Charmander
(ヒトカゲ Hitokage) | |
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General | |
National Dex: | #004 |
Evolves From: | None |
Evolves Into: | Charmeleon |
Generation: | Generation I |
Pronunciation: | |
Base Stats | |
HP: | 39 |
Attack: | 52 |
Defense: | 43 |
Special Atk: | 60 |
Special Def: | 50 |
Speed: | 65 |
Biological Details | |
Species: | Lizard Pokémon |
Type(s): | Fire |
Height: | 2'00" (0.6 m) |
Weight: | 18.7 lbs. (8.5kg) |
Abilities: | Blaze |
Pokédex Color: | Red |
Gender: | 12.5% ♀/ 87.5% ♂ |
Charmander (ヒトカゲ Hitokage) is a Fire-type Pokémon and a starter Pokémon in the original Pokémon games, and their remakes. Starting at level 16, Charmander can evolve into a Charmeleon.
Appearance
Charmander is a small, bipedal, dinosaur-like Pokémon. The majority of its body is coloured orange, while its underbelly is a lighter colour. Charmander, along with all of its evolved forms, have a flame that burns on the end of its tail.
Special Abilities
All charmander have the ability Blaze, which allows their Fire-type attacks to cause 150% damage if their HP drops below 30%.
As a natural ability, Charmander can produce flames inside of itself and project them from its mouth, which in short means it can breathe fire. The power of its flame attacks can be gauged by the size of the flame on its tail.
In Anime
Ash Ketchum obtained a Charmander early on in his travels when it was abandoned by its original trainer. Even with the risk of dying, this charmander waited in harsh weather conditions for its trainer, though he never came. Ash helped in its recovery by taking it to a Pokémon Center, where it would later leave, only to find Ash and become his Pokémon.
Ritchie owned a charmander, first seen in the episode A Friend in Deed. He nicknamed this charmander "Zippo".
In Game
A Charmander is a starter option in Pokémon Red and Blue, Pocket Monsters Green, and, more recently, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
A Charmander can also be received as a gift in Pokémon Yellow.
You can obtain a Charmander in Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal by trading it from Red, Blue, Green or Yellow, or in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire via trading it from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
Naturally Learned Attacks
These are attacks which are learned naturally by Charmander; that is, they are automatically learned once they reach a certain level.
The rows entitled with acronyms are used to identify at what level the Pokémon learns that attack in that game. For example, if the number "7" was in a row entitled RGB beside an attack named "Foobar", than that Pokémon would learn the attack "Foobar" at level seven in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green.
Any attacks which are learned at "Catch" means that they already know that attack when they are caught, or learn it before evolving into this form. N/A means that that attack is not learnable in that game. Any attacks which are learned a "Evolve" are learned when they evolve.
RGB stands for Red/Green/Blue, Y stands for Yellow, GSC stands for Gold, Silver, Crystal, RS stands for Ruby/Sapphire, FRLG stands for FireRed/LeafGreen, and GSC/FRLG stands for Gold/Silver/Crystal/FireRed/LeafGreen.
RGB | Y | GSC | RS | FRLG | Attack learnt: | type |
Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch | Scratch | Normal |
Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch | Catch | Growl | Normal |
9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Ember | Fire |
N/A | N/A | N/A | 13 | 13 | Metal Claw | Steel |
N/A | N/A | 13 | 13 | 19 | Smokescreen | Normal |
15 | 15 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Leer | Normal |
22 | 22 | 19 | 19 | N/A | Rage | Normal |
N/A | N/A | 25 | 25 | 25 | Scary Face | Normal |
38 | 38 | 31 | 31 | 31 | Flamethrower | Fire |
30 | 30 | 37 | 37 | 37 | Slash | Normal |
N/A | N/A | 43 | 43 | 43 | Dragon Rage | Dragon |
46 | 46 | 49 | 49 | 49 | Fire Spin | Fire |
Learnable Machine Moves
The following moves can be taught to Charmander via the use of TMs or HM:
HMs
Number | Template:Game name/Template:Game name | Template:Game name | Template:Game name/Template:Game name/Template:Game name | Template:Game name/Template:Game name | Template:Game name/Template:Game name |
1 | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut |
4 | Strength | Strength | Strength | Strength | Strength |
6 | Rock Smash | Rock Smash |
TMs
Strategy
Since Charmander's Special Attack is about 15% higher than its physical Attack, it is best by far using fire moves than anything else. Defensively, it's Special Defense is about 16% higher than it's Physical, it is better on Pokémon using Special attack types than physical. It is weak to Water, Ground and Rock, and resistant to Bug, Fire, Grass, Ice (Not in Template:Game name, Template:Game name and Template:Game name) and Steel.
If you need to fight a Charmander, the use the following chart (the number in the parenthesies - the actual damage/physical damage without weakness/resistance ratio: multiply the number by the base damage of the move and the attack/special attack of the attacking Pokémon - and the bigger the result, the more damage the move will do):
- Ground, Rock - (2)
- Water - (1.72)
- Fighting, , Ghost, Normal, Poison - (1)
- Dark, Dragon, Electric, Ice (Only in Template:Game name, Template:Game name and Template:Game name), Psychic - (0.86)
- Bug, Steel - (0.5)
- Fire, Grass, Ice (Not in Template:Game name, Template:Game name and Template:Game name) - (0.43)
Miscellaneous Information
- Type: Fire
- Species: Lizard Pokémon
- Color: Red
- Ability: Blaze
- Gender distribution: 87.5% male, 12.5% female
Pokédex Numbers
- National Pokédex: 004
- Johto: 229
- Hoenn: 206
Origins
Charmander's English name comes from combining the words char (burn) and the later half of Salamander.