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Mega Charizard Y

Best moveset for Mega Charizard Y

The best moves for Mega Charizard Y are Fire Spin and Blast Burn when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS and is also the best moveset for PVP battles.

Offense

15.6dps
  Blast Burn Elite TM
41.1dps

Defense

  Ember Elite TM
12dps
  Blast Burn Elite TM
41.1dps

Standard game images

There is a very low chance that you can get a shiny Mega Charizard Y, which would have the following appearance:

Summary

Mega Charizard Y is a Fire & Flying Pokémon. It is vulnerable to Rock, Water and Electric moves. Charizard's strongest moveset is Fire Spin & Blast Burn and it has a Max CP of 5,037.

About

"Charizard flies around the sky in search of powerful opponents. It breathes fire of such great heat that it melts anything. However, it never turns its fiery breath on any opponent weaker than itself."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Quick move Damage DPS
12 14.4
13 15.6
6 12
10 12
10 12
Main move Damage DPS
45 30
140 42
160 48
65 39
120 41.1
10 5
25 50

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Offensive
Defensive
Quickmove Mainmove DPS Relative
 
Fire Spin
15.6 dps
 
Blast Burn Elite TM
41.1 dps
25.4 108%
 
Wing Attack
12 dps
 
Blast Burn Elite TM
41.1 dps
24.4 104%
 
Ember
12 dps
 
Blast Burn Elite TM
41.1 dps
24 102%
 
Air Slash
14.4 dps
 
Blast Burn Elite TM
41.1 dps
23.9 102%
 
Fire Spin
15.6 dps
 
Overheat
48 dps
23.5 100%
 
Air Slash
14.4 dps
 
Overheat
48 dps
22.3 95%
 
Dragon Breath
12 dps
 
Blast Burn Elite TM
41.1 dps
22.3 95%
 
Ember
12 dps
 
Overheat
48 dps
22.2 95%
 
Wing Attack
12 dps
 
Overheat
48 dps
22.2 95%
 
Fire Spin
15.6 dps
 
Fire Blast
42 dps
22 94%
 
Fire Spin
15.6 dps
 
Flamethrower Elite TM
39 dps
21.8 93%
 
Air Slash
14.4 dps
 
Fire Blast
42 dps
20.9 89%
 
Dragon Breath
12 dps
 
Overheat
48 dps
20.7 88%
 
Wing Attack
12 dps
 
Fire Blast
42 dps
20.5 87%
 
Ember
12 dps
 
Fire Blast
42 dps
20.5 87%
 
Air Slash
14.4 dps
 
Flamethrower Elite TM
39 dps
20.4 87%
 
Wing Attack
12 dps
 
Flamethrower Elite TM
39 dps
20.2 86%
 
Fire Spin
15.6 dps
 
Dragon Claw
30 dps
19.7 84%
 
Ember
12 dps
 
Flamethrower Elite TM
39 dps
19.6 84%
 
Fire Spin
15.6 dps
 
Return Purified
50 dps
19.6 83%
 
Dragon Breath
12 dps
 
Fire Blast
42 dps
19.3 82%
 
Dragon Breath
12 dps
 
Flamethrower Elite TM
39 dps
18.6 79%
 
Air Slash
14.4 dps
 
Dragon Claw
30 dps
18.4 78%
 
Air Slash
14.4 dps
 
Return Purified
50 dps
18.2 77%
 
Wing Attack
12 dps
 
Dragon Claw
30 dps
18 77%
 
Ember
12 dps
 
Dragon Claw
30 dps
17.5 74%
 
Wing Attack
12 dps
 
Return Purified
50 dps
17.4 74%
 
Ember
12 dps
 
Return Purified
50 dps
17 72%
 
Dragon Breath
12 dps
 
Dragon Claw
30 dps
16.6 71%
 
Dragon Breath
12 dps
 
Return Purified
50 dps
16 68%
 
Fire Spin
15.6 dps
 
Frustration Shadow
5 dps
15.6 67%
 
Air Slash
14.4 dps
 
Frustration Shadow
5 dps
14.4 61%
 
Dragon Breath
12 dps
 
Frustration Shadow
5 dps
12 51%
 
Ember
12 dps
 
Frustration Shadow
5 dps
12 51%
 
Wing Attack
12 dps
 
Frustration Shadow
5 dps
12 51%

Counters & Raids

What counters Mega Charizard Y?

The 5 strongest Pokémon you can use to defeat Mega Charizard Y are:

  • Rampardos,
  • Rhyperior,
  • Tyrantrum,
  • Terrakion,
  • Glimmora.

Mega Charizard Y is a Fire/Flying type Pokémon, which makes it weak against Water and Electric moves, and especially weak against Rock moves.

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Mega Charizard Y Raid Guide

Mega Charizard Y has previously been a Raid Boss in Mega Raids.

Raid
Tier 1
Boss CP
3,227
Suggested players
2-5
Boss HP 123
Caught CP range 123
Caught CP (boosted) 12 - 32
Minimum IVs 10 / 10 / 10

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack
319
Defense
212
Stamina
186

Max HP

Level 40 158

Size

Height 1.7 m
Weight 100.5 kg

Other

Base capture rate ?
Base flee rate ?
Buddy walk distance ?

Max CP

Level 15

Research encounters

1,909

Level 20

Max hatched / raids

2,546

Level 30

Max wild

3,819

Level 40

4,455

Level 50

5,037

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids) 3,182
Level 35 (wild) 4,137