Flash Fire (ability)

Flash Fire (Japanese: もらいび Received Fire) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Eighteen Pokémon can have this Ability, all of them of the Fire-type.

Effect

In battle

Generations III and IV

Flash Fire makes the user immune to Fire-type moves and will activate when hit by one. When activated, the power of the user's Fire-type moves is increased by 1.5×. While subsequent hits by Fire-type moves will not provide further increase in power, the user remains immune to their effects. This Ability is not activated by the burned status. Flash Fire will not work while the user is frozen.

Generation V

Flash Fire is active even if the user is frozen.

Outside of battle

Flash Fire has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Flash Fire

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Vulpix	Fire		Fire	Flash Fire	None	Drought
	Ninetales	Fire		Fire	Flash Fire	None	Drought
	Growlithe	Fire		Fire	Intimidate	Flash Fire	Justified
	Arcanine	Fire		Fire	Intimidate	Flash Fire	Justified
	Ponyta	Fire		Fire	Run Away	Flash Fire	Flame Body
	Rapidash	Fire		Fire	Run Away	Flash Fire	Flame Body
	Flareon	Fire		Fire	Flash Fire	None	Guts
	Cyndaquil	Fire		Fire	Blaze	None	Flash Fire
	Quilava	Fire		Fire	Blaze	None	Flash Fire
	Typhlosion	Fire		Fire	Blaze	None	Flash Fire
	Houndour	Dark	Fire	Early Bird	Flash Fire	Unnerve
	Houndoom	Dark	Fire	Early Bird	Flash Fire	Unnerve
	Entei	Fire		Fire	Pressure	None	Flash Fire
	Heatran	Fire	Steel	Flash Fire	None	Flame Body
	Litwick	Ghost	Fire	Flash Fire	Flame Body	Shadow Tag
	Lampent	Ghost	Fire	Flash Fire	Flame Body	Shadow Tag
	Chandelure	Ghost	Fire	Flash Fire	Flame Body	Shadow Tag
	Heatmor	Fire		Fire	Gluttony	Flash Fire	White Smoke
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation V games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

	Heatran
The user's absorbs heat from any surrounding fire or lava, powering up its Fire-type attacks.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Heatran	Heatran's body glows red and it absorbs the heat from any surrounding fire or lava, powering up its Fire-type attacks.
A wild Heatran	Pokémon Ranger: Heatran Rescue!		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 延燒 Yánshāo Finnish Välähdys French Torche German Feuerfänger Greek Λαμπερή Φωτιά Italian Fuocardore Korean 타오르는 불꽃 Taoreuneun Bulkkot Portuguese Fogo Brilhante Spanish Absor. Fuego

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