Charmeleon | Pokémon guide

The flame Pokémon, Charmeleon, is almost as cool as its final evolution, and pretty darn strong. This lizard has followed us across the world since our adventures in the Kanto region, and it's still a great choice for any team.

Of course, Charmeleon is just one of over 1,000 Pokémon in the Pokédex. Tons more feature in the best Pokémon games across the series, and we might get to meet some brand-new ones in Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

Here's everything in our Charmeleon guide:

Here's the key information you need to know about Charmeleon:

Charmeleon's evolutions

Charmander is the middle evolution in Charmander's evolution chain. Charmander evolves into Charmeleon at level 16, and then Charmeleon can evolve into Charizard from level 36. You can find out more about Charizard in our guide.

Charmeleon's locations

Here are all the locations you can find Charmeleon in each Pokémon game:

Gen 1 locations

Gen 2 locations

Gen 3 locations

Gen 4 locations

Gen 5 locations

Gen 6 locations

Gen 7 locations

Gen 8 locations

Gen 9 locations

Charmeleon's base stats

These are Charmeleon's base stats:

• HP - 58
• Attack - 64
• Defense - 58
• Sp. atk - 80
• Sp. def - 65
• Speed - 80

Charmeleon's type strengths and weaknesses

Charmeleon is only weak to three types, so it's pretty strong against most opponents that you might face, despite its lack of immunities. You can find out more in our fire Pokémon weakness guide.

Charmeleon's moveset

In the latest generation of Pokémon games, Charmeleon can learn the following moves:

Level up moves

Here are Charmeleon's level-up moves in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet:

Here are Charmeleon's level-up moves in Pokémon Legends: Z-A:

Learnable TMs

These are all of the TMs that Charmeleon can use in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet:

These are all of the TMs that Charmeleon can use in Pokémon Legends: Z-A:

Egg moves

That's everything you need to know about Charmeleon. There's more where that came from in our lists of the best fire Pokémon, electric Pokémon, and dragon Pokémon, so go and take a look.