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Flame Wheel かえんぐるま Flame Wheel

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Battles Type  Fire Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Flame Wheel (Japanese: かえんぐるま Flame Wheel) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Flame Wheel will thaw out the user if it is frozen, and then inflict damage on the target. Flame Wheel also has a 10% chance of burning the target.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire	34			31			20				20	17	''''
077		Ponyta	Fire		Fire									15	13			''''
078		Rapidash	Fire		Fire									15	13			''''
155		Cyndaquil	Fire		Fire	27			27			19				19			''''
156		Quilava	Fire		Fire	31			31			20				20			''''
157		Typhlosion	Fire		Fire	31			31			20				20			''''
390		Chimchar	Fire		Fire							17				17			''''
391		Monferno	Fire	Fighting							19				19			''''
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting							21				21			''''
636		Larvesta	Bug	Fire											60			''''
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
019		Rattata	Normal		Normal
077		Ponyta	Fire		Fire
554		Darumaka	Fire		Fire
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

Cyndaquil Quilava Typhlosion Arcanine
The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Arcanine runs at the opponent and its whole body becomes enveloped in flames. It then tackles the opponent.
Gary's Arcanine	Extreme Pokémon!		Debut
	Typhlosion runs towards the opponent and its body becomes surrounded in flames. It then tackles the opponent.
Jimmy's Typhlosion	The Legend of Thunder!		None
Mr. Moore's Typhlosion	Poetry Commotion!		None
	Quilava runs at the opponent and its body becomes engulfed in flames. It then tackles the opponent, or Quilava spins around in the air and its body becomes engulfed in flames. It then rolls into the opponent.
Macy's Quilava	Love, Pokémon Style		None
Clark's Quilava	Shocks and Bonds		None
Ryan's Quilava	The Champ Twins!		None
Dawn's Quilava	Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!		None
	Chimchar's body becomes surrounded by flames and it somersaults in the air, spinning at the opponent and hitting it, or Chimchar releases fire out of its mouth while at the same time starts doing a somersault, and rolls into the opponent.
A Chimchar Dawn imagined	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
Ash's Chimchar	When Pokémon Worlds Collide!		None
	Monferno's body becomes surrounded in fire and it starts to somersault. Monferno then rolls into the opponent, or Monferno releases a red-orange flame out of its mouth while somersaulting, and rolls into the opponent.
A Monferno Angie used briefly	Camping it Up!		None
Ash's Monferno	Evolving Strategies!		None
	Growlithe jumps into the air and releases a red-orange flame from its mouth while somersaulting, rolling into the opponent.
Officer Jenny's Growlithe	Beating the Hustle and Bustle!		None
	Cyndaquil ignites the flames on its back and somersaults in the air, rolling into the opponent.
Dawn's Cyndaquil	Gone With the Windworks!		None
Ash's Cyndaquil	An Old Family Blend!		None
	Infernape jumps into the air and somersaults. The flame on its head then extends and covers its entire body. Infernape then rolls into the opponent.
Ash's Infernape	Flint Sparks the Fire!		None
Narissa's Ditto Two in the form of Infernape	Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!		Used via Transform

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Monferno Rapidash Typhlosion and Arcanine File:Exbo Flame Wheel.png Quilava
The user hits the opponent with fire from their body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Quilava hits the opponent with two streams of fire sent from the flames on its head and backside.
Gold's Exbo	Delibird Delivery - 2		Debut
	Typhlosion fires a ball of fire from the flame on its back at the opponent.
Gold's Exbo	Lugia and Ho-Oh on the Loose (Part 1)		None
	Arcanine releases a ball of fire from its mouth at the opponent.
Crys's Archy	Lugia and Ho-Oh on the Loose (Part 1)		None
	The flames from Rapidash's mane grows larger and forms a ring in front of its body.
Crys's Rapidash	VS. Milotic		None
	Monferno crouches down and its upper body becomes surrounded in flames. It then tackles the opponent.
Pearl's Chimler	Magnificent Meditite & Really Riolu II		None
	The flame on the top of Infernape's head reaches out and splits into two. The flame on the top part hits the opponent, and the bottom flame comes out underneath its body and also hits the opponent.
Pearl's Chimler	VS. Cradily		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Rattata is the only Pokémon to learn Flame Wheel that does not gain STAB.
• No Generation III Pokémon can learn Flame Wheel.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 火焰輪 Huǒyàn Lún Danish Flammehjul Dutch Vlamwiel Finnish Liekkipyörä French Roue de Feu German Flammenrad Greek Φλεγόμενος Τροχός Hindi आग का पहिया Aag ka paheeya Indonesian Roda Api Italian Ruotafuoco Korean 화염자동차 Hwayeom Jadongcha Portuguese Brazil Giro de Fogo Roda de Fogo Portugal Roda de Fogo (Pokémon Chronicles, Diamond and Pearl Series) Romanian Roata de Foc Serbian Plameni Točak Spanish Latin America Rueda de Fuego Spain Rueda Fuego

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