Flame Wheel (move)

Flame Wheel かえんぐるま Flame Wheel

Battles Type  Fire Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Flame Wheel (Japanese: かえんぐるま Flame Wheel) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Flame Wheel will thaw out the user if it is frozen, and then inflict damage on the target. Flame Wheel also has a 10% chance of burning the target.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0058 Growlithe Fire 34 0155 Cyndaquil Fire 27 0156 Quilava Fire 31 0157 Typhlosion Fire 31 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0019 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0058 Growlithe Fire 31 0155 Cyndaquil Fire 27 0156 Quilava Fire 31 0157 Typhlosion Fire 31 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0019 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0058 Growlithe Fire 20 0077 Ponyta Fire 15 0078 Rapidash Fire 15 0155 Cyndaquil Fire 19 0156 Quilava Fire 20 0157 Typhlosion Fire 20 0390 Chimchar Fire 17 0391 Monferno Fire Fighting 19 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 21 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0019 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0058 Growlithe Fire 20 0077 Ponyta Fire 13 0078 Rapidash Fire 13 0155 Cyndaquil Fire 19 0156 Quilava Fire 20 0157 Typhlosion Fire 20 0390 Chimchar Fire 17 0391 Monferno Fire Fighting 19 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 21 0636 Larvesta Bug Fire 60 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0019 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" |


|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" |


|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0554 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Darumaka
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

Infernape File:Cyndaquil Flame Wheel.png Cyndaquil File:Typhlosion Flame Wheel.png Typhlosion File:Growlithe Flame Wheel.png Growlithe
The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Arcanine runs at the opponent and its whole body becomes enveloped in flames. It then tackles the opponent.
Gary's Arcanine	Extreme Pokémon!		Debut
	Typhlosion runs towards the opponent and its body becomes surrounded in flames. It then tackles the opponent.
Jimmy's Typhlosion	The Legend of Thunder!		None
Mr. Moore's Typhlosion	Poetry Commotion!		None
	Quilava runs at the opponent and its body becomes engulfed in flames. It then tackles the opponent, or Quilava spins around in the air and its body becomes ingulfed in flames. It then rolls into the opponent.
Macy's Quilava	Love, Pokémon Style		None
Clark's Quilava	Shocks and Bonds		None
Ryan's Quilava	The Champ Twins!		None
Ash's Quilava	An Old Family Blend!		None
	Chimchar's body becomes surrounded by flames and it summersaults in the air, spinning at the opponent and hitting it, or Chimchar releases fire out of its mouth while at the same time starts doing a summersault, and rolls into the opponent.
A Chimchar Dawn imagined	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
Ash's Chimchar	When Pokémon Worlds Collide!		None
Chimchar of Team Poképals	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness		None
	Monferno's body becomes surrounded in fire and it starts to summersault. Monferno then rolls into the opponent, or Monferno releases a red-orange flame out of its mouth while sumersaulting, and rolls into the opponent.
A Monferno Angie used briefly	Camping it Up!		None
Ash's Monferno	Evolving Strategies!		None
	Growlithe jumps into the air and releases a red-orange flame from its mouth while sumersaulting, rolling into the opponent.
Officer Jenny's Growlithe	Beating the Hustle and Bustle!		None
	Cyndaquil ignites the flames on its back and sumersaults in the air, rolling into the opponent.
Dawn's Cyndaquil	Gone With the Windworks!		None
Ash's Cyndaquil	An Old Family Blend!		None
	Infernape jumps into the air and sumersaults. The flame on its head then extends and covers its entire body. Infernape then rolls into the opponent.
Ash's Infernape	Flint Sparks the Fire!		None
Narissa's Ditto Two in the form of Infernape	Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!		Used via Transform

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Monferno Rapidash Typhlosion and Arcanine
The user hits the opponent with fire from their body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Quilava hits the opponent with two streams of fire sent from the flames on its head and backside.
Gold's Exbo	Delibird Delivery - 2		Debut
	Typhlosion fires a ball of fire from the flame on its back at the opponent.
Gold's Exbo	Lugia & Ho-oh (Part 1)		None
	Arcanine releases a ball of fire from its mouth at the opponent.
Crys's Archy	Lugia & Ho-Oh (Part 1)		None
	The flames from Rapidash's mane grows larger and forms a ring in front of its body.
Crys's Rapidash	VS. Milotic		None
	Monferno's upper body becomes surrounded by flames, Monferno then tackles the opponent with great force.
Pearl's Chimler	VS Meditite and Riolu II		None
	Infernape whips the flame on top of its head at the opponent.
Pearl's Chimler	VS. Cradily		None

Trivia

• Rattata is the only Pokémon to learn Flame Wheel that does not gain STAB.
• No Generation III Pokémon can learn Flame Wheel.

In other languages

• Chinese: 火焰輪 Huǒyàn Lún
• Danish: Flamme Hjul
• Dutch: Vlamwiel
• French: Roue de feu
• German: Flammenrad
• Greek: Φλεγόμενος Τροχός
• Hindi: Aag ka paeeya
• Italian: Ruotafuoco
• Korean: 화염자동차 Hwayeom Jadongcha
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Roda de Fogo
• Portuguese (European): Roda de Fogo (Pokémon Chronicles & Diamond and Pearl Series)
• Spanish: Rueda Fuego
• Serbian: Plameni Točak

Variations of the move Bite
Bite • Heart Stamp

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