Flame Body (Ability)

Flame Body	ほのおのからだ
	Flame Body
Flavor text Generation III Burns the foe on contact. Generation IV Contact with the Pokémon may burn the foe. Generation V Contact with the Pokémon may burn the attacker. Generation VI Contact with the Pokémon may burn the attacker. Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Flame Body (Japanese: ほのおのからだ Flame Body) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Sixteen Pokémon have this Ability, all of which are Fire types.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 30% chance that the attacking Pokémon will become burned.

If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a multi-strike move that makes contact (such as Fury Swipes), each hit has an independent chance to activate this Ability.

Outside of battle

In Pokémon Emerald and all subsequent games, it halves the number of cycles it takes for an Egg to hatch. Both the Pokémon with Flame Body and the Egg must be in the party in order for this to work. Magma Armor also has the same effect. Although Hatching Power can stack with the effects of either Ability, the effect will not stack up if multiple Pokémon with Flame Body and Magma Armor are in the party.

Pokémon with Flame Body

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0077		Ponyta	Fire		Fire	Run Away	Flash Fire	Flame Body
0078		Rapidash	Fire		Fire	Run Away	Flash Fire	Flame Body
0126		Magmar	Fire		Fire	Flame Body	None	Vital Spirit
0146		Moltres	Fire	Flying	Pressure	None	Flame Body
0218		Slugma	Fire		Fire	Magma Armor	Flame Body	Weak Armor
0219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock	Magma Armor	Flame Body	Weak Armor
0240		Magby	Fire		Fire	Flame Body	None	Vital Spirit
0467		Magmortar	Fire		Fire	Flame Body	None	Vital Spirit
0485		Heatran	Fire	Steel	Flash Fire	None	Flame Body
0607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire	Flash Fire	Flame Body	Infiltrator
0608		Lampent	Ghost	Fire	Flash Fire	Flame Body	Infiltrator
0609		Chandelure	Ghost	Fire	Flash Fire	Flame Body	Infiltrator
0636		Larvesta	Bug	Fire	Flame Body	None	Swarm
0637		Volcarona	Bug	Fire	Flame Body	None	Swarm
0662		Fletchinder	Fire	Flying	Flame Body	None	Gale Wings
0663		Talonflame	Fire	Flying	Flame Body	None	Gale Wings
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

• In Generation V games, Moltres has Flash Fire instead of Flame Body as its Hidden Ability, but it cannot be obtained by any legitimate means.

In the anime

Fletchinder Magmortar The effect
When the opponent makes physical contact with the user, they become burned. The Ability can also be used to incubate Eggs.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Sometimes, when the opponent makes physical contact with Magmortar, its body periodically becomes covered in flames, hurting it.
Paul's Magmortar	Evolving Strategies!		Debut
	Fletchinder's body starts glowing red and orange, causing everything around it to become very warm. This property allows it to incubate Eggs.
Ash's Fletchinder	A Not-So-Flying Start!		None

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 火焰體 Huǒyàn Tǐ Dutch Vlamlichaam Finnish Tulikeho (DP132) Liekkiruumis (XY076) French Corps Ardent German Flammkörper Italian Corpodifuoco Korean 불꽃몸 Bulkkot Mom Polish Ciało Ognia (DP132) Ciało płomieni (XY076) Portuguese Corpo Flamejante Corpo Chama Romanian Corpul în Flăcări Spanish Cuerpo Llama Swedish Eld/Flamma kropp

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