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flareon
#136

Flareon

Flame Pokémon

Fire

It has a flame sac in its body. Its body temperature tops 1,650 degrees Fahrenheit before battle.

Base Stats

HP 65
Attack 130
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 110
Speed 65
Total 525

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Flash Fire Guts (Hidden)

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Flame Pokémon
Height 0.9 m
Weight 25.0 kg
Base Exp 184
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Urban
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

flareon Front Front
flareon Back Back
flareon Front Shiny Front Shiny
flareon Back Shiny Back Shiny
flareon Official Art Official Art
flareon Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 4.7%
Choice Band
Item
Choice Band
Nature
Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Flareon's high Attack and access to a ridiculously strong STAB Flare Blitz mean that it can be a threatening wallbreaker in PU. While the rest of its offensive movepool is quite barren, Flareon has what it needs to get past most of the Pokemon that resist its powerful Flare Blitz. However, Flareon has quite a few problems. For an offensive Pokemon, Flareon is quite slow. This issue is not helped by the fact that Flareon is worn down incredibly easily between its weakness to Stealth Rock and the heavy recoil that comes with using Flare Blitz. Rapidash usually outclasses Flareon for the most part due to its higher Speed. Flareon also requires prediction to bypass Rock-types and Flash Fire users, while some Pokemon such as Pelipper can almost always switch into it without fear.

Most Used Moves

Facade
43.8%
Wish
17.8%

Most Used Items

Toxic Orb
43.9%
Leftovers
17.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc