Flare Blitz (move)

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Flare Blitz
フレアドライブ Flare Drive

The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the foe. The user sustains serious damage, too.

Battles

Type	Fire
Category	Physical
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	120
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe
Self	Ally
May affect anyone but the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation IV
Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests

Category	Smart
Appeal	8 `♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥`
Jam	0

Super Contests

Category	Smart
Appeal	2 `♥♥`
Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Flare Blitz (Japanese: フレアドライブ Flare Drive) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Flare Blitz inflicts damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to 1/3 of the damage done to the target. This move has a 10% chance of burning the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation IV

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
006	Charizard	Fire	Flying	66
058	Growlithe	Fire		48
077	Ponyta	Fire		48^DP
077	Ponyta	Fire		46^Pt
078	Rapidash	Fire		58^DP
078	Rapidash	Fire		56^Pt
256	Combusken	Fire	Fighting	54
257	Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	66
391	Monferno	Fire	Fighting	49
392	Infernape	Fire	Fighting	57
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon	Type	Father
004	Charmander	Fire	Charizard
037	Vulpix	Fire	Growlithe Ponyta, Rapidash Combusken, Blaziken Monferno, Infernape
058	Growlithe	Fire	Growlithe Ponyta, Rapidash Combusken, Blaziken Monferno, Infernape
155	Cyndaquil	Fire	Growlithe Ponyta, Rapidash Combusken, Blaziken Monferno, Infernape
240	Magby	Fire	Monferno, Infernape
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.