Flame Wheel (move)
| Flame Wheel かえんぐるま Flame Wheel | ||||||||||||
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Flame Wheel (Japanese: かえんぐるま Flame Wheel) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.
Effect
Flame Wheel will thaw out the user if it is frozen, and then inflict damage on the target. Flame Wheel also has a 10% chance of burning the target.
Learnset
Generation II
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0019
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| style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077
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| style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire
| style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0019
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| style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077
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| style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire
| style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0019
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire
| style="background: #FFF" | Growlithe, Arcanine
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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In the anime
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| The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the foe. | |||
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Arcanine runs at the opponent and its whole body becomes enveloped in flames. It then tackles the opponent. | ||
| Gary's Arcanine | Extreme Pokémon! | Debut | |
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Typhlosion runs towards the opponent and its body becomes surrounded in flames. It then tackles the opponent. | ||
| Jimmy's Typhlosion | The Legend of Thunder! | None | |
| Mr. Moore's Typhlosion | Poetry Commotion! | None | |
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Quilava runs at the opponent and its body becomes engulfed in flames. It then tackles the opponent, or Quilava spins around in the air and its body becomes ingulfed in flames. It then rolls into the opponent. | ||
| Macey's Quilava | Love, Pokémon Style | None | |
| Clark's Quilava | Shocks and Bonds | None | |
| Ryan's Quilava | The Champ Twins! | None | |
| Ash's Quilava | DP182 | None | |
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Chimchar's body becomes surrounded by flames and it summersaults in the air, spinning at the opponent and hitting it, or Chimchar releases fire out of its mouth while at the same time starts doing a summersault, and rolls into the opponent. While Blaze is activated, the large flames on its backside curl around and envelope Chimchar's body while Chimchar summersaults, and it rolls into the opponent with great force. | ||
| A Chimchar Dawn imagined | Following a Maiden's Voyage! | None | |
| Ash's Chimchar | When Pokémon Worlds Collide! | None | |
| Chimchar of Team Poképals | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness | None | |
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Monferno's body becomes surrounded in fire and it starts to summersault. Monferno then rolls into the opponent, or Monferno releases a red-orange flame out of its mouth while sumersaulting, and rolls into the opponent. | ||
| A Monferno Angie used briefly | Camping it Up! | None | |
| Ash's Monferno | Evolving Strategies! | None | |
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Growlithe jumps into the air and releases a red-orange flame from its mouth while sumersaulting, rolling into the opponent. | ||
| Officer Jenny's Growlithe | Beating the Hustle and Bustle! | None | |
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Cyndaquil ignites the flames on its back and it sumersaults in the air, turning into a fire wheel and rolling into the opponent. | ||
| Dawn's Cyndaquil | Gone With the Windworks! | None | |
| Ash's Cyndaquil | DP182 | None | |
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Flames blaze from Infernape's head, it then engulfs itself into a fire wheel. | ||
| Ash's Infernape | DP163 | None | |
| Makina's Ditto in the form of Infernape | DP173 | None | |
Trivia
- Rattata is the only Pokémon to learn Flame Wheel that does not gain STAB.
- Monferno and Infernape are the first, and only dual-type Pokémon to learn Flame Wheel.
In other languages
- Portuguese: Roda de Fogo
- Spanish: Rueda Fuego.
- Italian: Ruotafuoco.
- German: Flammenrad
- French: Roue de feu
- Danish Flamme Hjul
- Dutch: Vlamwiel
- Hindi: Aag ka paeeya
- Brazilian Portuguese: Roda de Fogo
