Charizard vs Toothless - Who Would Win

Charizard vs Toothless - Who Would Win

Continuing with epic dragon fights we have a battle between Tootless from How to Train Your Dragon and the iconic Pokémon Charizard … who isn’t actually a dragon at all. In a one on one battle with no outside assistance who would win? Let’s find out.

 

I’ll start with Toothless. Bought to prominence by the film How to Train Your Dragon, he actually first appeared in the book of the same name. They vastly change in appearance and abilities so I’ll be using the film version since Charizard could probably just step on the book version. Toothless is a Night Fury, a very rare species of dragon. He is black in colour and has his signature retractable teeth.

 

Toothless is 8.5 metres long. While I couldn’t find his exact height he is taller than Hiccup who I found to be 6 feet and 2 inches tall. Toothless also has a highly impressive wingspan of 48 feet. Despite being so big Toothless is extremely fast. The How to Train Your Dragon book says he can fly at over 100 mph however in the films we see him keep up with a free falling Hiccup. When free falling a human’s terminal velocity is closer to 150 mph so it’s likely Toothless can fly at speeds even faster than this.

 

Toothless is extremely fast and agile both on land and in the air. He can run and jump extremely well meaning he is not limited to air combat. On top of this he can take off vertically without any need for a running start making him one agile flyer. On top of this he has superb endurance and stamina as well as very high physical strength. He also has heightened senses including a high sensitive sense of hearing.

 

Anyone who has watched the film has seen Toothless shoot those purple blast things out of his mouth. Brace yourself because this is about to get very scientific. The purple blasts are plasma blasts. These blasts are created with Acetylene (, blue fire (Created with oxygen), a green gas and electricity. Therefore due to blue fire this is a fire attack. The acetylene (A simple hydro carbon) oxygen flame is ionized enough to become plasmoid, neither solid nor liquid. Toothless can fire his plasma blast in either fire balls or a continuous stream. He can also control the relative heat and strength of each blast, however acety;ene and oxygen can burn at 6500 degrees Fahrenheit. However he can only shoot 5 blasts before needing to recharge, although he does recharge remarkably quickly. He also cannot use his plasma blast at high altitude due to a lack of oxygen.

 

What are some of his weaknesses? Well he can have a bit of a temper. He is also missing a plate on the end of his tail meaning he requires a synthetic substitute built by Hiccup in order to fly. The substitute is nowhere near as sturdy as the scales on Toothless and is also flammable. On top of this while Toothless can fly by himself he has relied on Hiccup for many of his greatest moments and manoeuvres. By himself his flight skills are merely adequate.

 

However if all else fails he has his alpha mode. Here he charges himself in some way. The spines on his black glow purple and he becomes more powerful. It not only boosts his strength but he now has an unlimited amount of plasma blasts of greater power. He can also control other dragons in this mode but since Charizard is technically not a dragon this will have no impact on the battle. However if Toothless wasn’t strong enough before then now he has become the most powerful thing in his own world and he is truly a force to be reckoned with.

 

Outside of Pikachu, the mighty flame Pokémon Charizard is probably Pokémon’s most recognisable and iconic figure. Despite being a Bulbasaur person myself no one can deny Charizard’s stature. However looking at Charizard’s Pokédex entry could make you question why. I’m sure we’ve all imagined what riding a Charizard would be like but Charizard is a mere 5 foot 7 inches tall and he weighs 90.5 kg. In comparison I’m 6 foot 1. It saddens me slightly knowing I’m taller than Charizard. The average male height in the UK is 5 foot and 9 inches meaning most of us are not going to be riding Charizard any time soon.

 

Perhaps more importantly Toothless is far bigger than Charizard. He’s taller despite walking on all fours and he is also far longer. On top of this the Pokédex quotes Charizard as capable of melting boulders and 10,000 tonnes glaciers with his fire. This would means his fire is in the region of 2000 degress Fahrenheit, around a third of the heat of Toothless’s plasma blasts. However his fire does burn hotter if the Charizard has experienced harsh battles (such as one with Toothless) but it still cannot reach anywhere near the heat of the plasma blast. It should be noted however that a a fire type, Charizard resists fire type attacks including a Plasma Blast.

 

What moves can Charizard use? I’m only taking into account moves Charizard can learn naturally. Despite this he can learn a variety of attacks ranging from obvious fire and flying attacks to normal, dragon, steel and even ghost. His standard flamethrower attack is a basic fire breath but he can also use fire spin to envelop his opponent in a vortex of fire with fire spin and he is capable of biting down on his enemy with fire fang. He can use dragon claw, wing attack, metal claw or shadow claw to fight at close range without the use of fire or air slash to hit from range. His most powerful naturally learned attack is flare blitz, a powerful fire attack that involves charging at full speed at the opponent. It does however inflict 33% recoil damage. Finally Charizard can envelop the battlefield in smoke with smoke screen.

 

It’s difficult to judge Charizards strength and speed. Using his base stats could draw comparison however this is difficult, His highest stat is his above average special attack. He is also the joint 43^rd fastest pokemon and has decent attack. His defensive stats are underwhelming however. How do these stats help? To judge his speed I thought to look to the Pokédex. Dragonite has a base speed of 80, less than the 100 of Charizard. However the Pokédex repeatedly mentions that Dragonite can fly around the earth in 16 hours. This is 24,091.55 miles meaning Dragonite can fly at 1506 mph. This is almost twice the speed of sound. This means in theory Charizard can fly even faster. In fact using base speeds this makes him 5/4 times faster meaning Charizard can theoretically fly at 1882.5 mph. On top of this by move tutor Charizard can learn a move called seismic toss meaning he can lift, fly up above the earth’s atmosphere and slam any Pokémon into the ground. The heaviest Pokémon is Groudon at 2094.4 pounds. So you can see how much Physical strength Charizard has.

 

Since Charizard is over 6 times faster than the fastest road car using base stats makes this an easy victory for Charizard. He is around 12 times faster than Toothless and has far more physical strength despite his smaller size. However without taking this into account I still think Charizard would win this battle. Toothless is fast but not fast enough nor skilled enough without Hiccup to avoid Charizards fire attacks. Thus his tail plate made by Toothless would be destroyed in the flames preventing Toothless from flying. Charizard can fly at altitudes of 4600 feet meaning he could easily avoid Tootless and his attacks. He can’t jump anywhere near this high meaning it would only be a matter of time before Toothless was taken down.

 

A Charizard is an extremely proud creature. It would not go down easily and has enough natural strength to not be overpowered by Toothless, even in alpha mode. Charizard can still fly after taking heavy amounts of damage so it could easily escape toothless. With only fire type plama blasts to hit Charizard from range a grounded Toothless would be easy pickings for a flying Charizard. Despite his imposing size and stature Toothless doesn’t stand a chance. The victory goes to Charizard.