Charmander   

RSE & LGFR RBY

CHARIZARD Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Swords Dance Hyper BeamBody Slam Earthquake Fire BlastFlamethrower Move Effect Type Pwr Acc Swords Dance Raises the user's Attack by 2 stages. Normal N/A N/A Hyper Beam In Stadium, the user becomes uncontrollable during its next turn. Otherwise, the user attacks on turn one but it doesn't recharge on turn two if it KOs the target, breaks its Substitute or misses entirely. Normal 150 90% Body Slam Has a ~30% chance to paralyze the target. Normal 85 100% Earthquake Damages the target. Ground 100 100% Fire Blast Has a ~30% chance to burn the target. Fire 120 85% Flamethrower Has a ~10% chance to burn the target. Fire 95 100%           Other Options: Fire Spin, Slash (without Swords Dance), Reflect, Seismic Toss, Rock Slide (GSC Tradeback) Verdict: A favorite Pokemon of six year old children everywhere, Charizard is about as versatile as the Fire type can get in RBY. While it's unfortunate that Rock Slide is merely a tradeback move, Body Slam and Earthquake are still a solid combo after getting boosted with Swords Dance, and Fire Blast or Flamethrower (which are fairly equal to each other) provide a STAB move. Slash will always CH for Charizard, so it is another good choice. Reflect can also boost Charizard's poor Defense, but it's kind of a waste. Overall, Charizard is pretty high in the ranks as far as the Fire type goes in this metagame, however.