Flame Body (ability)

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Flame Body
ほのおのからだ

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Generation III	Burns the foe on contact.
Generation IV	Contact with the Pokémon may burn the foe.

Flame Body (Japanese: ほのおのからだ Flame Body) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Five Pokémon have this ability, all of them Fire-type.

Effect

Flame Body's effect on Pikachu

In battle

When a Pokémon with Flame Body is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 30% chance that the attacking foe will become burned.

Outside of battle

In Pokémon Emerald and games afterward, this ability halves the number of steps it takes for an egg to hatch. In order for this to work, both the Pokémon with Flame Body and the egg must be present in the party. Magma Armor also has a similar effect.