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, if the user is frozen, heal its condition, and then inflict damage on the target. It is one of only two moves to do so, the other being Flame Wheel. 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	85
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Despite Sacred Fire's change to Physical damage, its animation in DPPt still resembles that of a Special Attack.
• 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 Generation IV, this move is learned at an even higher level, 85.

In other languages

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

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