#0005 · Generation 1

Charmeleon

Charmeleon has 405 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the special side (80) and a Speed of 80. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 181, which makes it a balanced special attacker.

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What Charmeleon is weak to

Weak to: Water, Ground, Rock. Resists: Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel, Fairy. Immune to: none.

Attacking typeDamage taken
Water×2
Ground×2
Rock×2
Fire×0.5
Grass×0.5
Ice×0.5
Bug×0.5
Steel×0.5
Fairy×0.5

Base stats

HP58
Atk64
Def58
SpA80
SpD65
Spe80
Total405

Best teammates for Charmeleon

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Charmeleon: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

  1. Tinkaton FairySteel

    Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  2. Klefki SteelFairy

    Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  3. Mawile SteelFairy

    Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  4. Primarina WaterFairy

    Resists water, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, fighting, ground super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  5. Azumarill WaterFairy

    Resists water, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, fighting, ground super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  6. Scizor BugSteel

    Hits psychic, rock, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Charmeleon

  1. Rhyperior

    Ground and Rock STAB hits Charmeleon super effectively and it resists everything Charmeleon can hit it with by type.

  2. Kabutops

    Rock and Water STAB hits Charmeleon super effectively and it resists everything Charmeleon can hit it with by type.

  3. Drednaw

    Water and Rock STAB hits Charmeleon super effectively and it resists everything Charmeleon can hit it with by type.

  4. Golem

    Rock and Ground STAB hits Charmeleon super effectively and it resists everything Charmeleon can hit it with by type.

  5. Omastar

    Rock and Water STAB hits Charmeleon super effectively and it resists everything Charmeleon can hit it with by type.

  6. Swampert

    Water and Ground STAB hits Charmeleon super effectively and it resists everything Charmeleon can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Charmeleon

Charmeleon is in the regional Pokédex of 6 games we cover: