Guide:Cinderace Strategies

### Support

Cinderace is a Pokemon that attacks at a distance from its opponents while also accelerating its attack speed. Cinderace isn't the destructive type at first. However, once it matures, it can deal a ton of DPS.

## Move Tips

### Ability

####  Blaze

A cinder meter will emerge next to the opponent every moment you strike a target with one of your Standard Attacks. When the meter is filled with up to three (3) cinders, the target will flare up and gradually lose damage. Utilize this by concentrating on a single target to rapidly deplete their HP. Cinderace's critical rate and attack speed briefly rise at 50% HP or less. This enables you to experience a boost in strength that can help you win a close battle. In order to enhance your chances of taking out the opponent before they do, try not to turn your back on the target and keep fighting if the situation is not urgent enough.

### Move List 1

####  Ember

Ember, a damage move used by Cinderace in the early stages of the game, allows you to quickly farm wild Pokemon. Cinderace's Boosted Attack meter will immediately fill up after using the move. To increase your damage output, be sure to take advantage of this by utilising Ember when your enhanced meter is empty.

####  Blaze Kick

Blaze Kick's damage can be increased by using it on enemies while having three stacks of your passive, just like  Pyro Ball. Because a critical strike is assured, this is an excellent strategy for eliminating targets. Since Cinderace spins backwards after performing Blaze Kick, putting distance between you and the opponent, it is a good weapon for disengaging foes. Once the move has been enhanced, you can burst your victim down more quickly because of the faster attack speed. Additionally, you can avoid some attacks by using the Unstoppable condition effect of Blaze Kick. You can also use Blaze Kick to stop some moves because it also temporarily stuns enemies.

####  Pyro Ball

If you cast Pyro Ball on enemies that have three stacks of  Blaze, Blaze's damage will be added on top of Pyro Ball's damage, increasing your ability to do damage. This is a wonderful approach to instantly take down opponents or at the very least, deplete a significant portion of their HP. In some circumstances, manually aiming Pyro Ball is preferable to using the auto-lock mechanism. An illustration would be when Pyro Ball is used at an angle on a moving target.

### Move List 2

####  Low Sweep

Low Sweep allows you to consistently cover short distances because of its excellent mobility. You may ambush opponents standing in tall grass by using the move to overcome walls.

####  Feint

You can employ Feint to entirely dodge damage and effects after luring foes into performing their attacks on you since you temporarily become invincible. The move can also be utilised to avoid Sure Hit attacks like Pikachu's  Electro Ball.

####  Flame Charge

 Low Sweep's more potent variation, Flame Charge, has a wall-climbing ability. Depending on the circumstance, you can use it either offensively or defensively. To kite adversaries, especially melee Pokemon, keep in mind that an upgraded Flame Charge offers a slow on your subsequent enhanced attack.

### Unite Move

####  Blazing Bicycle Kick

Use the great range of Blazing Bicycle Kick to eliminate opponents outside of your assault area, particularly high-priority targets. Since the move provides AoE damage to foes clustered together, you can also use it on them. Consider manually aiming Blazing Bicycle Kick by disabling aim assist if you want to select a specific target. When attempting to steal Boss Pokemon from the opposing side, this is helpful.

## Strengths / Weaknesses

* Standard Attack and moves have long range.
* Highly mobile.
* Depends on range and mobility to compensate for low endurance.

## Recommended Builds

### Carry

By combining damage and mobility with  Blaze Kick and  Flame Charge, this build aims to transform Cinderace into a late-game damage monster. You have all the firepower you need to win the game through damage, attack speed, and critical hits thanks to Muscle Band, Scope Lens, and Razor Claw. Buddy Barrier should be used in favour of Razor Claw if you require extra durability. In addition to your moveset, Eject Button increases your mobility, enabling you to play both defensively and offensively. You can also use Full Heal to avoid CC moves.

6  Brown emblems, 4 White. Emblems that increase Critical-Hit Rate should be worn because this build focuses entirely on damage. Sp. Atk can be freely traded.

Flame Charge

**Negative Stats**
* Sp. Atk
* **Critical-Hit Rate**: +8.1%
* **Critical-Hit Damage**: +12%
* **Attack Speed**: +7.50%

### Pyro Ball

The damage output of  Pyro Ball is the main emphasis of this construct. However, this build's damaging effect may have changed owing to patch changes. You can deal enough damage with your normal strikes thanks to Muscle Band, Scope Lens, and critical hits. Buddy Barrier provides you some toughness through higher HP and toughness through shields. Buddy Barrier can be swapped out for Focus Band, which trades HP for static protections. Additionally, it aids in early-game lane survival. The default fight item for the build is Eject Button, which gives you some working mobility.

Six Brown Emblems for maximum damage, three Red emblems for a little bit of Attack Speed, and one emblem of any color should make up your boost emblem loadout. Emblems that increase Attack or Critical-Hit Rate should be worn because the Pyro Ball construct is designed to do as much damage as possible. Movement Speed and Special Attack can be freely traded.

Feint
* Critical-Hit Rate

**Negative Stats**
* Sp. Atk
* Movement Speed
* **Critical-Hit Rate**: +6%
* **Critical-Hit Damage**: +12%
* **Attack Speed**: +7.50%
* **HP**: +450

## Recommended Held Items

Muscle Band
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Rapid Fire Scarf

## Levelling Up

* Clear the initial wave of jungle camps as quickly as you can to reach level 5
 6-9
* Help out bottom this time, securing Altaria and Swablu when they spawn, ambushing enemies, and scoring points if possible
* Try to reach level 9 to get  Blazing Bicycle Kick when or before Regice, Registeel, or Regirock arrives.
 10+
* Save  Blazing Bicycle Kick for stealing Rayquaza or winning the teamfight to secure it.
* You can also try to defeat Rayquaza by yourself while your allies deal with the enemy team.

## Hard Counters

A list of Pokemon Cinderace users should be aware of.

* A full activation of  Belch easily pressures Cinderace's HP.
 Absol | Danger Level: * Can assassinate Cinderace with  Sucker Punch or  Night Slash.
 Machamp | Danger Level: * Can soak up enough damage to get close with  Submission or  Dynamic Punch.
* Can disable Cinderace, preventing escapes.

## References

* All credit for this information: https://game8.co/games/Pokemon-UNITE