Is Charmeleon Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Charmander evolves at level 16. AbilityBlaze boosts Fire at low HP. Brief postgame stage before Charizard at 36.
Charmander trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Charmander has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Charmander trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Charmander trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Charmander's weaknesses hard.
Charmander has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Charmander has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Clair's team hits Charmander's weaknesses hard.
Brock's team hits Charmander's weaknesses hard.
Misty's team hits Charmander's weaknesses hard.
Charmander trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Charmander has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Charmander has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Charmander trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Charizard trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Charizard has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Charizard has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Charizard resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Charizard resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Charizard resists most of Karen's coverage and hits back hard.
Charizard trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Gift Charmander
Charmander is given to you as a gift in Pallet Town at Lv 5. From Professor Oak after defeating Red. Receive from Professor Oak in Pallet Town after obtaining the National Pokedex.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- LV 25FireFire FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 34FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- After Clair
- TM02DragonDragon ClawPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 27
Evolve Charmander to Charizard
Charmeleon evolves into Charizard at Level 36. Your Charmander should hit Level 36 before you reach Blaine, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15From Chuck's wife outside Cianwood Gym
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Pryce
- TUTORFireBlast BurnPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Blackthorn City
- LV 42FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 59FireHeat WavePower 150Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 66FireFlare BlitzPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Charmeleon in HeartGold & SoulSilver
The Charmander you earned from Oak evolves into Charmeleon at level 16. No grass anywhere holds a wild one, so this stage only exists if you cleared Red and chose the fire starter at Pallet Town.
Catch Charmander at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Charmeleon.
- 1Catch Charmander
- 2Evolve Charmeleonat Lv.16
- 3
Badge 8How to Obtain Charmeleon in HGSS
- Step 2Charmeleon ✓
- Step 3Evolve into Charizard
How to Get Shiny Charmeleon in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Charmeleon evolves from Charmander, so breed that starter the Masuda way at 1 in 1,638 before it evolves. Compare Shiny Charmeleon odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Charmeleon Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Charmeleon in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Charmeleon Weakness
Water, Ground, and Rock moves hit Charmeleon for super-effective damage. The Fire typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. Not too many gaps in the chart, 3 weaknesses to account for.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Ground, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Charmeleon Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Charmeleon
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Pewter City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Charmeleon View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x305-359%KO Earthquake 2x136-160%KO Surf 2x55-65% | ||
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Charmeleon View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 2x165-195%KO Stone Edge 2x110-130%KO Surf 2x64-76% | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Charmeleon View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x110-130%KO Stone Edge 2x74-87% | ||
 Gyarados Water | S | |
Obtain MethodLake Of Rage Good Rod Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Charmeleon View Gyarados builds →Aqua Tail 2x144-170%KO Earthquake 2x106-125%KO Stone Edge 2x106-125%KO | ||
 Suicune Water | A | |
Obtain MethodBurned Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Charmeleon View Suicune builds →Surf 2x106-125%KO Dig 2x56-66% | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Pewter City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Charmeleon View Kabutops builds →Waterfall 2x119-140%KO Stone Edge 2x148-175%KO Dig 2x79-93% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Charmeleon View Rhydon builds →Earthquake 2x165-195%KO Stone Edge 2x165-195%KO Surf 2x42-49% | ||
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Charmeleon View Vaporeon builds →Surf 2x124-147%KO Dig 2x50-59% | ||
 Tentacruel WaterPoison | B | |
Obtain MethodCherrygrove City Surfing Available Move Moves
Damage vs Charmeleon View Tentacruel builds →Hydro Pump 2x120-142%KO | ||
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Charmeleon View Golduck builds →Hydro Pump 2x138-163%KO Dig 2x60-71% | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Charmeleon View Tyranitar builds →Stone Edge 2x171-201%KO Earthquake 2x114-134%KO Surf 2x74-87% | ||
 Omastar RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Omanyte (Pewter City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Charmeleon View Omastar builds →Hydro Pump 2x164-193%KO Ancient Power 2x82-97% Mud Shot 2x50-59% | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Charmeleon View Slowbro builds →Surf 2x115-135%KO Earthquake 2x70-82% | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Silph Co Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Charmeleon View Swampert builds →Earthquake 2x143-168%KO Waterfall 2x115-135%KO Stone Edge 2x95-112%KO | ||
Charmeleon Evolutions
Charmeleon sits between Charmander and Charizard in this three-stage line. Not the final form yet. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. So far, Sp.Atk got the biggest boost (+20 from Charmander). The final form adds another 129 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Charmeleon to get Charmander eggs easily using 30 partners from the Dragon and Monster egg groups. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Beat Up, Belly Drum and 10 more.
HGSS Charmeleon Best Moveset
Faster at 80 Speed with 80 Sp. Atk driving special Fire attacks. The MoveStealth Rock cost remains at 25% per switch, and 58 Defense still folds to physical hits. The moveset functions as a mid-stage attacker but needs Charizard.
Best Build
Charmeleon best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Thunder Punch
- Crunch
- Fire Punch
- Dragon Dance
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Charmeleon's movepool delivers. Coverage across 11 types plus STAB from Flare Blitz and Fire Blast gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is very hotheaded by nature, so it constantly seeks opponents. It calms down only when it wins.
It has a barbaric nature. In battle, it whips its fiery tail around and slashes away with sharp claws.
Charmeleon HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Charmeleon is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Charmeleon becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Charmeleon has 405 BST and evolves into Charizard. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Charmeleon as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling,
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Adamant on Charmeleon. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Charmeleon appears in 21 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Charmeleon have the longest track record of availability in the series.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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