Charmander

The Charmander is a fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon series of video games. Charmander is numbered 004 in the National Pokédex, making it the second Pokémon listed, and is a Basic Stage Pokémon (followed by Charmeleon at level 16 and then Charizard at level 36).

Charmander is a Pokémon. It usually weighs around 8.55 kilograms (19 lbs) and has a height of 0.61 meters (2'0").

Availability
A Charmander is a starter option in Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pocket Monsters Green, and, more recently, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

A Charmander can also be received as a gift in Pokémon Yellow.

You can obtain a Charmander in Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal by trading it from Red, Blue, Green or Yellow, or in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire via trading it from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Name origin
Probably from char (burn) and Salamander (The mythical lizard who lives in fires, not the real one).

Strategy
Since Charmander's Special Attack is about 15% higher than its physical Attack, it is best by far using moves than anything else. Defensively, it's Special Defense is about 16% higher than it's Physical, it is better on Pokemon using Special attack types than physical. It is weak to, and , and resistant to , , ,  (Not in ,  and ) and.

If you need to fight a Charmander, the use the following chart (the number in the parenthesies - the actual damage/physical damage without weakness/resistance ratio: multiply the number by the base damage of the move and the attack/special attack of the attacking Pokemon - and the bigger the result, the more damage the move will do):


 * , - (2)
 * 1) - (1.72)
 * ,, , , - (1)
 * ,, , (Only in ,  and ),  - (0.86)
 * , - (0.5)
 * ,, (Not in ,  and ) - (0.43)

Naturally learnt attacks
These are attacks which are learnt naturally by Charmander &mdash; that is, learnt without the use of a TM or HM (automatically learned once they reach a certain level).

The rows entitled with acronyms are used to identify at what level the Pokémon learns that attack in that game. For example, if the number "7" was in a row entitled RGB beside an attack named "Foobar", than that Pokémon would learn the attack "Foobar" at level seven in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green.

Any attacks which are learned at "Catch" means that they already know that attack when they are caught, or learn it before evolving into this form. N/A means that that attack is not learnable in that game. Any attacks which are learned a "Evolve" are learned when they evolve.

RGB stands for Red/Green/Blue, Y stands for Yellow, GSC stands for Gold, Silver, Crystal, RS stands for Ruby/Sapphire, FRLG stands for FireRed/LeafGreen, and GSC/FRLG stands for Gold/Silver/Crystal/FireRed/LeafGreen.

Learnable machine moves
The following moves can be taught to Charmander via the use of TMs or HM:

HMs
 

TMs
 

Miscellaneous information

 * Type:
 * Species: Lizard Pokémon
 * Color: Red
 * Ability: Blaze
 * Gender distribution: 87.5% male, 12.5% female

Pokédex numbers

 * National Pokédex: 004
 * Johto: 229
 * Hoenn: 206