Blast Burn (move)

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Blast Burn
ブラストバーン Blast Burn
Type  Fire
Category  Special
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  150
Accuracy  90%
Priority  0
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jams the others, and misses one turn of appeals.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Blast Burn (Japanese: ブラストバーン Blast Burn) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Blast Burn inflicts damage and then forces the user to recharge during the next turn. Unless this attack misses, the user will always have to recharge.

Learnset

Generation III

By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, an elderly woman on Cape Brink will teach Charizard Blast Burn. Like Hydro Cannon and Frenzy Plant, the Pokémon must have a very high happiness rating.

#   Pokémon Type
0006 Charizard Charizard
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.


Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0155 Cyndaquil Cyndaquil
Fire Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
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 move tutor

In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver
  • An elderly man, much like the woman on Cape Brink, appears on Route 228 in the Battle Zone, and will teach it to the three fully evolved Template:Type2 starters of the previous generations, as well as Infernape. He will also require that the Pokémon that is to learn the move has a high happiness rating.
#   Pokémon Type
0006 Charizard Charizard
Fire Flying
0157 Typhlosion Typhlosion
Fire
0257 Blaziken Blaziken
Fire Fighting
0392 Infernape Infernape
Fire Fighting
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 V

By move tutor

In Pokémon Black and White

In Black and White, the Move Tutor that can teach Blast Burn appears in a house on Route 13, and will teach it to the four fully evolved Template:Type2 starters of the previous generations, as well as Enbuoo. Like in previous generations, this move tutor will require that the Pokémon he teaches the move to has a high happiness rating.


#   Pokémon Type
0006 Charizard Charizard
Fire Flying
0157 Typhlosion Typhlosion
Fire
0257 Blaziken Blaziken
Fire Fighting
0392 Infernape Infernape
Fire Fighting
0500 Enbuoo Enbuoo
Fire Fighting
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

  • Smeargle is the only Pokémon that is not a Template:Type2 starter Pokémon able to learn Blast Burn, due to Sketch.
  • Mew, though repeatedly said on the Pokédex to be able to learn any move, is not able to learn Blast Burn because the tutors only want to teach it to Fire-type starter Pokémon.
  • Blast Burn is the only Variant of Hyper Beam not to be used in the anime.
  • In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, the Pokémon's IQ must be over 3-3.5 to learn Blast Burn at Level 72.
  • Despite being called Blast Burn in numerous languages, it cannot inflict the Burn status ailment at all.
  • Despite being called the strongest Fire-type move, V-Generate has a base power of 180, 30 more than Blast Burn

In other languages

  • Dutch: Vlamschot
  • French: Rafale Feu
  • German: Lohekanonade
  • Italian: Incendio
  • Spanish: Anillo Igneo
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Explosão de Chamas


Variations of the move Hyper Beam
PhysicalIC HOME.png Giga ImpactRock Wrecker
SpecialIC HOME.png Hyper BeamBlast BurnHydro CannonFrenzy PlantRoar of Time


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