| CHARIZARD | ||
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| Universe | Pokémon | |
| Other Super Smash Bros. Appearances |    
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| Availability | Starter | |
| Final Smash | Mega Charizard X | |
Charizard is a playable veteran character in Super Smash Bros. Calamity. Charizard is the final evolution for Charmander who evolves after Charmeleon and the mascot for Pokémon Red and its remake, Pokémon FireRed.
Changes[]
New on-screen appearance, Charizard is released from a Pokéball, flying from above and lands stomping the ground.
Charizard has a new taunt, which its standard taunt, where it flaps its wings twice to hover before striking a pose and roaring.
New victory pose, which replaces its "roaring" victory pose; Charizard lazily yawns and takes a nap on the floor in a burly manner; reminiscent of Ash's Charizard in the Pokémon anime, who tended to cease fighting and take naps on serious battles, disobeying all orders (which can also happen in the actual Pokémon games).
New jab, a wing strike which, while only hitting once, it can be used for combo starters and an aerial follow-up due to its low base knockback.
New forward tilt, a chomp forward, which is much more stronger in terms of damage.
Up tilt now has less knockback, which makes it weaker in terms of knockback, but easier to juggle with.
Down tilt is now its old forward tilt from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.
New back aerial, a wing attack similar to its up tilt, but it deals less knockback and damage.
Up aerial is now its Super Smash Bros. Brawl up aerial, which is stronger.
Forward throw is now Heat Wave, where Charizard releases a strong burst of flames that can kill at 115%.
Up special is now Fire Spin, which is similar to Fly animation-wise, but is different in aesthetic-wise, damage-wise, knockback-wise and distance-wise; Charizard surrounds itself in flames during the rise, and the move deals more damage and knockback but covers less distance.
Moveset[]
| Normal attacks | |||||||||||||||
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| Attack | Name | Description | Damage | ||||||||||||
| Jab | Wing Attack | Charizard does a wing strike that can be used for aerial follow-ups. | 7% | ||||||||||||
| Side tilt | Bite | Charizard does a bite forward. | 13% | ||||||||||||
| Side smash | Headbutt | Charizard does a strong swinging headbutt forward. | 15% (uncharged) 24% (fully charged) | ||||||||||||
| Up tilt | Above wing thrust | Charizard thrusts its wings above it. | 10% | ||||||||||||
| Up smash | Above wing strikes | Charizard swings its wings back and forth. | 14% (uncharged; all hits) 20% (fully charged; all hits) | ||||||||||||
| Down tilt | Crouching tail sweep | Charizard does a tail sweep while crouching. The tip of the tail deals flame damage. | 13% (sweetspot) 8% (sourspot) | ||||||||||||
| Down smash | Earthquake stomp | Charizard stomps the ground beneath him, creating an earthquake wave that semi-spikes. | 12% (uncharged) 19% (fully charged) | ||||||||||||
| Dash attack | Dashing stamp kick | Charizard does a dashing stamp kick. | 13% (early) 6% (late) | ||||||||||||
| Aerial attacks | |||||||||||||||
| Attack | Name | Description | Damage | ||||||||||||
| Neutral air | Aerial ball spin | Charizard spins around once like a ball. Sweetspot is at the tip of its tail. | 10% (sourspot) 14% (sweetspot) | ||||||||||||
| Forward air | Aerial claw swipe | Charizard does a downwards claw swipe similar to Bowser's forward aerial. | 12% | ||||||||||||
| Back air | Behind wing thrust | Charizard thrusts its wings behind it. | 10% | ||||||||||||
| Up air | Aerial above bite | Charizard does a bite above it, similar to its forward tilt. | 11% | ||||||||||||
| Down air | Stomp | Charizard does a stomp that meteor smashes opponents. | 12% | ||||||||||||
| Grabs and throws | |||||||||||||||
| Attack | Name | Description | Damage | ||||||||||||
| Grab | Clinch | Charizard clinches the opponent. | |||||||||||||
| Pummel | Bite | Charizard bites the opponent. | 2% | ||||||||||||
