Fire (type)

Fire is one of the three basic elemental types along with Water and Grass, which constitute the three starter Pokémon. 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.

In Generations 1-3, all Fire type moves were categorized as Special.

97
Fire type Pokémon

37
Single type Pokémon

60
Dual type Pokémon

49
Fire-type moves

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 Pokémon:

Fire Grass Ice Bug Steel Fairy

These types are super-effective against Fire Pokémon:

Water Ground Rock

Dual-type attack pros & cons

This chart shows the strength of the Fire type against every type combination. The fraction of damage a Fire type move will deal is shown - ½ means 50% damage (not very effective), 2 means 200% (super-effective) and so on.

	Nor	Fir	Wat	Ele	Gra	Ice	Fig	Poi	Gro	Fly	Psy	Bug	Roc	Gho	Dra	Dar	Ste	Fai
Normal		½	½		2	2						2	½		½		2
Fire	½		¼	½			½	½	½	½	½		¼	½	¼	½		½
Water	½	¼		½			½	½	½	½	½		¼	½	¼	½		½
Electric		½	½		2	2						2	½		½		2
Grass	2			2		4	2	2	2	2	2	4		2		2	4	2
Ice	2			2	4		2	2	2	2	2	4		2		2	4	2
Fighting		½	½		2	2						2	½		½		2
Poison		½	½		2	2						2	½		½		2
Ground		½	½		2	2						2	½		½		2
Flying		½	½		2	2						2	½		½		2
Psychic		½	½		2	2						2	½		½		2
Bug	2			2	4	4	2	2	2	2	2			2		2	4	2
Rock	½	¼	¼	½			½	½	½	½	½			½	¼	½		½
Ghost		½	½		2	2						2	½		½		2
Dragon	½	¼	¼	½			½	½	½	½	½		¼	½		½		½
Dark		½	½		2	2						2	½		½		2
Steel	2			2	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	4		2		2		2
Fairy		½	½		2	2						2	½		½		2

Effects of the Fire type

Fire type Pokémon are immune to burns.
The power of Fire type attacks increases by 50% during harsh sunlight and decreases by 50% during rain.
Fire type attacks have no effect during heavy rain created by Primordial Sea.
The Blaze ability increases the power of Fire type moves by 50% when the Pokémon has less than ¹⁄₃ HP remaining.
The ability Thermal Exchange raises the Pokémon's Attack one stage when hit by a Fire type attack.
A Pokémon with the Dry Skin ability takes 25% more damage when hit by a Fire type attack.
A Pokémon with the Heatproof, Thick Fat or Water Bubble ability takes 50% less damage when hit by a Fire type attack.
The ability Flash Fire gives immunity to Fire type moves, and if hit by one, the power of the Pokémon's Fire type moves are increased by 50%.
The Fluffy ability doubles the damage taken from Fire type moves.
Steam Engine drastically raises the Pokémon's Speed when hit by a Fire type move.
The Well-Baked Body ability raises the Pokémon's Defense two stages when hit by a Fire type attack, instead of dealing damage.
The move Burn Up causes the user to lose their Fire type.
The move Water Sport reduces the power of Fire type moves for all Pokémon on the field by 50%.
Pokémon afflicted by the move Powder lose ¹⁄₄ of their maximum HP if they use a Fire type move.
A Pokémon affected by Tar Shot will take double damage from Fire type moves.
The items Flame Plate and Charcoal increase the power of Fire type moves by 20% when held.
The Fire Gem increases the power of a Fire type move by 30% when held, and is then consumed.
The Occa Berry, when held, neutralizes a super-effective Fire type move.
Burn Drive changes Techno Blast to Fire type when held by Genesect.