Fire (type)

The **Fire type** (Japanese: **ほのおタイプ** *Flame type*) is one of the twenty types. Prior to changes in Generation IV, all damaging Fire-type moves were special, but they may now also be physical depending on the attack.

## Battle properties

### Generation I

Fire-type Pokémon cannot be burned by Fire-type moves, which are the only moves that can inflict burn.

Damaging Fire-type moves other than Fire Spin thaw frozen targets.

### Generations II to V

In Generation II, Fire-type Pokémon cannot be burned by Fire-type moves, but they can be burned by Tri Attack. Starting in Generation III, Fire-type Pokémon cannot be burned.

In Generation II, damaging Fire-type moves other than Fire Spin thaw frozen targets. Starting in Generation III, all damaging Fire-type moves thaw frozen targets.

### Generation VI onwards

Fire-type Pokémon cannot be burned.

Damaging Fire-type moves thaw frozen targets.

The move Tar Shot doubles the effectiveness of Fire-type moves on its target.

## Characteristics

### Defense

Very few Fire-type Pokémon have a secondary type that negates their weakness to Water-type attacks. On the other hand, most Fire types can learn Solar Beam to counter all three of the type's weaknesses.

The Fire type grants immunity to burns and the sea of fire caused by Grass Pledge and Fire Pledge. It enables the use of Burn Up, though Burn Up removes the user's Fire type.

### Offense

During harsh sunlight or extremely harsh sunlight, the power of Fire-type attacks is increased by 50%. The power of Fire-type attacks is decreased by 50% during rain, while all Fire-type moves will fail during heavy rain. When Water Sport is in the effect, the power of Fire-type moves are decreased by 50%. When used under the effect of Powder, Fire attacks will damage the user by 1/4 of its max HP instead of executing normally.

Because Fire is super effective against Grass and Bug, it combines well with Ground-type attacks.

### Contest properties

In Contests, Fire-type moves are typically Beautiful moves.

## Pokémon

As of Generation AN-V, there are 32 Fire-type Pokémon or 10.49% of all Pokémon, including those that are Fire-type in at least one of their forms, such as a regional form, except through abilities like Multitype. This makes it the 6th most common type.

## Abilities

### Interacting with the Fire type

A Pokémon with Color Change, Protean, Libero, Imposter, Forecast, RKS System, or Multitype will become a Fire-type Pokémon if (respectively) it is hit with a Fire-type move, uses a Fire-type move, is sent out against a Fire-type opponent, if the weather is sunny, if it is holding a Fire Memory, or if it is holding a Flame Plate or Firium Z.

Fire-type Pokémon are also immune to becoming burned from the Abilities Flame Body or Synchronize.

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### Exclusive Abilities

Only Fire-type Pokémon can have these Abilities. This does not include signature Abilities.

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## Notable Fire-type Trainers

Main pages: Category:Fire-type Trainers and Category:Fire-type Trainers

## In the TCG

Main article: Fire (TCG)
Similar to the games, Fire-type Pokémon in the TCG are generally weak to Water with no resistances. Fire-type Pokémon are strong against Grass and Metal Pokémon, whilst Colorless Pokémon can resist this type.

## Trivia

* Generation V introduced the most Fire-type Pokémon of any generation, with 17 (including Heat Rotom and Zen Mode Darmanitan), and Generation IV introduced the fewest, with five.
* Generation V introduced the most Fire-type moves of any generation, with 11, and Generation VI introduced the fewest, with only one.
	+ The Fire type, tied with the Dragon-type, also has the fewest number of non-damaging moves out of all of the types, with only two.
* Fire was the last type to receive a Pokémon with Water as the other type, only receiving one with Volcanion in Generation VI.
* In

## Fire (type)

, there are only two evolutionary lines of Fire-type Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex (the Chimchar and Ponyta evolutionary lines). In

## Fire (type)

, this was changed with the expansion of the Sinnoh Pokédex to include the Houndour and Magmar families, as well as Flareon.
* In the core series Pokémon games since Generation III, the Fire type has been represented by the color orange. However, in most other Pokémon media, including the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the Pokémon Stadium series, and the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, the Fire type has been associated with the color red.
	+ Also, the Cool condition uses the same shade of orange in its status screen icon as the Fire type's icon does, despite being described as red in-text.
* According to Pokédex, the hottest Pokémon are Magcargo and Camerupt, both can reach 18,000°F (10,000°C).
* Similar to Ice-type moves, all Fire-type moves were Beautiful moves in Generation III.
* Generation II is the only generation to have not introduced a Fire-type specialist.
* The Fire type is able to deal the highest type-based multiplier. This is possible in harsh sunlight against a dual-type Pokémon with Fluffy whose both types are weak to Fire-type attacks and that has been affected by Forest's Curse and Tar Shot. This would result in a 48× multiplier.
	+ The effects of Flash Fire and Blaze can further boost this to a 72× power multiplier.
	+ It can also achieve the lowest non-zero type-based multiplier. This is possible in rain against a dual-type Pokémon whose both types resist Fire-type attacks, with Thick Fat, Heatproof, or Water Bubble while Water Sport is in effect. This would result in a 0.02065× multiplier.