Fire (type)

Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Notable trainers that specialize in Fire-type Pokémon include Blaine of Cinnabar Island, Flannery of Lavaridge Town, and Flint of the Sinnoh Elite Four.

Statistical averages

Overall

Stat
HP: 64
Attack: 81
Defense: 64
Sp.Atk: 86
Sp.Def: 72
Speed: 72
Total: 0

Fully evolved

Stat
HP: 79.24
Attack: 97.82
Defense: 82.00
Sp.Atk: 102.82
Sp.Def: 88.29
Speed: 79.29
Total: 0

Battle properties

Generation I

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×	None		0×	None

Generation II-onwards

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×	None		0×	None

Characteristics

The Fire type has its pros and cons defensively. Ground, Rock, and Water moves are all very common, while most of the Fire-type's resistances are of little use. Fire-type Pokémon will not survive too long in battle; they must deal damage quickly in order to earn their slot on a team. This reflects the nature of fire being a glass cannon; a very destructive force yet at the same time being very fragile. However, not only does Fire have 5 resistances, but its also immune to the Burn condition making Pokémon of this type key physical sweepers. Also, most Fire types can at least learn SolarBeam to counter all three of the type's weaknesses.

Offensively, Fire is very useful. The ability to deal super effective damage to Steel-type Pokémon is very useful for Pokémon that specialize in physical moves, as many Steel-type Pokémon typically have high Defense but a low Special Defense and would have little trouble with any physical moves thrown at them. Also Fire moves are generally powerful, with half of its damaging moves having 100 or more for power and 11 out of 16 having 80 or more. Fire is super effective against four types; only Ground and Fighting surpasses it. It ties with Ice and Rock , even though double weaknesses to Ice and Rock are slightly more common. While Fire is resisted by only four types, two types are are hindered by their own bad special defenses and relative scarcity therefore keeping their moves rather valuable. While Fire is not very effective against Rock and Dragon-types, many fire attacks can cause burn, therefore halving the attack of Rock-type and Dragon types.

Quantity-wise, Fire-types are rare, with only 17 fully evolved Pokémon among the total amount of 33, of which there are four legendaries and four starter Pokémon. Technically, this means that only nine Fire-type Pokémon are easily available. This makes sense as most forms of fire are extremely rare in nature. Fire-types are much rarer in colder regions than in warmer ones, as proven with Hoenn and Sinnoh's Pokédex listings, which have the most and the least Fire-types, respectively, if not counting the Johto Pokédex (which counted all ten Fire-type evolution families that were known at the time). Fire types often have below average defense stats, but high speed and attack stats, making them lethal damaging Pokémon.

When used in contests, Fire-type moves typically become Beauty moves, but some may be Tough or Smart moves.

Pokémon

Pure Fire-type Pokémon

# Name 004 Charmander 005 Charmeleon 037 Vulpix 038 Ninetales 058 Growlithe 059 Arcanine 077 Ponyta 078 Rapidash 126 Magmar 136 Flareon 155 Cyndaquil 156 Quilava 157 Typhlosion 218 Slugma 240 Magby 244 Entei 255 Torchic 324 Torkoal 390 Chimchar 467 Magmortar ??? Hihidaruma

Half Fire-type Pokémon

Primary Fire-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 006 Charizard Fire Flying 146 Moltres Fire Flying 219 Magcargo Fire Rock 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 256 Combusken Fire Fighting 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 322 Numel Fire Ground 323 Camerupt Fire Ground 391 Monferno Fire Fighting 392 Infernape Fire Fighting 485 Heatran Fire Steel

Secondary Fire-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 228 Houndour Dark Fire 229 Houndoom Dark Fire ??? Reshiram Dragon Fire

