Flare Blitz (move)

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Flavor text
Learnt by level up
Learnt by TM
Learnt by breeding

Move data

Type	Fire
Category	Physical
Power	120
Accuracy	100
PP	15 (max. 24)
Makes contact?	Yes
Introduced	Generation 4

Machine/Record

Sword/Shield	TR55
Scarlet/Violet	TM165

Effects

Flare Blitz deals damage and has a 10% chance of burning the target, but the user receives ¹⁄₃ of the damage it inflicted in recoil. In other words, if the attack does 90 HP damage to the opponent, the user will lose 30 HP.

Fire type Pokémon, those with the ability Water Veil or those behind a Substitute cannot be burned.

If the user is frozen, Flare Blitz can be used and will thaw out the Pokémon before attacking.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Firium Z and uses its Z-Power, Flare Blitz turns into Inferno Overdrive and has base power 190.

Move target

Foe

User

Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English	Flare Blitz
Japanese	フレアドライブ (Flare Drive)
German	Flammenblitz
French	Boutefeu
Italian	Fuococarica
Spanish	Envite Ígneo
Korean	플레어드라이브
Chinese (Simplified)	闪焰冲锋
Chinese (Traditional)	閃焰衝鋒

Game descriptions

Diamond/Pearl Platinum HeartGold/SoulSilver	The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the foe. The user sustains serious damage, too.
Black/White Black 2/White 2	The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the target. The user sustains serious damage and may leave the target burned.
X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire	The user cloaks itself in fire and charges the target. This also damages the user quite a lot. This may leave the target with a burn.
Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon L.G. Pikachu/L.G. Eevee	The user cloaks itself in fire and charges the target. This also damages the user quite a lot. This attack may leave the target with a burn.
Sword/Shield B.Diamond/S.Pearl	The user cloaks itself in fire and charges the target. This also damages the user quite a lot. This attack may leave the target with a burn.
Scarlet/Violet	The user cloaks itself in fire and charges the target to inflict damage. This also damages the user quite a lot and may leave the target with a burn.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Flare Blitz at the level specified. The numbers given are for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.