Sacred Fire (move)

Sacred Fire せいなるほのお Sacred Fire

The foe is razed with a mystical fire of great intensity. It may also leave the target with a burn.

Battles Type  Fire Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  100 Accuracy  95% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make 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 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 ♥♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Sacred Fire on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Sacred Fire on Eevee's Movedex

Sacred Fire (Japanese: せいなるほのお Sacred Fire) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation II. It is Ho-Oh's signature move. Unlike most moves that can cause status problems, this move has a 50% chance of burning the opponent, as opposed to the usual 10%-30%.

Effect

Sacred Fire will thaw out the user if it is frozen, and then inflict damage on the target. It also has a 50% chance of burning the target.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 250 Ho-Oh 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.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 77 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 leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 85DPPt 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 43HGSS Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

The foe is razed with a mystical fire of great intensity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Ho-Oh	Ho-oh releases a rose colored flame from its beak at the opponent.
A wild Ho-Oh	Pop Goes the Sneasel		Debut

Trivia

• Despite Sacred Fire's change to Physical damage, its animation in DPPt still resembles that of a Special Attack.
  • This may be to take advantage of Ho-oh's higher Attack stat, as it is still its Signature move.
• Ho-Oh learns this move at level 1 in Generation II. However, in Generation III, it learns this move at the high level of 77. In Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, this move is learned at an even higher level, 85.
• Sacred Fire is the only damaging attack with a chance of burning the opponent greater than 30%.

In other languages

• Spanish: Fuegosagrado
• Italian: Magifuoco
• German: Läuterfeuer
• French: Feu sacré
• Brazilian Portuguese: Fogo Sagrado

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