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

Name Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Target Notes Blast Burn Special Beauty 150 90% 5 One foe The user must rest on the next turn. Blaze Kick Physical Beauty 85 90% 10 One foe Has a high critical hit ratio. Has a 10% chance of burning the opponent. Ember Special Beauty 40 100% 25 One foe Has a 10% chance of burning the opponent. Eruption Special Beauty 150 100% 5 Both foes The less HP the user has, the weaker this move's power. Fire Blast Special Beauty 120 85% 5 One foe Has a 10% chance of burning the opponent. Fire Fang Physical Beauty 65 95% 15 One foe Has a 10% chance of burning the opponent and cause flinching. Fire Punch Physical Beauty 75 100% 15 One foe Has a 10% chance of burning the opponent. Fire Spin Special Beauty 15 70% 15 One foe Attacks for two to five turns. Flame Wheel Physical Beauty 60 100% 25 One foe Has a 10% chance of burning the opponent. Flamethrower Special Beauty 95 100% 15 One foe Has a 10% chance of burning the opponent. Flare Blitz Physical Smart 120 100% 15 One foe User takes 1/3 recoil damage. Has a 10% chance of burning the opponent. Heat Wave Special Beauty 100 90% 10 Both foes Has a 10% chance of burning the opponent. Lava Plume Special Tough 80 100% 15 Everyone else Has a 30% chance of burning the opponent. Magma Storm Special Tough 120 70% 5 One foe Attacks for two to five turns. Overheat Special Beauty 140 90% 5 One foe Lowers user's Special Attack by two stages. Sacred Fire Physical Beauty 100 95% 5 One foe Has a 50% chance of burning the opponent.

Non-damaging moves

Name Category Contest Accuracy PP Target Notes Sunny Day Status Beauty — 5 All Causes sunlight to intensify for five turns*. Will-O-Wisp Status Beauty 75% 15 One foe Inflicts a burn.

Trivia

• Fifteen of the eighteen Fire-type moves are Beauty moves in Contests. The only three that aren't Beauty moves were newly introduced in Generation IV, meaning that in Generation III, all Fire-type moves were Beauty moves.
• In the Hoenn region games, Fire-type moves could be used underwater and Fire-types like Charmander were able to battle underwater, even though its Pokédex entries point out that it will die if its flame goes out.
• The three types that Fire is weak to (Ground, Rock, and Water) all share a weakness to Template:Type2 attacks.
• Torkoal is the only non-legendary Fire-type not related by evolution to another Pokémon.
• All Fire-type Pokémon (other than Reshiram) have yellow, orange, or red color somewhere on their body.
  • Houndour and Houndoom are the only two Fire-types that are not categorized by the Pokédex as Red, Yellow, or Brown (both being categorized as Black).
• Every Fire-type starter family has at least one member whose name begins with a C.
• Of all status moves, the second least common type among them is the Fire-type, tied with Fighting- and Template:Type2s.
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl have been criticized for the severe lack of Fire-types in the Sinnoh Pokédex (the Chimchar and Ponyta lines being the only ones), which became apparent when Flint's team only had two Fire-types (the final forms of those two lines). This was fixed in Platinum with the expansion of the Sinnoh Pokédex to include the Houndour, Magmar, and Eevee families.
• Vulpix and Ninetales are the only Fire-type Pokémon whose gender ratio makes males rarer than females.
• Houndour and Houndoom are the only Pokémon with Fire as a secondary type.
• In the main Pokémon games since Generation III, the Fire-type has been represented by the color orange. However, in most other Pokémon media, the Fire-type has been associated with the color red, including the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Pokémon Stadium, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon. Ironically, one Generation III game is titled Pokémon FireRed, despite being represented by the color orange in the in-game universe. Also, many orange-colored Pokémon (especially Fire-types) are placed in the Red color category, as no orange category exists.
  • Also, the Cool attribute uses a similar shade of orange that represents the Fire-type, despite being described as red in-text. Strangely, no Fire-type moves are Cool moves.
• Until Generation V, every Fire-type Pokémon was weak against Water, being the only type that had one weakness shared among all Pokémon of that type. Reshiram, due to being a Dragon-type as well, nullifies Fire's weakness, making it currently the only Fire-type not weak to Water.
• With 5 resistances, the Fire-type has the second most resistances of all types, falling 6 short of the Steel-type's 11 resistances.
• The Magby evolutionary line is the only three-stage Fire-type line, excluding the starter Pokémon families.
• So far, Generation III is the only generation not to have introduced at least one Fire-type legendary Pokémon.
• The version mascot of every primary version, with the exception of Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Diamond, is a Fire-type Pokémon.

In other languages

• Chinese: 火 huǒ
• Czech: Ohnivý
• Dutch: Vuur
• Finnish: Tuli
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• German: Feuer
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