User blog comment:Cfp3157/Pokemon Starter Battle Royale! Round 1, the Flames of War!/@comment-4369666-20180326004547

Oooo, now this is my element here now lets see...

4th Place-Blaziken

Sorry 3rd Gen fans, but everyone's firey fighting chicken will be the first to go. Compared to all the others, Blaziken's attacks are fairly inaccurate meaning it'll be hard pressed to land a crushing blow on a flying opponent like Charizard or an extremely agile opponent like Infernape. Typhlosion's smokescreen will screw it over the most, as it will make it's already not so accurate attacks even more inaccurate. Mirror move might help it screw over it's enemies a little as it will be able to use their own tactics against them,  but that can only workout for so long. With its' opponents bearing down on it while it may struggle to hit them back, and appart from Sky uppercut, most of its' attacks won't do much against them anyway (And Charizard resists sky uppercut anyways so even if it lands a hit it won't do much), not to mention Blaziken is actually the slowest out of all of them, so unfortunately Blaziken will be the first to fall.

3rd Place-Typhlosion

Next one out will be the volcano pokemon itself. Typhlosion might not be the slowest of the group (It shares the same base speed with Charizard) but Charizard has the added advantage of being able to fly, giving it an edge over it's second gen counterpart and leaving Typhlosion at the mercy of the much faster Infernape. Lava Plume will allow it get some damage out on the other three but it won't do much given they're all fire types and can't be burned. Double edge could end up screwing it over, as while it'll no doubt do some big damage to it's enemy, it also hurts itself which could leave it vulnerable to attacks from whichever it doesn't hit. Swift will help it land some hits given it never misses but it's fairly weak so it likely won't do much to either Charizard or Infernape. Smokescreen will probably be Typhlosions' best bet in this fight since it drops the accuracy of its' opponents, but Charizard should be able to negate it by taking to the sky. Overall Typhlosion will put up a fight, but will fall to the superior mobility of Charizard and Infernape, not to mention the added recoil of Double Edge weakening itself, Typhlosion will fall second.

Second Place-Infernape

This one's a toughy. On one hand Infernape is more agile and can heal itself, on the other Charizard can fly and is much more aggressive. After thinking it over I concluded that Infernape would be the last to fall in this match. Neither Flame Wheel nor Mach Punch will really be effective against Charizard (since it resists both) and Heat Wave will only do much as it is less accurate and does slightly less damage compared to Charizard's Flamethrower. The only real advantage Infernape has is its' ability to heal with Slack Off, but that may prove to be a double edge sword as an aggressive opponent like Charizard would likely take the chance to attack Infernape while it heals, kinda negating the healing in the process. Ultimately while Infernape's mobility and ability to heal will help it outlast Blaziken and Typhlosion, Infernape is just at a dissadvantage when facing Charizard (and not just type-wise). While it may be more agile, Charizard's ability to fly makes that advantage somewhat moot. Infernape will fight hard but it'll fall just short.

First Place-Charizard

Yeah you probably saw this coming. When it comes right down to it, what gives Charizard the win is its' duel typing of fire and flying. It's typing alone allows it to risist both Blaziken and Infernapes attacks, and it's ability to fly means it'll just be that much harder for his opponents to even land a hit on him. While his opponents will be grounded, Charizard will be able to rain down on them with Flamethrower (It won't do much but still). Slash's high crit ratio will allow Charizard to inflict devestating damage, and while Dragon Rage may not have that much firepower (see what I did there?) behind it, it will at least allow Charizard to inflict consistant damage. Scary Face will help stack, the match in Charizard's favor in the long run as it will slow down the speedy fighters like Infernape, allowing it to keep pace with them. Lastly Charizard's aggressive nature means it will likely take advantage of Infernape's attempts to heal, and attack it while its vulnerable. All in all, while I hate to be a fanboy, Charizard's ability to fly just frankly gives it that extra leg up on on the competition as it could in theory (though I doubt a Charizard would do this) allow the others to fight it out and then swoop down on whoever is left standing. Overall when all is said and done, Charizard will be the last one standing.

Winner: Charizard