Just curious how exactly does Charizard check rain?
Once it mega evolves, Politoed can switch in safely, and even better catch it going for Solarbeam
Same goes for ttar, even though yeah Focus Blast is scary
Sand has Exacdrill, and Rain has Ludicolo and Kingdra. Sun has always had the problem of not having a good Chlorophyll user.
Youngjake93 while I agree with most of your points,
"Any flaws that these Pokemon have can be taken care of with little to no team support."
Do take this into account.
You shouldn't be mega evolving before toed switches in...
And CharizardY checks Rain by essentially being neutral to Water with 78/115 special bulk and ability to utilize Solarbeam. The whole making the opponent play in Sun things checks Rain by itself. Also, Charizard X is neutral to Water with access to Thunder Punch.
Also, I could see Volcarona being compared to Charizard if it weren't for the fact that it has Drought, Focus Blast+Solar Beam>>>>Bug Buzz+Giga Drain, Charizard Y has more itemless power+bulk and Charizard X exists too. Speaking of which, CharX has Belly Drum, SD, DD and much better STABs than Volc if you're look at boosting sets
Btw: I'm pretty sure I've seen Charizard break top 20 usage in gen V doubles before... And Mawile+Kanga made S rank, so the idea that "oh Charizard is easy to play around because I know ahead of time that it will either transform into having drought and 159 sAtt with one of the best STAB spreads OR having a great typing with 130 Att+sheer force equivalent" is funny
Plus it seems like a lot of people don't take into account that you can use Protect with Charizard while the opponent doesn't have that luxury because Heat Wave will still hit their partner. Wide Guard you can see coming from a mile away due to distribution
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