Level 16To Raboot

Level 35To Cinderace

CinderaceLast stage shown

#0815 · GENERATION 8

Cinderace Build Guide

Fire

Fast physical attacker and pivot

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMHeavy-Duty Boots

ABILITYBlaze

NATUREJolly

Pyro Ball

High Jump Kick

U-turn

Court Change

How to play

Use its Speed to attack or pivot with U-turn. Court Change swaps certain field effects between sides, including entry hazards, when exchanging them benefits your team.

Watch out for

Key risk. Pyro Ball can miss and High Jump Kick causes crash damage if it fails. Court Change swaps hazards rather than deleting them and can help an opponent if used carelessly. This example uses Blaze, not Libero.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

Use its Speed to attack or pivot with U-turn. Court Change swaps certain field effects between sides, including entry hazards, when exchanging them benefits your team.

You are about to use High Jump Kick

A Ghost target ignores Fighting moves entirely, and a miss takes HP either way. Pyro Ball or U-turn is the answer for that matchup; the kick is for Rock, Dark and Steel targets, each of which takes 2×.

Hazards are sitting on your side

Court Change can send them to the opponent, but you still give up the turn and take whatever the incoming Pokémon hits you with. Use it when the swap is worth more than the hit.

A Ground or Rock type blocks you

Ground, Rock and Water each deal 2× to Cinderace, and a Ground immunity from a Flying teammate is the clean way to keep the pressure up without a prediction.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Cinderace in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Court Change moves field effects between the two sides, including entry hazards — it relocates them rather than deleting them, so a careless use can hand the opponent a clean side. Pyro Ball can miss and High Jump Kick costs Cinderace HP when it fails.

Watch the tradeoff. Pyro Ball can miss and High Jump Kick causes crash damage if it fails. Court Change swaps hazards rather than deleting them and can help an opponent if used carelessly. This example uses Blaze, not Libero.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Cinderace or Infernape?

Infernape adds Fighting typing and Mach Punch, without Court Change.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Cinderace	Infernape
HP	80	76
Attack	116	104
Defense	75	71
Sp. Attack	65	104
Sp. Defense	75	71
Speed	119	108

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A Water partner helps cover Rock and Water attacks. A Flying teammate provides Ground immunity.

Gyarados

Ground immunity and Water resistance help cover common threats.

Read Gyarados guide →Compare teammates →

Gastrodon

Water immunity through Storm Drain and Rock resistance support switching.

Read Gastrodon guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

Compare computed teammate suggestions →

Alternative: Infernape

Infernape adds Fighting typing and Mach Punch, without Court Change.

Read Infernape guide →

Try Infernape →

Type matchups

Weak to

Water2×Ground2×Rock2×

Resistances and immunities

Fire0.5×Grass0.5×Ice0.5×Bug0.5×Steel0.5×Fairy0.5×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP80

Attack116

Defense75

Sp. Attack65

Sp. Defense75

Speed119

Evolution chain

Scorbunny#813
Level 16
Raboot#814
Level 35
Cinderace#815

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

Build your Cinderace team

Start with Cinderace. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.

Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

SLOT 01#815

Cinderace

Fire

SLOT 02

SLOT 03

SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense78

Defense66

Coverage22

Synergy18

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Ground attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Rock attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Your own types can hit 4 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Cinderace	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	½×	0	1
Water	2×	1	0
Electric	1×	0	0
Grass	½×	0	1
Ice	½×	0	1
Fighting	1×	0	0
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	2×	1	0
Flying	1×	0	0
Psychic	1×	0	0
Bug	½×	0	1
Rock	2×	1	0
Ghost	1×	0	0
Dragon	1×	0	0
Dark	1×	0	0
Steel	½×	0	1
Fairy	½×	0	1

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

NormalNeutral

FireResisted

WaterResisted

ElectricNeutral

Grass✓ Super effective

Ice✓ Super effective

FightingNeutral

PoisonNeutral

GroundNeutral

FlyingNeutral

PsychicNeutral

Bug✓ Super effective

RockResisted

GhostNeutral

DragonResisted

DarkNeutral

Steel✓ Super effective

FairyNeutral

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.