Fire (type)

Fire is one of the three basic elemental types along with Water and Grass, which constitute the three starter Pokemon. This creates a simple triangle to explain the type concept easily to new players. Fire types are notoriously rare in the early stages of the games so choosing the Fire variation starter is often a plus.

Attack pros & cons

Fire moves are super-effective against:

Grass Ice Bug Steel

Fire moves are not very effective against:

Fire Water Rock Dragon

Defense pros & cons

These types are not very effective against Fire pokemon:

Fire Grass Ice Bug Steel

These types are super-effective against Fire pokemon:

Water Ground Rock

Dual-type attack pros & cons

The chart below shows the strength of the Fire type against every type combination. The numbers in the squares show the fraction damage the move will do (i.e. ½ means 50% damage and not very effective, while 4 means 400% - super-effective).

For example, look where the Grass and Poison types intersect to see how good a Fire-type move would be against a pokemon like Venusaur. You will see that it is 200%.

	nor	fir	wat	ele	gra	ice	fig	poi	gro	fly	psy	bug	roc	gho	dra	dar
Fire	½
Water	½	¼
Electric		½	½
Grass	2			2
Ice	2			2	4
Fighting		½	½		2	2
Poison		½	½		2	2
Ground		½	½		2	2
Flying		½	½		2	2
Psychic		½	½		2	2
Bug	2			2	4	4	2	2	2	2	2
Rock	½	¼	¼	½			½	½	½	½	½
Ghost		½	½		2	2						2	½
Dragon	½	¼	¼	½			½	½	½	½	½		¼	½
Dark		½	½		2	2						2	½		½
Steel	2			2	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	4		2		2

Notable Fire-type trainers

Flint
Elite Four
Diamond/Pearl
Flint
Elite Four
Platinum
Blaine
Seafoam Islands gym leader
HeartGold/SoulSilver
Chili
Striaton City gym leader
Black/White

Fire Pokemon

There are currently 50 Fire-type pokemon.
See also: