Blast Burn (move)

Blast Burn ブラストバーン Blast Burn

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Battles Type  Fire Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  150 Accuracy  90% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation III Move Tutor in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Move Tutor in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Move Tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Move Tutor in Pokémon Black and White

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jams the others, and misses one turn of appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Blast Burn (Japanese: ブラストバーン Blast Burn) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Blast Burn inflicts damage and then forces the user to recharge during the next turn. Unless this attack misses, the user will always have to recharge.

Learnset

Generation III

By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, an elderly woman on Cape Brink will teach Charizard Blast Burn. Like Hydro Cannon and Frenzy Plant, the Pokémon must have a very high happiness rating.

#   Pokémon Type 0006 Charizard Fire Flying Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0155 Cyndaquil Fire Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By move tutor

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver

• An elderly man, much like the woman on Cape Brink, appears on Route 228 in the Battle Zone, and will teach it to the three fully evolved Template:Type2 starters of the previous generations, as well as Infernape. He will also require that the Pokémon that is to learn the move has a high happiness rating.

• In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, an elderly man can be found in Blackthorn City, in the same house as the Move tutor and the Move relearner. When talked to, he too will teach Blast Burn to all four of the fully evolved Template:Type2 starters.

#   Pokémon Type 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0157 Typhlosion Fire 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

By move tutor

In Pokémon Black and White

In Black and White, the Move Tutor that can teach Blast Burn appears in a house on Route 13, and will teach it to the four fully evolved Template:Type2 starters of the previous generations, as well as Enbuoo. Like in previous generations, this move tutor will require that the Pokémon he teaches the move to has a high happiness rating.

#   Pokémon Type 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0157 Typhlosion Fire 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 0500 Enbuoo Enbuoo Fire Fighting Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Smeargle is the only Pokémon that is not a Template:Type2 starter Pokémon able to learn Blast Burn, due to Sketch.
• Mew, though repeatedly said on the Pokédex to be able to learn any move, is not able to learn Blast Burn because the tutors only want to teach it to Fire-type starter Pokémon.
• Blast Burn is the only Variant of Hyper Beam not to be used in the anime.
• In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, the Pokémon's IQ must be over 3-3.5 to learn Blast Burn at Level 72.
• Despite being called Blast Burn in numerous languages, it cannot inflict the Burn status ailment at all.

In other languages

• Dutch: Vlamschot
• French: Rafale Feu
• German: Lohekanonade
• Italian: Incendio
• Spanish: Anillo Igneo
• Brazilian Portuguese: Explosão de Chamas

Variations of the move Hyper Beam
Giga Impact • Rock Wrecker Hyper Beam • Blast Burn • Hydro Cannon • Frenzy Plant • Roar of Time

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