Flame Body (Ability)

Flame Body (Japanese: ほのおのからだ Flame Body) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Fourteen Pokémon have this ability, all of them Template:Type2.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with Flame Body is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 30% chance that the attacking foe will become burned.

Outside of battle

In Pokémon Emerald and all subsequent games, it also halves the number of steps it takes for an egg to hatch. Both the Pokémon with Flame Body and the egg must be in the party in order for this to work. Magma Armor also has a similar effect. However this effect will not stack up if multiple Pokémon with Flame Body and Magma Armor are in the party.

Pokémon with Flame Body

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0077		Ponyta	Fire		Fire	Run Away	Flash Fire	Flame Body
0078		Rapidash	Fire		Fire	Run Away	Flash Fire	Flame Body
0126		Magmar	Fire		Fire	Flame Body	None	Vital Spirit
0146		Moltres	Fire	Flying	Pressure	None	Flame Body
0218		Slugma	Fire		Fire	Flame Body	Magma Armor	Broken Armor
0219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock	Flame Body	Magma Armor	Broken Armor
0240		Magby	Fire		Fire	Flame Body	None	Vital Spirit
0467		Magmortar	Fire		Fire	Flame Body	None	Vital Spirit
0485		Heatran	Fire	Steel	Flash Fire	None	Flame Body
0607	Hitomoshi	Hitomoshi	Ghost	Fire	Flame Body	Flash Fire	Shadow Tag
0608	Ranpuraa	Ranpuraa	Ghost	Fire	Flame Body	Flash Fire	Shadow Tag
0609	Shandera	Shandera	Ghost	Fire	Flame Body	Flash Fire	Shadow Tag
0636	Meraruba	Meraruba	Bug	Fire	Flame Body	None	Swarm
0637	Ulgamoth	Ulgamoth	Bug	Fire	Flame Body	None	Swarm
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

• Flame Body.png

  Flame Body's effect on Pikachu

Magmortar. When a Pokémon makes physical contact with Magmortar, every once in a while, its body will become covered in flames, hurting it.

• Activated by Paul's Magmortar in Evolving Strategies!. Debut.

In other languages

• French: Corps Ardent
• German: Flammkörper
• Italian: Corpodifuoco
• Portuguese: Corpo Flamejante
• Spanish: Cuerpo llama

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