PokeBonkINDEPENDENT FAN SITECharmeleon arrives at run level 24 from Charmander. Blast Burn is the middle-stage Ultimate; Sea of Flames and the starting attack kit belong to the original partner.
Charmeleon uses the run started with Charmander. The levels below describe that partner’s attack offers, not a new loadout unlocked by evolution. Kit-offer levels and the level of an individual attack are separate.
Below 40% HP, +40% damage. +10% Fire damage.
EmberSpecial · Projectile · Starts equipped↗Fire SpinSpecial · Vortex · Kit offer from Lv. 2↗FlamethrowerSpecial · Cone · Kit offer from Lv. 4↗Fire BlastSpecial · Explosive orb · Kit offer from Lv. 7↗Fires projectiles at the closest enemy. Can cause burned.
A whirlwind that pulls in enemies and then explodes. Can cause rooted.
Fires a cone-shaped torrent in front of you. Can cause burned.
Throws an orb that explodes on impact. Can cause burned.
Launches a fire whirl that pulls in enemies and feeds it with a Flamethrower: it grows, spits spiraling flames and explodes.
Both component attacks must reach attack level 8. The later kit offer still needs to appear and be upgraded; reaching a run level alone does not complete the fusion.
Inspect the recipe, upgrades and comparison values →These are PokeBonk run levels. They differ from evolution levels in the main Pokémon games. Evolved forms stay attached to the partner you started with.
Take stock of Fire Spin and Flamethrower rather than restarting the build around the new form. Their signature remains a special-damage route through this family.
The six bars describe Charmeleon’s species stats. Your current in-run values also depend on your starting partner, passive, evolution bonuses, Lab purchases and collected upgrades.
Before the passive, Lab, vitamins, items or evolution bonuses. These values are for Charmander at the start, not Charmeleon after evolving.
Each stage has its own Ultimate in a run started with Charmander. The highlighted card is Charmeleon’s form. The listed time describes the ability’s duration, not its recharge time.
Charmander · 1.2 sA column of fire engulfs you and bursts into a ring that burns and leaves the ground ablaze.
Charmeleon · 1.8 s · THIS FORMThree rings of fire and six magma fissures that spit flames.
Charizard · 3 sFourteen fireballs rain down on the enemies and it all ends in an enormous explosion with magma cracks.
These are starting points for a Charmander family run, not a promise of one best loadout. Keep damage, survival and movement balanced around what is ending your attempts. The planner uses the three base vitamin slots and saves locally on this device.
Your saved selections are shared with the Vitamins page and every form in this family. This does not change your game account.
Calcium ↗Special damageSpecial damage for the family signature. Compare attack classes before favoring this over Protein.
Super Potion ↗HP regenRecovery while repositioning or waiting for your next useful attack window.
Iron ↗ArmorArmor when repeated contact hits are deciding the run.
Saved in this browser. Remove a vitamin to free a slot.
Compare all 26 vitamins and edit this plan →Follow the Charmander build route, attack by attack →
Charcoal ↗+30% Fire-type move damage and +3% total damage.
A focused choice for the Fire attacks in the kit.
Starting item pool
Leftovers ↗+1.2 HP regen per second.
Recovery without waiting for an attack to connect.
Starting item pool
Wise Glasses ↗+15% special damage.
Special damage when the signature or special attacks carry the build.
Starting item poolBuy for the problem you actually have. A fourth move slot gives a future attack room, while health, armor, recovery or movement can help you reach the later offers in the first place.
Stamina ↗+8 max HP per level.
8 levels · First purchase 85 StardustLeftovers ↗+0.2 regen per level.
5 levels · First purchase 100 Stardust
4th move ↗Unlocks the fourth move slot.
1 level · First purchase 1275 StardustTo get Charmeleon, unlock Charmander as a League partner, start a run with it and follow its evolution path: Charmander (Lv. 1) → Charmeleon (Lv. 24). Charmeleon is an evolved form of that run’s partner, not a separate League starting choice.
On a fresh session, select Charmander from the three first-partner choices. That choice makes Charmander your first League member. If you already chose a different starter, continue with the partner you own; you do not need to erase your progress or start a new account.
Charmander’s League challenge is to complete 2 runs, win or lose. A clear is not required. Check the challenge in the League after those attempts: completing it makes the partner available for the encounter-and-capture step, rather than immediately adding it to your selectable roster.
If Charmander was not your initial partner, find its challenge encounter in the following run. Defeat or weaken it until the game marks it ready for capture, then move close and use the capture input shown on screen to throw your Poké Ball. Do not leave the encounter or take the exit while it is still waiting to be caught. Completing the challenge and defeating the encounter are separate from actually capturing it.
Check the League after the capture and select Charmander when you start the run you want to play. A Pokédex sighting only records that you have seen a species. A shiny catch unlocks a look but does not substitute for the normal challenge-and-capture requirement; a captured Alpha fights beside you for that run and does not join your League.
Start this run as Charmander and keep collecting experience until your run reaches level 24. This is the PokeBonk evolution checkpoint for Charmeleon, not the evolution level from the main Pokémon games. Raising an individual attack to that level does not count: attack levels and your run level are different. You now have Charmeleon as your active form in this run.
After the run ends, choose Charmander again for another attempt and reach the same evolution checkpoint to play as Charmeleon. Seeing or reaching Charmeleon does not turn it into an independent level-1 League partner. The family’s passive, kit offers and Ultimate progression follow the run you started with Charmander.
Fire damage is always useful to its matching kit, but the larger damage bonus requires low HP. C reflects that risky opening condition compared with partners whose passive helps while healthy.
Keep Ember productive and build toward useful Fire coverage without deliberately holding health below 40%.
44/100 is an editorial opening score, with comfort weighted at 50%, offensive potential at 30% and utility at 20%. It is not a measured win rate. Charmeleon is grouped with Charmander; this score does not rank the evolved form’s late-run ceiling.
Unlock Charmander, start a run with it, and follow Charmander at run Lv. 1 → Charmeleon at run Lv. 24. Charmeleon is reached through that run’s evolution path rather than selected as a separate level-1 League member.
Charmeleon evolves into Charizard at run level 44 in the reviewed v0.8.62 data. Use the displayed run level, not an individual attack’s level or the evolution threshold from another Pokémon game.
Charmeleon remains part of the run started with Charmander and keeps the Sea of Flames family passive. That passive gives +10% Fire damage and +40% damage below 40% HP; evolving does not add healing to that bonus.
The Charmander family uses Fiery Whirlwind: combine Fire Spin and Flamethrower. Both ingredient attacks need attack level 8 before using Bill’s Machine. These are attack levels, not run levels. Evolution into Charmeleon does not automatically equip the ingredients or complete the fusion.
For a build centered on Fiery Whirlwind, Calcium supports its special damage. Super Potion helps with recovery between hits, while Iron is an alternative when contact damage is ending the run. These are build directions, not a requirement to fill all three base slots with one fixed combination.
A shiny catch unlocks the family’s shiny look but does not replace the normal League challenge and capture for Charmander. You must still start as Charmander and evolve during the run to use Charmeleon; the shiny look does not make the evolved form a separate starting partner.
Choose a partner, keep the opening attack productive and spend upgrades where the run is struggling.
Read the starter guide →A safe opening is only the start. Plan how the attacks and defenses will hold up as pressure grows.
Plan a Survival run →Compare your role with the rest of the party rather than filling every slot as if you were alone.
Plan with your team →Game values: reviewed public v0.8.62 client, 2026-10-28. Recommendations describe build choices rather than measured results. Open the original game ↗ · About this fan guide
