Flash Fire (Ability)

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

Effect

In battle

Flash Fire powers up Fire-type moves if hit by fire. This ability makes the user immune to Fire-type damage and when hit by a Fire-type move, Flash Fire will be activated. While subsequent hits by Fire-type move it will not provide a further increase in the damage of Fire-type attacks, although it will still not take any damage. This ability is not activated by the burned status unless it is caused by a move which is Fire-type. Flash Fire is not active while the user is frozen.

Outside of battle

Flash Fire has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Flash Fire

Single ability

#	Pokémon		Type
037		Vulpix	Fire		Poison
038		Ninetales	Fire		Poison
136		Flareon	Fire		Poison
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel

Dual ability

In other languages

• French: Torche
• German: Feuerfänger (means fire catcher)
• Italian: Fuocardore
• Spanish: Absor. fuego (stands for Absorbe fuego)
• Portuguese: Fogo Brilhante

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