Mystical Fire (move)

	Mystical Fire; マジカルフレイム Magical Flame
Type	Fire
Category	Special
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	75
Accuracy	100%
Priority	0
	Does not make contact; Affected by Protect; Not affected by Magic Coat; Not affected by Snatch; Affected by Mirror Move; Affected by King's Rock;
	Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Introduced	Generation VI
	TM92 in Pokémon Sword and Shield; Move Tutor in Pokémon Legends: Arceus;
Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	0
Jam	0
Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	0
Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jamming	0
	An appealing move that can be used repeatedly without boring the audience.
	On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI; Generation VII; Generation VIII; Generation IX; ;

Mystical Fire (Japanese: マジカルフレイム Magical Flame) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation VI. It was TM92 in Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Effect

Generation VI

Mystical Fire inflicts damage and lowers the target's Special Attack stat by one stage.

Generation VII onwards

Mystical Fire had its power increased from 65 to 75.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Mystical Fire's power was decreased to 70, and it lowers the opponent's offensive stats.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

		Agile	Strong
Category	Special
PP	10

Power	70	55	85
Accuracy	100%	100%	100%
Action speed modifier
Self	0	0	+5
Target	0	+3	0
Additional effect
Turns	3	2	4
		?	?
		?	?
Lowers the target's offensive stats

Generation IX

Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Pokémon Legends: Z-A

	Standard	Plus Move
Category	Special
Accuracy	100%

Power	75	90
Cooldown	8s
Move wind-up time	20 frames
Effect duration	8s	11s
Additional effect
	—
	—
	—
None

Description

Games	Description
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP SV	The user attacks by breathing a special, hot fire. This also lowers the target's Sp. Atk stat.
LA	The user attacks by breathing a special, hot fire. This also lowers the target's offensive stats.
ZA	The user attacks by breathing a special kind of searing flame. This also lowers targets' Sp. Atk stats for a short time.
Champs	Lowers the target's Sp. Atk stat by 1 stage.

Learnset

By leveling up

#		Egg Groups	Level
			VI	VII	VIII			IX
				SM USUM	SwSh	BDSP	LA	SV	ZA
0035	Clefairy	Fairy	−	−	−	−	−	−	42
0036	Clefable	Fairy	−	−	−	−	−	−	42
0122	Mr. Mime	Human-Like	−	−	−	−	−		40
0173	Cleffa	No Eggs Discovered	−	−	−	−	−	−	42
0280	Ralts	Human-Like Amorphous	−	−	−	−	−	−	44
0281	Kirlia	Human-Like Amorphous	−	−	−	−	−	−	44
0282	Gardevoir	Human-Like Amorphous	−	−	−	−	−	1	44
0380	Latias	No Eggs Discovered	−	−	−	−		−	55
0381	Latios	No Eggs Discovered	−	−	−	−		−	55
0425	Drifloon	Amorphous	−	−	−	−	25	−
0426	Drifblim	Amorphous	−	−	−	−	25	−
0429	Mismagius	Amorphous	1^ORAS	1		1	−	1
0475	Gallade	Human-Like Amorphous	−	−	−	−	−	−	Rem.
0655	Delphox	Field	36, 75	1, Evo.				Evo.	Evo.
0710	Pumpkaboo All forms	Amorphous	−	−	−			−	40
0711	Gourgeist All forms	Amorphous	−	−	−			−	40
0806	Blacephalon	No Eggs Discovered		−	40
0905	Enamorus All forms	No Eggs Discovered					−	35
0936	Armarouge	Human-Like						1	1
0987	Flutter Mane	No Eggs Discovered						49
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

#		Egg Groups	Egg Move
			IX
			SV
0280	Ralts	Human-Like Amorphous	✔
0856	Hatenna	Fairy	✔
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 TM/Move Tutor

