Inferno

Essentials

Inferno

special

Generation 5

Summary

Has a 100% chance to burn the target.

Damage Dealt

Stats

Power: 100; percentile 76.4
Accuracy: 50% ≈ 50.0 power
PP: 5, up to 8 with PP Up
Target: Selected Pokémon
Effect chance: 100
Priority: 0 (normal)

Flags

Makes contact
Has a charging turn
Must recharge
Blocked by Detect and Protect

This move will not work if the target has used Detect or Protect this turn.
Reflectable
Snatchable
Copied by Mirror Move

A Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.
Punch-based
Sound-based
Unusable during Gravity
Defrosts when used
Targets opposite side in triples
Heals
Ignores Substitute
Powder-based
Jaw-based
Pulse-based
Ballistics-based
Mental effects
Unusable during Sky Battles
Dance

Machines

: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM

Effect

Inflicts regular damage. Has a 100% chance to burn the target.

Flavor

Flavor Text

: The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire. It leaves the target with a burn.

: The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire. This leaves the target with a burn.

: The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire. This leaves the target with a burn.

Foreign Names

Japanese: れんごく (rengoku)
: れんごく
Korean: 연옥
Chinese: 煉獄
: 炼狱
French: Feu d’Enfer
German: Inferno
Spanish: Infierno
Italian: Marchiatura

Similar moves

These moves all have the same effect as Inferno.

Move	PP	Power	Acc	Effect
Fire Punch	15	75	100%	Has a 10% chance to burn the target.
Ember	25	40	100%	Has a 10% chance to burn the target.
Flamethrower	15	90	100%	Has a 10% chance to burn the target.
Fire Blast	5	110	85%	Has a 10% chance to burn the target.
Heat Wave	10	95	90%	Has a 10% chance to burn the target.
Lava Plume	15	80	100%	Has a 30% chance to burn the target.
Scald	15	80	100%	Has a 30% chance to burn the target.
Searing Shot	5	100	100%	Has a 30% chance to burn the target.
Blue Flare	5	130	85%	Has a 20% chance to burn the target.
Steam Eruption	5	110	95%	Has a 30% chance to burn the target.
Shadow Fire	—	75	100%	Has a 10% chance to burn the target.

Pokémon

Fire Pokémon get STAB, and have their types highlighted in green.

Pokémon with higher Special Attack are more suited to Inferno's special damage, and have the stat highlighted in green.

					Pokémon	Type	Ability	Gender	Egg Group	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
46	46	46	46	46	Charmander		Blaze Solar Power		Monster Dragon	39	52	43	60	50	65	309
54	54	54	54	54	Charmeleon		Blaze Solar Power		Monster Dragon	58	64	58	80	65	80	405
62	62	62	62	62	Charizard		Blaze Solar Power		Monster Dragon	78	84	78	109	85	100	534
		62	62	62	Mega Charizard X		Tough Claws		Monster Dragon	78	130	111	130	85	100	634
		62	62	62	Mega Charizard Y		Drought		Monster Dragon	78	104	78	159	115	100	634
44	50	50	50	50	Vulpix		Flash Fire Drought		Field	38	41	40	50	65	65	299
33	33	33	33	33	Ponyta		Run Away Flash Fire Flame Body		Field	50	85	55	65	65	90	410
33	33	33	33	33	Rapidash		Run Away Flash Fire Flame Body		Field	65	100	70	80	80	105	500
46	46	46	46	46	Cyndaquil		Blaze Flash Fire		Field	39	52	43	60	50	65	309
53	53	53	53	53	Quilava		Blaze Flash Fire		Field	58	64	58	80	65	80	405
56	56	56	56	56	Typhlosion		Blaze Flash Fire		Field	78	84	78	109	85	100	534
56	56	56	56	56	Houndour		Early Bird Flash Fire Unnerve		Field	45	60	30	80	50	65	330
65	65	—	—	—	Houndoom		Early Bird Flash Fire Unnerve		Field	75	90	50	110	80	95	500
		—	—	—	Mega Houndoom		Solar Power		Field	75	90	90	140	90	115	600
60	60	—	50	50	Torkoal		White Smoke Drought Shell Armor		Field	70	85	140	85	70	20	470
57	57	57	57	57	Victini		Victory Star		Undiscovered	100	100	100	100	100	100	600
38	38	38	38	38	Litwick		Flash Fire Flame Body Infiltrator		Amorphous	50	30	55	65	55	20	275
38	38	38	38	38	Lampent		Flash Fire Flame Body Infiltrator		Amorphous	60	40	60	95	60	55	370
61	61	—	—	66	Heatmor		Gluttony Flash Fire White Smoke		Field	85	97	66	105	66	65	484
					Pokémon	Type	Ability	Gender	Egg Group	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Total
Egg: Appears on a newly-hatched Pokémon, if the father had the same move.
					Slugma		Magma Armor Flame Body Weak Armor		Amorphous	40	40	40	70	40	20	250

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