Charizard

Charizard FireFlying

Gen 9 ZU · Rank #7 · 13.60% usage

What beats Charizard in Gen 9 ZU? Based on Smogon's 2026-04 usage stats, these Pokémon are the most effective checks and counters. The KO Rate (D) column shows how often Charizard is KO'd or forced out by each checker. Higher percentages mean stronger counters.

#CheckerEncountersKO Rate (P)KO Rate (D)
1 Dugtrio Dugtrio 21 57.1% 10.80%
2 Raichu-Alola Raichu-Alola 21 61.9% 10.60%
3 Ninetales Ninetales 21 38.1% 10.60%
4 Persian-Alola Persian-Alola 23 47.8% 10.42%
5 Komala Komala 23 43.5% 10.34%
6 Haunter Haunter 21 33.3% 10.29%
7 Cacturne Cacturne 21 33.3% 10.29%
8 Regigigas Regigigas 22 63.6% 10.26%
9 Rampardos Rampardos 23 39.1% 10.18%
10 Shiftry Shiftry 24 45.8% 10.17%
11 Noctowl Noctowl 24 58.3% 10.06%
12 Hattrem Hattrem 24 41.7% 10.06%
13 Exeggutor-Alola Exeggutor-Alola 25 44.0% 9.93%
14 Golem Golem 28 42.9% 9.35%
15 Klawf Klawf 31 51.6% 8.98%
16 Mabosstiff Mabosstiff 30 40.0% 8.94%
17 Dodrio Dodrio 31 61.3% 8.75%
18 Dipplin Dipplin 26 26.9% 8.70%
19 Exeggutor Exeggutor 33 45.5% 8.67%
20 Golem-Alola Golem-Alola 29 31.0% 8.59%
21 Zangoose Zangoose 34 44.1% 8.52%
22 Dusclops Dusclops 35 48.6% 8.45%
23 Morpeko Morpeko 31 32.3% 8.40%
24 Indeedee-F Indeedee-F 36 44.4% 8.28%
25 Masquerain Masquerain 26 23.1% 8.26%
26 Piloswine Piloswine 37 54.1% 8.19%
27 Poliwrath Poliwrath 38 52.6% 8.10%
28 Glaceon Glaceon 30 26.7% 8.07%
29 Dugtrio-Alola Dugtrio-Alola 37 37.8% 7.97%
30 Sceptile Sceptile 41 48.8% 7.81%

KO Rate (D): % of Charizard's appearances where this checker KO'd or forced it out. KO Rate (P): % of this checker's appearances where it KO'd or forced out Charizard. Encounters: number of times they met in battle.