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Paul's Ursaring burned

Burn is one of the five major status ailments in the Pokémon games. Generally, if a Pokémon is burned, it will lose a set amount of HP every turn, and its Attack will be halved. The burn status is evidently associated closely with the Fire type, since most moves which can burn belong to this type, Pokémon of this type are immune to burns, and the Fire-type Pokémon exclusive Flame Body has a chance to burn on contact.

Effect

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Pictures of a Pokémon being burnt in each generation

In general, a burned Pokémon will lose HP every turn, and its attack stat will be halved. The specifics work differently between generations.

Generation I

Red, Blue, and Yellow

In Red, Blue, and Yellow Versions, a Pokémon loses 1/16 of its total HP every turn, after it attacks. Its attack stat is also halved.

There are also two irregularities:

• If a burned Pokémon's Attack stat is modified (either up or down), the game will ignore the attack drop from the burn.
• The decrease in Attack doesn't disappear when the Pokémon is cured of the burn through Rest.

Pokémon Stadium

Pokémon Stadium is the same as Red, Blue, and Yellow Versions, but the irregularities from said handheld games are fixed.

Pokémon Stadium also contains two irregularities:

• If an already-burned Pokémon is switched in, it will not lose HP in that same turn.
• Haze will remove its user's attack decrease even while still burned.

Generation II

Same as Generation I, but a burned Pokémon now loses 1/8 of its total HP each turn, after it attacks. All irregularities from Generation I were fixed.

Generations III and IV

Like in Generation II, a burned Pokémon has its attack halved, and loses 1/8 of its total HP each turn, but only until the end of the turn.

Generation V

When a Pokémon is burnt, it will now glow red in battle.

Causes

Moves

A Pokémon can be burned when struck by any of the following moves. There is only one move, Will-O-Wisp, whose primary effect is to burn the opponent; all other moves listed below burn as a secondary effect.

Other causes

A Pokémon has a 30% chance of being burned after making contact with one with the Flame Body ability. If a Pokémon holds the Flame Orb, it will be burned at the end of the turn. It can also be burned if it directly burns a Pokémon with Synchronize.

Prevention and curing

A burn can be cured with the use of a Burn Heal, Kuo Berry (Generation III only), or a Rawst Berry (Ice Berry in Generation II). In addition, like all other major status ailments, it can be cured by the items Full Heal, Lava Cookie, Full Restore, Old Gateau, Heal Powder, Lum Berry and Sacred Ash. Refresh and Rest also remove the burn status ailment from the user, while Heal Bell* and Aromatherapy removes it from all Pokémon in the party. A Pokémon with Natural Cure will be cured upon switching out, one with the Hydration ability will be cured whilst it is raining, and one with Shed Skin has a 1/3 chance of being cured every turn. Similarly, any Pokémon who Traces or Role Plays these abilities can also use them to their advantage.

A Pokémon with the ability Heatproof will only lose 1/16 of its HP each turn, instead of 1/8th. Those with Guts are immune to the attack-reducing side effect (in addition of the regular attack increase), while Pokémon with Magic Guard are immune to the HP loss. Template:Type2 Pokémon are, for the most part, immune to being burned, although if their type is changed through a move like Waterlog, and is then burned and switched out to return the type to Fire, the burn status will remain. Those with the Water Veil ability are completely immune.

Advantages

While a burn, like all major status ailments, has primarily negative effects, it can be advantageous to have it in certain conditions. Pokémon with Guts, Marvel Scale, and Quick Feet will have their Attack, Defense, and Speed increased, respectively, when burned (or poisoned or paralyzed). A Pokémon with the Overload ability will have its Special Attack raised. In addition, the base power of Facade is doubled (from 70 to 140) when inflicted with any of these three status ailments.

The burn status also adds a 1.5x multiplier to the catch rate of any given Pokémon.

Other game effects

Several abilities can be circumvented when a Pokémon is burnt, including Clear Body, which usually prevents status reduction, still takes on the drop in attack caused by a burn.

If a burnt Pokémon with the ability Trace or Role Play gains the ability Water Veil the burn will be removed, but once the ability is lost, the burn will return.

If a Pokémon is badly poisoned and burnt, the recurrent damage caused each time is higher than normal due to the game mechanics, for more information see here

In Generation I due to a Glitch Pokémon, a move can be used called Super Glitch. This move causes an effect in the battle known as the TMTRAINER effect, part of which is to burn the opposing Pokémon.

In Pokémon Emerald, when the player is inside the Battle Pyramid, the types of Pokémon encountered on each floor follow a set of categories, one of these categories is Pokémon with moves that burn.

In the Generation IV games, Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver, at the Battle Arcade, one of the effects caused by the roulette is the burn status (unless of the Fire-type or the Water Veil ability). This will last for a single battle.

In other media

In side games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

The Mystery Dungeon series introduces a new way for Pokémon to be burned, as well as a new way for it to be avoided. The Pokémon will lose 5 HP at the end of its next turn, and every 20 turns after that. Pokémon on water tiles cannot be burnt. Burns can be healed by stepping on water tiles (even by Pokémon for which this would normally cause a warp). In certain dungeons there is a special type of tile called a 'lava tile', which only Template:Type2 Pokémon, Pokémon who fly or levitate, and Pokémon with the IQ skill All-Terrain Hiker can walk through. However, a Pokémon that is not a Fire-type or that does not have the Lava Walker IQ Skill will be burned when walking through lava. Strangely, those that have the Float terrain ability are also burned when going over lava tiles.

