Part 30

Ground Game: Charizard's ground game relies on its tilts. Up tilt pops enemies up quickly and usefully. Forward tilt is quick and safe, good for consistent use. Down tilt is similar to forward tilt but slower, with a chance to hit below a shield.

Smash Attacks: Forward smash is slow but has great KO power. Up smash is more for damage, hitting a large area above Charizard. Down smash is the best, being quick, powerful, and sending opponents straight up.

Other Ground Moves: The jab combo is ordinary, and the running attack also sends opponents straight up.

Aerials: Forward aerial is safe, quick, and good for racking up damage. Back aerial has a two-hit property with a fiery sweet spot on the second hit, though generally weak and poorly ranged. Neutral aerial is a safe, circular sweep. Up aerial is quick but has poor range and little KO power, often used for juggles. Down aerial is slow but a solid spiking move with KO potential at high percentages.

Grab Game: Up throw sends opponents upward. Back throw has short range but can be used for pressure. Down throw can kill at high percentages but is unreliable.

Special Moves: Flamethrower is generally poor but can be angled downward near ledges. Fly is a slow recovery move that deals solid damage when used as an attack, but is unsafe. Rock Smash is the best special, slow but dealing obscene damage and having KO power with its strong middle hit and surrounding weaker hits.

Mobility: Charizard cannot wall jump, wall cling, or crawl, but it can glide. It has two midair jumps, a somewhat slow roll, and a quick spot dodge. It possesses the fastest running speed among the Pokémon.

Matchups: Charizard performs well against other big and slow characters due to Rock Smash and its heavyweight attributes.