Fire-type Pokemon: Weaknesses & Strengths explained

Fire-type Pokemon can become a fiery addition to anyone’s party. Here’s everything you need to know about their weaknesses, strengths, counters, and more.

Fire-type Pokemon are one of the choices to pick from as a starter at the very beginning of every mainline game, along with Water and Grass.

These creatures are some of the fan favorites due to how powerful their flames are against several types. Plus, they sometimes can inflict the Burn status, which reduces a Pokemon’s HP by 12.5% each turn and cuts its Attack stat in half.

Here’s everything you need to know about Fire-type Pokemon so you can take down or add one to your roster.

Fire-type Pokemon weaknesses

All Fire-type Pokemon are weak to the following types when it comes to moves and opposing Pokemon:

• Ground
• Rock
• Water

It’s worth bringing Water-type Pokemon to face any Fire-types, considering Water resists Fire. The same is true for the Rock-type.

Remember, a Fire-type can have a secondary typing; for example, Coalossal is Rock/Fire dual-type. This means the Pokemon takes quadruple the damage from Water-type and Ground-type moves.

Also, Centiskorch is a Fire/Bug-type that doesn’t take any increased damage from Ground-type attacks.

Fire-type Pokemon strengths & resistances

Every Fire-type creature can resist Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel, and Fairy-type moves, so avoid taking any of them to battle if you’re facing a Fire opponent.

However, if you have a Fire-type Pokemon in your team, make sure you put them up against Grass, Ice, Bug, and Steel-type opponents, as these types of moves will deal super effective damage. Nonetheless, avoid using your Fire partner in any Fire, Water, Rock, and Dragon encounters.

Best counters for Fire-type Pokemon

To face Fire-type Pokemon, you should consider the following counters:

• Swampert (Water/Ground)
• Kyogre (Water)
• Groudon (Ground)
• Rhyperior (Ground/Rock)
• Kabutops (Rock/Water)

The overall best type combination to face any Fire ‘mon is Water/Rock as they take 1/4 of the damage from Fire-type moves.

Best Tera Types for Fire-type Pokemon

Following the release of Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, trainers can choose Tera Types for their party members.

• Water: This is a defensive Tera Type to resist Water, Rock, and Ground-type moves.
• Fire: This will cause an extra boost of power on top of the STAB. It will also make any dual-types a pure Fire-type.

Best Fire moves in Pokemon

There are 49 Fire-type moves in Pokemon and we’ve picked the most powerful special, physical, and status attacks you can use in battle:

MOVE	CATEGORY	POWER	ACCURACY	PP	EFFECT	GEN
Eruption	Special	150	100%	5	Stronger when the user’s HP is higher	Gen III
Blast Burn	Special	150	90%	5	User must recharge next turn	Gen III
Overheat	Special	130	90%	5	Sharply lowers the user’s Sp. Attack	Gen III
Magma Storm	Special	100	75%	5	Traps the opponent dealing damage for 4-5 turns	Gen IV
V-create	Physical	180	95%	5	Lowers the user’s Defense, Sp. Defense, and Speed	Gen V
Pyro Ball	Physical	120	90%	5	May burn the opponent	Gen VIII
Bitter Blade	Physical	90	100%	10	User recovers half the HP inflicted on the opponent	Gen IX
Blaze Kick	Physical	85	90%	10	High critical hit ratio. May burn the opponent	Gen III
Will-O-Wisp	Status	X	85%	15	Burns the opponent	Gen III
Sunny Day	Status	X	X	5	Makes it sunny for 5 turns	Gen II

Best Fire-type Pokemon of all time

The Pokemon franchise has a total of 98 Fire-type creatures (up to Gen 9), and here are the 10 best of the ranking:

• Primal Groudon
• Ho-Oh
• Charizard
• Gouging Fire
• Volcarona
• Ceruledge
• Chandelure
• Ogerpon (Hearthflame Mask)
• Incineroar
• Heatran

If none of the Pokemon listed above suits you, you can check our ranking with the Best 40 Fire-type Pokemon for more options.

That’s everything you need to know about Fire-type Pokemon. Don’t forget to check out our list of all the Cat or Dog Pokemon in the franchise, and learn more about other types such as Grass, Poison, and Fairy.