Sacred Fire (move)

Sacred Fire せいなるほのお Sacred Fire

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Battles Type  Fire Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  100 Accuracy  95% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make 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 ♥♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

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

Sacred Fire (Japanese: せいなるほのお Sacred Fire) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II. It is Ho-Oh's signature move. Unlike most moves that can cause status problems, this move has a 50% chance of burning the opponent, as opposed to the usual 10%-30%.

Effect

Sacred Fire will thaw out the user if it is frozen, and then inflict damage on the target. It also has a 50% chance of burning the target.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0250 Ho-Oh 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.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 77 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 leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 85 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 43 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 leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 43 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

The foe is razed with a mystical fire of great intensity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Ho-Oh releases a rose-colored flame from its beak at the opponent.
A wild Ho-Oh	Pop Goes the Sneasel		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Ho-Oh
The user releases a beam with a fiery aura around it at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Ho-Oh releases a beam with a fiery aura around it from its beak at the opponent, or Ho-Oh fires a blast of fire from its mouth at the opponent.
The Masked Man's Ho-Oh	Lugia & Ho-Oh (Part 1)		Debut

Trivia

• Despite Sacred Fire's change to Physical damage, its animation in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum still resembles that of a Special Attack.
  • This may be to take advantage of Ho-oh's higher Attack stat, as it is still its signature move.

In other languages

• French: Feu Sacré
• German: Läuterfeuer
• Greek: Ιερό Πύρ
• Italian: Magifuoco
• Korean: 성스러운불꽃 Seongseureoun Bulkkot
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Fogo Sagrado
• Spanish: Fuegosagrado
• Serbian: Sveta Vatra

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.