#		Egg Groups	Compatibility
			VIII
			SwSh TM92	LA Tutor
0006	Charizard	Monster Dragon	✔
0035	Clefairy	Fairy	✔	✔
0036	Clefable	Fairy	✔	✔
0037	Vulpix	Field	✔	✔
0038	Ninetales	Field	✔	✔
0077	Ponyta	Field	✔	✔
0077	Ponyta Galarian Form	Field	✔
0078	Rapidash	Field	✔	✔
0078	Rapidash Galarian Form	Field	✔
0122	Mr. Mime	Human-Like	✔	✔
0136	Flareon	Field	✔	✔
0146	Moltres	No Eggs Discovered	✔
0151	Mew	No Eggs Discovered	✔
0157	Typhlosion Hisuian Form	Field		✔
0175	Togepi	No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔
0176	Togetic	Flying Fairy	✔	✔
0250	Ho-Oh	No Eggs Discovered	✔
0282	Gardevoir	Human-Like Amorphous	✔	✔
0380	Latias	No Eggs Discovered	✔
0381	Latios	No Eggs Discovered	✔
0425	Drifloon	Amorphous	−	✔
0426	Drifblim	Amorphous	−	✔
0467	Magmortar	Human-Like	✔	✔
0468	Togekiss	Flying Fairy	✔	✔
0493	Arceus All forms	No Eggs Discovered		✔
0494	Victini	No Eggs Discovered	✔
0555	Darmanitan	Field	✔
0607	Litwick	Amorphous	✔
0608	Lampent	Amorphous	✔
0609	Chandelure	Amorphous	✔
0628	Braviary Hisuian Form	Flying		✔
0637	Volcarona	Bug	✔
0643	Reshiram	No Eggs Discovered	✔
0700	Sylveon	Field	✔	✔
0710	Pumpkaboo All forms	Amorphous	✔
0711	Gourgeist All forms	Amorphous	✔
0719	Diancie	No Eggs Discovered	✔
0791	Solgaleo	No Eggs Discovered	✔
0806	Blacephalon	No Eggs Discovered	✔
0851	Centiskorch	Bug	✔
0856	Hatenna	Fairy	✔
0857	Hattrem	Fairy	✔
0858	Hatterene	Fairy	✔
0869	Alcremie All forms	Fairy Amorphous	✔
0876	Indeedee All forms	Fairy	✔
0890	Eternatus	No Eggs Discovered	✔
0905	Enamorus All forms	No Eggs Discovered		✔
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.

Special move

Generation IX

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups	Obtained with
0281		Kirlia		Human-Like Amorphous	Wild Tera Pokémon - East Province (Area Three)^SV
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 Pokémon Champions

#		Compatibility
0006	Charizard	−
0036	Clefable	✔
0038	Ninetales	✔
0136	Flareon	−
0157	Typhlosion Hisuian Form	✔
0282	Gardevoir	✔
0475	Gallade	✔
0609	Chandelure	✔
0637	Volcarona	✔
0655	Delphox	✔
0700	Sylveon	✔
0711	Gourgeist All forms	✔
0858	Hatterene	✔
0869	Alcremie All forms	✔
0936	Armarouge	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move in Pokémon Champions in spite of it or its pre-evolution being able to learn it in at least one other game.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Mystical Fire inflicts damage and lowers the enemy's Sp. Atk.

Game	Base Power	Max Power	Base PP	Max PP	Base Accuracy	Max Accuracy	Range	Target	Cuts corners
SMD	8	99	17	30	70%	98%	Front	Enemy	No
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games: Super Mystery Dungeon = Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Mystical Fire

★★★★
Attack power	30.67359
Charge time	0.5 seconds
Range type	Projectile
Number of hits	1
Number of projectiles	1
Critical hit rate	1.5%
Additional effect	May lower the foe's Attack

Pokémon Masters EX

Name	Category	Move gauge cost	MP (uses)	Base power	Max power	Accuracy	Target	Effect tag	Description	Playable sync pair(s)
Mystical Fire	Special	2	—	30	36	100%	An opponent	—	Lowers the target's Sp. Atk by one stat rank.	Bede & Hatterene
Buddy move
Explosive Mystical Fire	Special	4	2	250	300	—	All opponents	Sure Hit	Activation Condition: When the user's Sp. Atk is raised. Deactivation Condition: When the user's Sp. Atk is not raised. Never misses. The more the user's Defense is lowered, the greater the power of this attack. Lowers the target's Sp. Atk by two stat ranks. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets. The more the user's Defense is lowered, the more it reduces its sync move countdown (can be reduced by up to three maximum). Returns the user's lowered stats to normal, then raises the user's same stats by the same amount.	Mela & Armarouge
Sync move
Name	Category	State		Base power	Max power	Target		Effect tag	Description	Playable sync pair
Mystical Fire of Positivity	Special	Default 6★ EX		200 300	240 360	An opponent		—	This attack's power increases when the target is asleep.	Serena & Delphox

