special

Power 130 Accuracy 90 PP 5

Allows a full-power attack, but sharply lowers SP. ATK.
Weather Ball Normal Special

Power 50 Accuracy 100 PP 10

The move’s type and power change with the weather.

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Generation 8 Sets （Format 1 · 1 set）

Choice Specs

NFE Generation 8

Item: Choice Specs
Ability: Solar Power
Nature: Timid
EVs: Sp. Atk 252 / Sp. Def 4 / Speed 252
IVs: Attack 0

Moves

Overheat Fire Special

Power 130 Accuracy 90 PP 5

Allows a full-power attack, but sharply lowers SP. ATK.
Weather Ball Normal Special

Power 50 Accuracy 100 PP 10

The move’s type and power change with the weather.

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Generation 3 Sets （Format 2 · 3 set）

Special Attacker

NU Generation 3

Item: Leftovers
Nature: Modest
EVs: HP 4 / Sp. Atk 252 / Speed 252

Moves

Fire Blast Fire Special

Power 110 Accuracy 85 PP 5

An attack that may cause a burn.
Overheat Fire Special

Power 130 Accuracy 90 PP 5

Allows a full-power attack, but sharply lowers SP. ATK.

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Analysis

Fire Blast is going to be the main STAB move Charmeleon will be using, with Overheat available in the second slot as a secondary STAB nuke that can force some targets like Lickitung to immediately heal and give Charmeleon a safe switch out. To demonstrate a situation where Overheat can come in handy: with a Modest nature, Charmeleon will always OHKO max HP Glalie with Fire Blast, but with a Timid nature, that drops to about a 50% chance, while Overheat stays at a 100% chance to OHKO. So, depending on the nature choice and the target, having both Fire Blast and Overheat available is nice to do what Charmeleon wants to—which is blow stuff away. Hidden Power Grass shreds apart the Rock- and Water-types that would otherwise be able to switch into Charmeleon's Fire-type attacks, notably easily 2HKOing Whiscash. Dragon Claw fills out the last slot as a great super effective hit on Shelgon, preventing it from using Charmeleon as setup bait, as well as getting a decent neutral hit on Flareon and other Fire-types. Rock Slide is a good alternative that deals significantly more damage to Flareon even with a -Atk nature at the cost of missing out on Shelgon and the rare Dragonair. The power difference between the two moves on other Fire-type targets is pretty negligible. Modest gives Charmeleon the power it needs, such as OHKOing 252 / 252+ Roselia with Fire Blast, whereas Timid can allow Charmeleon to outrun and 2HKO Jolly Hitmonchan and prevent it from switching into Charmeleon, which is highly desirable on the kind of heavy offense team you would typically want to use Charmeleon on. Charcoal boosts the power of Charmeleon's Fire-type moves even more, which works best when using a Timid nature to make up for some of the lost power. Charmeleon's available special movepool is pretty barren apart from the given moves above. Flamethrower is available as a guaranteed safe move and is usable over Overheat, but the drop in power is pretty significant. Hidden Power Water is usable as a super effective hit on Rock- and Fire-types, but Charmeleon then has almost no way of combating Water-types, making it easy setup prey for dangerous threats like Huntail. Finally, Toxic is always available to cripple Flareon and other special walls in the long run. Flareon and Magcargo give this set a hard time even if you choose to run Rock Slide, making your own Water- and Rock-types like Seadra and Relicanth good teammates. Kecleon completely walls this set, meaning Hitmonchan is a great teammate to bust through it as well as Lickitung and Wigglytuff, which can otherwise stomach a couple hits from Charmeleon. Spikes support is amazing with this set, as all of Charmeleon's checks are grounded, making Cacturne and Roselia fantastic teammates as well.

Physical Setup

PU Generation 3

Item: Leftovers
Nature: Hasty
EVs: Attack 252 / Sp. Atk 4 / Speed 252

Moves

Pick one

Belly Drum Normal Status

Accuracy — PP 10

Swords Dance Normal Status

Accuracy — PP 20
Fire Blast Fire Special

Power 110 Accuracy 85 PP 5

An attack that may cause a burn.

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Special Attacker

PU Generation 3

Item: Leftovers
Nature: Timid
EVs: Sp. Atk 252 / Sp. Def 4 / Speed 252
IVs: Attack 2 / Sp. Atk 30

Moves

Fire Blast Fire Special

Power 110 Accuracy 85 PP 5

An attack that may cause a burn.
Hidden Power（Grass） Normal Special

Power 60 Accuracy 100 PP 15

The power varies with the POKéMON.

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Generation 2 Sets （Format 2 · 3 set）

Booster

PU Generation 2

Item: Leftovers

Moves

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Belly Drum Normal Status

Accuracy — PP 10

Swords Dance Normal Status

Accuracy — PP 20
Return Normal Physical

Power — Accuracy 100 PP 20

An attack that is based on loyalty.

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RestTalk

ZU Generation 2

Item: Leftovers

Moves

Fire Blast Fire Special

Power 110 Accuracy 85 PP 5

An attack that may cause a burn.
Pick one

Hidden Power（Electric） Normal Special

Power 60 Accuracy 100 PP 15

Hidden Power（Grass） Normal Special

Power 60 Accuracy 100 PP 15

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Swords Dance

ZU Generation 2

Item: Leftovers

Moves

Swords Dance Normal Status

Accuracy — PP 20

A dance that in creases ATTACK.
Fire Blast Fire Special

Power 110 Accuracy 85 PP 5

An attack that may cause a burn.

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Generation 1 Sets （Format 2 · 2 set）

Mixed Attacker

ZU Generation 1

Moves

Fire Blast Fire Special

Power 110 Accuracy 85 PP 5

An attack that may cause a burn.
Slash Normal Physical

Power 70 Accuracy 100 PP 20

Has a high criti cal hit ratio.

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Analysis

Other Options: Seismic Toss, Submission

Slash

Middle Cup Generation 1

Moves

Fire Blast Fire Special

Power 110 Accuracy 85 PP 5

An attack that may cause a burn.
Slash Normal Physical

Power 70 Accuracy 100 PP 20

Has a high criti cal hit ratio.

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