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Sprite of Charmander in Pokémon Sword/Shield

Charmander's Type

FIRE

Charmander's Pokédex #s

Galar #: 378

National #: 4

Charmander's Base Stats

HP:: 39

Attack:: 52

Defense:: 43

Sp. Atk:: 60

Sp. Def:: 50

Speed:: 65

Total:: 309

Misc. Info

Egg Groups:: Monster / Dragon

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,059,860

EV Yield:: 1 Speed

Charmander's Abilities

Here are what abilities Charmander can possibly have, along with their effects.

Blaze: Increases the damage of Charmander's Fire-type moves by 50% when it is at 1/3 or less HP.

Solar Power: While the weather is sunny, Charmander's Special Attack is increased by 50%, but it takes 1/8 its max HP damage each turn.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Charmander's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: WATER

GROUND

ROCK

½: FIRE

GRASS

ICE

BUG

STEEL

FAIRY

Charmander's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Charmander evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Charmander: starting form

Charmeleon: at level 16

Charizard: at level 36

Charmander's Moves

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Charmander can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Charmander learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Scratch Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Growl Lowers all nearby enemies' Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	40	Nearby Enemies
4	Ember Has a 10% chance to burn the target.	FIRE	40	100%	25	One Target
8	Smokescreen Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
12	Dragon Breath Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	DRAGON	60	100%	20	One Target
17	Fire Fang Has a 10% chance to burn the target. Has a separate 10% chance to make the target flinch.	FIRE	65	95%	15	One Target
20	Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
24	Flamethrower Has a 10% chance to burn the target.	FIRE	90	100%	15	One Target
28	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target
32	Fire Spin Traps the target for 2–5 turns; does 1/16 max HP per turn.	FIRE	35	85%	15	One Target
36	Inferno Has a 100% chance to burn the target.	FIRE	100	50%	5	One Target
40	Flare Blitz Has a 10% chance of burning the target. Charmander takes -33% of Flare Blitz's damage as recoil damage.	FIRE	120	100%	15	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Charmander can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM00	Mega Punch Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	85%	20	One Target
TM01	Mega Kick Damages the target.	NORMAL	120	75%	5	One Target
TM03	Fire Punch Has a 10% chance to burn the target.	FIRE	75	100%	15	One Target
TM05	Thunder Punch Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	75	100%	15	One Target
TM13	Fire Spin Traps the target for 2–5 turns; does 1/16 max HP per turn.	FIRE	35	85%	15	One Target
TM15	Dig Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn.	GROUND	80	100%	10	One Target
TM21	Rest Charmander restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM22	Rock Slide Has a 30% chance of causing all nearby enemies to flinch.	ROCK	75	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Charmander from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM26	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM37	Beat Up Hits once for each conscious Pokémon in the party, doing damage based on its Attack.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM38	Will-O-Wisp Burns the target.	FIRE	--	85%	15	One Target
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Charmander is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM40	Swift Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	60	--	20	Nearby Enemies
TM41	Helping Hand Increases the power of ally Pokémon's moves for the rest of the turn.	NORMAL	--	--	20	Ally
TM43	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM46	Weather Ball Doubles its power and changes its type based on the weather condition.	NORMAL	50	100%	10	One Target
TM48	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM59	Fling Throws Charmander's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM65	Shadow Claw Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	GHOST	70	100%	15	One Target
TM68	Fire Fang Has a 10% chance to burn the target. Has a separate 10% chance to make the target flinch.	FIRE	65	95%	15	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM78	Acrobatics Damage is doubled if Charmander has no held item when this attack hits.	FLYING	55	100%	15	One Target
TM94	False Swipe Cannot knock out a Pokémon.	NORMAL	40	100%	40	One Target

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Charmander can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR00	Swords Dance Raises Charmander's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
TR01	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
TR02	Flamethrower Has a 10% chance to burn the target.	FIRE	90	100%	15	One Target
TR15	Fire Blast Has a 10% chance to burn the target.	FIRE	110	85%	5	One Target
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Charmander's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR24	Outrage Confuses Charmander after 2–3 turns.	DRAGON	120	100%	10	Random Enemy
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Charmander's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR31	Iron Tail 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	100	75%	15	One Target
TR32	Crunch 20% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TR36	Heat Wave Has a 10% chance to burn all nearby enemies.	FIRE	95	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
TR43	Overheat Lowers Charmander's Special Attack by two stages.	FIRE	130	90%	5	One Target
TR47	Dragon Claw Damages the target.	DRAGON	80	100%	15	One Target
TR51	Dragon Dance Raises Charmander's Attack and Speed by one stage.	DRAGON	--	--	20	User
TR55	Flare Blitz Has a 10% chance of burning the target. Charmander takes -33% of Flare Blitz's damage as recoil damage.	FIRE	120	100%	15	One Target
TR62	Dragon Pulse Damages the target.	DRAGON	85	100%	10	One Target
TR85	Work Up Raises Charmander's Attack and Special Attack by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Charmander can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Charmander.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Belly Drum Uses 50% of Charmander's max HP to raise its Attack modifier to +6.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
EGG	Ancient Power Has a 10% chance of raising Charmander's Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	100%	5	One Target
EGG	Bite Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
EGG	Dragon Rush Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DRAGON	100	75%	10	One Target
EGG	Metal Claw Has a 10% chance of raising Charmander's Attack by one stage.	STEEL	50	95%	35	One Target
EGG	Counter Counters Physical-based damage received this turn.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	20	Counter
EGG	Wing Attack Damages the target.	FLYING	60	100%	35	One Target
EGG	Dragon Tail -6 priority. After doing damage, forces the foe to switch out, or ends wild battles.	DRAGON	60	90%	10	One Target

Where to Find Charmander

If you're looking for where to find Charmander, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Charmander in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Special Ways to Get Charmander

Return to Leon's room in Postwick after beating the game and you'll find a Poké Ball containing a Charmander that is capable of becoming a Gigantamax Charizard when fully-evolved.