| Forward throw | Heat Wave | Charizard blasts the opponent away with a burst of flames. Has high killing power. | 15% | ||||||||||||
| Back throw | Behind mouth toss | Charizard tosses the opponent behind it while they are in its mouth. | 10% | ||||||||||||
| Up throw | Seismic Toss | Charizard catches the opponent in its mouth, flies upwards, does a flip and slams back down, dealing flame damage. Very powerful up throw. | 16% | ||||||||||||
| Down throw | Ground flame blasts | Charizard slams the opponent on the ground and blasts them with flames. | 2% (each flame blast) 4% (last flame blast) | ||||||||||||
| Special attacks | |||||||||||||||
| Attack | Name | Description | Damage | ||||||||||||
| Neutral special | Flamethrower | Charizard exhales a stream of flames that deal rapid damage, but the stream loses power and range when the special button is held down. | 4% ~ 1% (each hit) | ||||||||||||
| Side special | Flare Blitz | Charizard does a flaming corkscrew dash forward which deals high damage and knockback, but has recoil. | 15% (contact) 6% (recoil; no contact) 9% (recoil; contact) | ||||||||||||
| Up special | Fire Spin | Charizard does a rising corkscrew while being surrounded by flames. | 3% (each hit) 5% (final hit) | ||||||||||||
| Down special | Rock Smash | Charizard gets out a boulder and headbutts it, sending out fragments that damage opponents. Has super armor. | 12% (headbutt) 4% (fragments) | ||||||||||||
| Final Smash | Mega Charizard X | Charizard evolves into Mega Charizard X, its X Mega Evolution. Charizard can now fly freely through the air and breathe fireballs by pressing the A button. Also, by tilting the control stick in a direction while pressing A, Charizard will execute screw attacks which do a lot of damage. | 12% (fireballs) 24% (screw attack) | ||||||||||||
Miscellaneous[]
| Animation | Description | ||||||
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| On-screen appearance | Charizard is released from a Pokéball, flying from above and lands, stomping the ground. | ||||||
| Idle animation | Charizard turns its head to the side and quickly spits an ember onto the ground. | ||||||
| Side taunt | Charizard faces the camera while stomping once and growling while spreading its wings out. | ||||||
| Standard taunt | Charizard flaps its wings twice to hover before striking a pose and roaring. | ||||||
| Down taunt | Charizard violently stomps twice while facing the camera. | ||||||
| Up taunt | Charizard stomps once and then rears back to roar upward while flapping its wings. | ||||||
| Victory theme | Click here to listen! Charizard's victory theme is a flourish remix of the gym leader victory theme from Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue. This victory theme is shared with Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Pichu, Mewtwo, Lucario, Greninja, Squirtle, Ivysaur and Meloetta. | ||||||
| Victory pose #1 | Charizard stomps forward before rearing its head back to roar upward while expelling flames from its mouth, and then strikes a pose. | ||||||
| Victory pose #2 | Charizard uses Flare Blitz to descend from the sky and crash into the ground before striking a pose. | ||||||
| Victory pose #3 | Charizard lazily yawns and takes a nap on the floor in a burly manner. | ||||||
| "Mega Charizard X" victory pose | Mega Charizard X flies around while being surrounded in blue flames before eventually stopping and doing a Flare Blitz-like charge to the ground before striking a pose, reverting back to normal Charizard. This victory pose only happens if Charizard wins during his Mega Charizard X transformation. |
Alternates[]
Credit goes to Yendorami (t∣b∣c) for some of the alternates.
Charizard has an alternate costumes based on its armored appearance seen in the beginning of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, along with three more alternates for it.Trivia[]
- Charizard is one of the few characters to have a secret victory pose involving winning in its Final Smash transformation, along with Bowser and Wario.