Fire (type)

The **Fire type** is one of the eighteen types. Fire-type moves are super-effective against Bug-, Grass-, Ice- and Steel-type Pokémon, while Fire-type Pokémon are weak to Ground-, Rock- and Water-type moves.

## 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. Fire has six resistances, the second most of any type after the Steel-type. Five of these resistances are shared with Steel, making Fire/Steel the type combination with the most double resistances.

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 effect, the power of Fire-type moves is decreased by 67%. 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.

## Pokémon

There are 1 Fire-type Pokémon or 3.13% of all Pokémon (counting those that are Fire-type in at least one of their forms, including Primal Reversion and regional forms), making it the 7th most common type after Bug and before Dark and Poison.

The Pokémon below are listed by their current types. Some Pokémon have had their types changed.

## Abilities

### Interacting with the Fire type

A Pokémon with Protean or Libero will become a Fire-type Pokémon if it uses a Fire-type move. A Pokémon with Color Change, Imposter, Forecast, RKS System or Multitype will become a Fire-type Pokémon if (respectively) it is hit with 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.

### Exclusive Abilities

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

## Trivia

* Unova introduced the most Fire-type Pokémon of any region, with 17 (including Heat Rotom and Zen Mode Darmanitan), and Sinnoh introduced the fewest, with five.
* The Fire type, tied with the Dragon type, has the fewest number of non-damaging moves out of all of the types, with only two.
* Fire is the last type to receive a Pokémon with Water as the other type, only receiving one with Volcanion in Kalos.
* The hottest Pokémon are Magcargo and Camerupt, both of which can reach internal temperatures of 18,000 °F (10,000 °C). Incidentally, both Pokémon can also have the Ability Magma Armor.
* Johto is the only region to not feature 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, non-Grass-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× (~1/48) multiplier.
* In every Egg Group containing a Fire-type Pokémon, there are at least two Fire-type evolutionary lines. Fire is the only type with this distinction.
* The Fire-type has been paired with every type except Fairy, Grass and Ice-type.
* The Fire type is the only type without a Pokémon in the Water 1 Egg Group.