Flame Wheel (move)

Flame Wheel かえんぐるま Flame Wheel

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Battles Type  Fire Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Flame Wheel on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Flame Wheel on Eevee's Movedex

Flame Wheel (Japanese: かえんぐるま Flame Wheel) is a damage-dealing Fire-type 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.

Description

Games Description Stad2 A Fire-type attack. Has a one-in-ten chance of inflicting a burn on the target. GSC An attack that may cause a burn. RSEColo.XD A fiery charge attack that may inflict a burn. FRLG The user makes a fiery charge at the foe. It may cause a burn. DPPtHGSS The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the foe. It may also leave the target with a burn. BWB2W2Conq The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the target. It may also leave the target with a burn.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire	34			31			20				20	17
077		Ponyta	Fire		Fire	no			no					15	13
078		Rapidash	Fire		Fire	no			no					15	13
155		Cyndaquil	Fire		Fire	27			27			19				19
156		Quilava	Fire		Fire	31			31			20				20
157		Typhlosion	Fire		Fire	31			31			20				20
390		Chimchar	Fire		Fire	no			no			17				17
391		Monferno	Fire	Fighting	no			no			19				19
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting	no			no			21				21
636		Larvesta	Bug	Fire	no			no			no				60
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
019		Rattata	Normal		Normal
077		Ponyta	Fire		Fire
554		Darumaka	Fire		Fire	no			no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Conquest

Flame Wheel is the only move of Monferno, Darumaka, and Larvesta.

In the anime

Infernape	Quilava	Typhlosion	Arcanine
The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Arcanine	Arcanine runs at the opponent and its whole body becomes enveloped in flames. It then tackles the opponent.
Gary's Arcanine	Extreme Pokémon!		Debut
Typhlosion	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
Quilava	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 engulfed in flames. It then rolls into the opponent.
Macy's Quilava	Love, Pokémon Style		None
Clark's Quilava	Shocks and Bonds		None
Ryan's Quilava	The Champ Twins!		None
Dawn's Quilava	Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!		None
Chimchar	Chimchar's body becomes surrounded by flames and it somersaults 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 somersault, and rolls into the opponent.
A Chimchar Dawn imagined	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
Ash's Chimchar	When Pokémon Worlds Collide!		None
Monferno	Monferno's body becomes surrounded in fire and it starts to somersault. Monferno then rolls into the opponent, or Monferno releases a red-orange flame out of its mouth while somersaulting, and rolls into the opponent.
A Monferno Angie used briefly	Camping it Up!		None
Ash's Monferno	Evolving Strategies!		None
Growlithe	Growlithe jumps into the air and releases a red-orange flame from its mouth while somersaulting, rolling into the opponent.
Officer Jenny's Growlithe	Beating the Hustle and Bustle!		None
Cyndaquil	Cyndaquil ignites the flames on its back and somersaults in the air, rolling into the opponent.
Dawn's Cyndaquil	Gone With the Windworks!		None
Ash's Cyndaquil	An Old Family Blend!		None
Infernape	Infernape jumps into the air and somersaults. The flame on its head then extends and covers its entire body. Infernape then rolls into the opponent.
Ash's Infernape	Flint Sparks the Fire!		None
Narissa's Ditto Two in the form of Infernape	Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!		Used via Transform

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Monferno	Rapidash	Typhlosion and Arcanine	Quilava
The user hits the opponent with fire from their body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Quilava	Quilava hits the opponent with two streams of fire sent from the flames on its head and backside.
Gold's Exbo	Delibird Delivery - 2		Debut
Typhlosion	Typhlosion fires a ball of fire from the flame on its back at the opponent.
Gold's Exbo	Lugia and Ho-Oh on the Loose (Part 1)		None
Arcanine	Arcanine releases a ball of fire from its mouth at the opponent.
Crys's Archy	Lugia and Ho-Oh on the Loose (Part 1)		None
Rapidash	The flames from Rapidash's mane grows larger and forms a ring in front of its body.
Crys's Rapidash	VS. Milotic		None
Monferno	Monferno crouches down and its upper body becomes surrounded in flames. It then tackles the opponent.
Pearl's Chimler	Magnificent Meditite & Really Riolu II		None
Infernape	The flame on the top of Infernape's head reaches out and splits into two. The flame on the top part hits the opponent, and the bottom flame comes out underneath its body and also hits the opponent.
Pearl's Chimler	VS. Cradily		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 火焰輪 Huǒyàn Lún Danish Flammehjul Dutch Vlamwiel Finnish Liekkipyörä French Roue de Feu German Flammenrad Greek Φλεγόμενος Τροχός Hindi आग का पहिया Aag ka paheeya Indonesian Roda Api Italian Ruotafuoco Korean 화염자동차 Hwayeom Jadongcha Portuguese Brazil Roda de Fogo Portugal Roda de Fogo (Pokémon Chronicles, Diamond and Pearl Series) Romanian Roata de Foc Serbian Plameni Točak Spanish Latin America Rueda de Fuego Spain Rueda Fuego

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