Blast Burn (move)

Blast Burn ブラストバーン Blast Burn

The foe is razed by a fiery explosion. The user must rest on the next turn, however.

Battles Type  Fire Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  150 Accuracy  90% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Move tutor in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Move tutor in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Move tutor in Pokémon Platinum

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jams the others, and misses one turn of appeals.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Blast Burn on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Blast Burn on Eevee's Movedex

Blast Burn (Japanese: ブラストバーン Blast Burn) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Blast Burn inflicts damage and then forces the user to recharge during the next turn. Unless this attack misses, the user will always have to recharge.

Learnset

Generation III

By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, an elderly woman on Cape Brink will teach Charizard Blast Burn. Like Hydro Cannon and Frenzy Plant, the Pokémon must have a very high happiness rating.

#		Pokémon	Type
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#		Pokémon	Type		Obtained in
155		Cyndaquil	Fire		Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By move tutor

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and Pokémon Platinum

An elderly man, much like the woman on Cape Brink, appears on Route 228 in the Battle Zone, and will teach it to the three fully evolved Fire starters of the previous generations, as well as Infernape. He will also require that the Pokémon that is to learn the move has a high happiness rating.

#		Pokémon	Type
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying
157		Typhlosion	Fire
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Smeargle is the only Pokémon that is not a Fire-type starter Pokémon able to learn Blast Burn, due to Sketch.
• Mew, though repeatedly said on the Pokédex to be able to learn any move, is not able to learn Blast Burn because it can only be taught to Fire-type starter Pokémon.
• Blast Burn is the only one out of the starter Pokémon type Hyper Beam variations that has not yet been shown in the anime.

In other languages

• French: Rafale Feu
• German: Lohekanonade
• Italian: Incendio
• Spanish: Anillo Igneo

Variations on the move Hyper Beam
	Giga Impact | Rock Wrecker
	Hyper Beam | Blast Burn | Frenzy Plant Hydro Cannon | Roar of Time

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.