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Mega Charizard X
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Mega Charizard X

FireDragon

Best attacking moveset: Fire Spin and Blast Burn, worth 16.3 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Mega Charizard X can learn 30 combinations. Fire Spin with Blast Burn does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

That set is legacy. Blast Burn is only obtainable with an Elite TM or from the event that gave it out, so the Mega Charizard X you catch today cannot learn it. The best set it can learn now is Fire Spin and Overheat, worth 15.4 damage per second.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Type matchups

Weak toGroundRockDragon
ResistsBugSteelElectric
Strongly resistsFireGrass
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Air SlashFlying121.0s+8
Fire SpinFire131.0s+9
Dragon Breath LegacyDragon60.5s+4
Ember LegacyFire101.0s+10
Wing Attack LegacyFlying101.0s+11
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Air CutterFlying552.5s-50
Dragon ClawDragon451.5s-33
Fire BlastFire1404.0s-100
OverheatFire1604.0s-100
Blast Burn LegacyFire1203.5s-50
Flamethrower LegacyFire652.0s-50

Shiny

Shiny availability is tracked for Charizard as a species, on the Charizard page.

Other forms

Charizard
Charizard
Mega Charizard Y
Mega Charizard Y

Evolution family

Charmander
Charmander
Charmeleon
Charmeleon
Charizard
Charizard

Numbers

Max CP4,353 at level 50, 3,850 at level 40
Raid catch2,200 CP at level 20, or 2,750 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch2,111 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats273 attack · 213 defense · 186 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Buddy distance3 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one3,000 Stardust and 3 Candy
Size1.7 m and 90.5 kg

Best moveset against each type

Mega Charizard X does not have one best moveset, it has 3. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Bug, Steel, Grass.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
BugFire Spin + Blast Burn25.9
SteelFire Spin + Blast Burn25.9
GrassFire Spin + Blast Burn25.9
IceFire Spin + Blast Burn25.9
DragonDragon Breath + Dragon Claw21.5
FightingAir Slash + Blast Burn17.8
NormalFire Spin + Blast Burn16.3
FlyingFire Spin + Blast Burn16.3
PoisonFire Spin + Blast Burn16.3
GroundFire Spin + Blast Burn16.3
GhostFire Spin + Blast Burn16.3
ElectricFire Spin + Blast Burn16.3
PsychicFire Spin + Blast Burn16.3
DarkFire Spin + Blast Burn16.3
FairyFire Spin + Blast Burn16.3
RockDragon Breath + Dragon Claw13.6
FireDragon Breath + Dragon Claw13.6
WaterDragon Breath + Dragon Claw13.6

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Mega Charizard X is actually for.

Counters: what beats Mega Charizard X

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
EternatusPoisonDragonDragon Tail + Dynamax Cannon Legacy34.4
RayquazaDragonFlyingDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe Legacy25.2
HaxorusDragonDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe Legacy25.2
PalkiaWaterDragonDragon Tail + Draco Meteor25.2
SalamenceDragonFlyingDragon Tail + Draco Meteor25.0
BaxcaliburDragonIceDragon Breath + Glaive Rush Legacy24.7
DragoniteDragonFlyingDragon Tail + Draco Meteor Legacy23.8
DragapultDragonGhostDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe23.7
GarchompDragonGroundDragon Tail + Breaking Swipe23.3
GlimmoraRockPoisonRock Throw + Meteor Beam22.9

Ranked by damage per second against Mega Charizard X's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.