Pokémon UNITE

Mystical Fire

Pokémon	Move Icon	Image	Level Learned	Cooldown	Description
Delphox			6	4.5s	Has the user unleash a special, hot ball of fire in a forward direction. If it hits an opposing Pokémon, the fire will explode, dealing damage to opposing Pokémon in the area of effect. Upgraded to Mystical Fire+ when the Pokémon reaches Lv. 11. Upgrade: Also reduces cooldowns of all moves if this move hits. If it hits a Pokémon from the opposing team, the cooldowns are reduced even further.
Sylveon			4	7s	Has the user create four small flames while advancing in the designated direction. The flames shoot toward opposing Pokémon one by one, dealing damage and decreasing the opposing Pokémon's Sp. Atk for a short time when they hit. Each time a flame hits, it reduces the cooldown of this move. Upgraded to Mystical Fire+ when the Pokémon reaches Lv. 10. Upgrade: Increase the number of flames by one.

Description

Games	Description
SMD MDRTDX	It damages an enemy. It also lowers the enemy's Sp. Atk.

Pokémon GO

In Pokémon GO, Mystical Fire is a Charged Attack that has been available since May 21, 2023.

Mystical Fire

Charged Attack

Gyms & Raids

Power

60

Energy cost

33

Duration

2 seconds

Damage window

1.3 - 2 seconds

Trainer Battles

Power

60

Energy cost

45

Secondary effect

1 Opponent Attack

Effect chance

100%

Eligible Pokémon:

Standard eligibility

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Pokémon	Method
Merilyn's Delphox Aria's Delphox Serena's Delphox
The user attacks by unleashing a special kind of searing flame.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Delphox swings its wand stick around in a circle, forming a ring of red-orange fire in front of itself. It then releases a red-orange stream of fire from its mouth at the opponent; or, Delphox releases a red-orange stream of fire surrounded by rings of fire from the tip of its wand stick at the opponent.
Merilyn's Delphox	Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction	Debut
Aria's Delphox	Battling with Elegance and a Big Smile!	None
Serena's Delphox	Reuniting for the First Time!	None

In An Appetite for Battle!, Wylie intended to command his Delphox to use Mystical Fire, but he threw out his back while trying to do so, so the battle was called off.

POKÉTOON

Pokémon	Method
Armarouge Blast
The user attacks by unleashing a special kind of searing flame.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Armarouge moves its pauldrons to its hands and puts them together to form a cannon. Then, it forms a spiraling stream of orange and purple flames at the end of the cannon and blasts a swirling ring of orange fire at the opponent.
Yūto's Armarouge	PT16	Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method
Delphox Armarouge
The user attacks by unleashing a special kind of searing flame.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Delphox releases a stream of fire from its mouth at the opponent.
Whitley's Delphox	Xerneas Gives	Debut
	Armarouge summons a powerful flame to strike the opponent.
Scarlet's Armarouge	Stream! Iono Zone!!	None

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Trivia

Mystical Fire is the only Fire-type move that was introduced in Generation VI.

In other languages


Language		Title
Catalan		Foc Místic
Chinese	Cantonese	魔法火焰 Mōfaat Fóyihm
Chinese	Mandarin	魔法火焰 Mófǎ Huǒyàn
Dutch		Mystiek vuur
French		Feu Ensorcelé
German		Magieflamme
Hindi		मिस्टिकल फ़ायर Mystical Fire
Indonesian		Magical Flame
Italian		Magifiamma
Korean		매지컬플레임 Maejikeolpeulleim
Polish		Mistyczny Ogień
Portuguese		Fogo Místico
Russian		Мистический Огонь Misticheskiy Ogon'
Spanish	Latin America	Fuego Místico
Spanish	Spain	Llama Embrujada
Thai		เมจิคัลเฟลม Magical Flame
Turkish		Mistik Alev
Vietnamese		Lửa Phép Thuật

Variations of the move Mystical Fire

	Spirit Break
	Mystical Fire • Bitter Malice

Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99
BDSP
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Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99

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