I recommend Earthquake just so that you won't be walled by other Fire types (that aren't part Flying). Brick Break doesn't help much apart from 2HKOing Blissey. If you run into Air Balloon Heatran, then you could try a) using Solarbeam and hoping that Heatran isn't carrying a Rock move for some reason before you use EQ or b) switching to a Pokemon that can take a Toxic or Lava Plume and do good damage to Heatran. The latter option is probably safer, but your team isn't always gonna be there for you.
It actually doesn't matter, if you are running a special variant (for what reason you would run physical, I don't know). Solar Power is useful, if you want to abuse sun, from your opponent or if you running a sun team with other sun setters, to boost Charizards other special moves, making it under the sun stronger than Y. But if you don't want to take too much damage through Solar Power and SR switch-ins and would evolte Charizard no matter what, then you should go with Blaze.
Solar Power Boosted Modest Charizard has 394*1,5=591 SpA
Solar power Charizard does hit harder than MCharizardY in the sun, but I'd suggest using blaze as your base ability. The bulk it gets from MEvolving is worth remembering, and since you'll usually only be regular charizard for a turn if you switch in, you'll want to avoid taking that 12.5% damage on the turn you switch in. You could make a strategy around sun supporting regular charizard, and then mega evolving when sun ends, but that seems like a lot of trouble and in my experience, Y works best when you avoid weakening him before he mega evolves.
In general, probably X. He's a lot easier to fit on teams than Y, and he's a lot more dangerous when it comes to single handedly wrecking an entire team.
Doubt it, a game like this has far too many characters unique in their own ways to be equally good. To balance a video game with several characters who aren't identical to each other: it simply can't be done. There's a reason why games like Super Street Fighter IV and Pokémon have Tier Lists (different genres, but similar story), each characters have their own strengths and weaknesses that either help or hinder them in serious competition, some characters just do better against others and can either be viable or probably not viable.
But they have different roles. Asking which is better is like asking if Sue the lawyer is better at her job than Larry the doctor is at his, when Sue is the best lawyer in the country and Larry is the best doctor in the country. Its just too hard to compare
You're being overly pedantic. One probably has got to contribute more win shares than the other. However, unless you have any facts proving one is better than the other, it is a subjective matter. They both perform about equally in their roles according to myself and many other players. You can't say one is better than the other without being subjective yourself.
It would be a relief to not have to rely on roost and free up a slot for thunder punch/earthquake
Oh yeah I'm sure you're the biggest professional in the world and if you say it, its true *rolls eyes*. Arrogance....