The effect of Guts also differs slightly, giving a 100% bonus to physical attack, provided that the Pokémon has a major status affliction. Pokémon with Natural Cure will suffer the effects of burn for up to five turns before being cured, whereas those with Self-Curer will only be burnt for ten turns.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, certain trade items can also cause the burn status to be passed onto an attacking Pokémon, this includes the Fire Collar when held by a Flareon, and the Ember Cap when held by any member of the Chimchar evolution line.

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky special mission Today's "Oh My Gosh", Sunflora is tasked to capture a Haunter who has the ability to get back up after fainting. The mission is close to the Hot Spring so there will be a lot of fire Pokémon who could burn Sunflora around. Several times during the mission Sunflora does get burnt by two Slugma, as well as by some fire and magma in the cave. Despite this she beats the three Haunter and is given a Sun Scarf by Officer Magnezone to help with her fire weakness.

Artwork of Torchic using the Burn field move.

Pokémon Ranger

Burn is a field move in the Pokémon Ranger series, meaning it is used for the removal of obstacles. This is due to the lack of actual Pokémon battles in the game. However, Fire Poké Assists have the ability to create a ring of fire around the opponent, stunning them for a few seconds when they run into it.

My Pokémon Ranch

One of the toys the player can place in their ranch is called the Bonfire. Pokémon, as well as Miis that get too close to it are at risk of being burned.

In the anime

Many instances of burns over the course of the anime have been not in regards to the status condition, but as a general reference, like fire burning when it's hot. As a status condition there has been only a few appearances in the series. The first of such cases was in Going, Going, Yawn where Ash's Treecko is burned by Flannery's Slugma's during a gym battle.

The next occurrence in the series is during Evolving Strategies!, during a battle in which Ash's Pikachu was burned when using a Quick Attack against Paul's Magmortar due to its Flame Body ability.

Whilst Barry's Hitmonlee was fighting Paul's Ursaring during their battle at the Lily of the Valley Conference in the episode Casting a Paul on Barry! Hitmonlee managed to hit Ursaring with its Blaze Kick causing a burn; however this also activated Ursaring's ability, Guts causing a swift defeat to Hitmonlee.

In Familiarity Breeds Strategy! during the full battle between Ash and Paul at the Lily of the Valley Conference, Ash's Infernape managed to burn Paul's Aggron using Flare Blitz.

During the conclusion of the full battle between Ash and Paul at the Lily of the Valley Conference in DP188, Ash's Gliscor manages to burn Paul's Drapion with its Fire Fang, causing it to faint due to the previous damage it had already sustained.

In the manga

Pokémon Special

In VS. Kyogre & Groudon IX Brawly's Machoke is burned by the illusions created by Mack's Slugma when they are battling.

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

During a battle between Rocco's Magmortar and Hiori's Lucario in Challenge From A Rival, Lucario gets burned by Magmortar's Flame Body ability, after several strategies to defeat the difficult opponent, Lucario uses the burn it received to its advantage, using the combined abilities of aura-sensing to see through Magmortar's Smokescreen and the use of the move Facade (which was strengthened due to the burn), Lucario managed to knock out Magmortar using a surprise attack.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team

In the second chapter of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team, Ginji and Mudkip encounter a Xatu at the Hill of the Ancients which can foresee the future, when they first approach them however, he is in the process of viewing the future, and doesn't respond to the their calls. To try and get its attention Ginji launches a Flamethrower, burning Xatu. Mudkip then puts out the flames with Water Gun. When Xatu comes too though, the flames start up again, burning it.

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  Brawly's Machoke burn in Pokémon Special.

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  Lucario's burn in Phantom Thief Pokémon 7.

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  Xatu's burn in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team.

In the TCG

Main article: Special Conditions

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Pictures of a Pokémon card with a burn marker

Burning is one of the five special conditions recognised in the Trading Card Game. It was officially recognised as a status condition during the 2002 release of the Expedition Base Set. It can be argued that the burning condition started in the Neo Genesis set, where Quilava's Char attack caused the exact same condition, however it was not officially recognised as a special condition.

Once burned, a burn marker needs to be placed on the Pokémon and a coin must be flipped between turns. If it lands on heads, no damage occurs to the Pokémon, but if tails, two damage counters are placed on the card. Unlike in the games, special conditions are not necessarily mutually exclusive, allowing Pokémon to experience several special conditions all at once. Burning can also prevent Poké-Powers from working, but leaves most Poké-Bodies unaffected.

In the TCG there are few ways to remove a burn; including evolving a Pokémon, returning a Pokémon to the player's bench, using specific attacks or using selected trainer cards on the affected Pokémon.

In the TFG

Burning was never officially introduced in the Trading Figure Game as a status condition due to the cancellation of the project. However there are references to its future introduction in the Corsola figure and the X Accuracy card from the Riptide Starter Set. The card infers that burn would have had something to do with the miss value.

In information discovered after the cancellation of the Unnamed Third Set, it was heavily implied that the burn status was planned for an official release in this set, as evidenced by three of the unreleased figurines.