How to play
Flash Fire grants Fire immunity and boosts Fire attacks when activated by a Fire move. Trailblaze raises Speed after a successful hit; Quick Attack provides priority.
Fire StoneTo Flareon
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#0136 · GENERATION 1
Flareon Build Guide
Fire
Physical Fire attacker
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Starter moveset
Generation 9 · casual singles · base form
ITEMLeftovers
ABILITYFlash Fire
NATUREAdamant
1
Flare Blitz
2
Quick Attack
3
Trailblaze
4
Protect
Watch out for
Key risk. Water, Ground and Rock attacks are super effective. Flare Blitz causes recoil, and one Speed boost does not guarantee you move first.
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
Flash Fire grants Fire immunity and boosts Fire attacks when activated by a Fire move. Trailblaze raises Speed after a successful hit; Quick Attack provides priority.
You expect a Fire attack
Switching in absorbs it and strengthens Flare Blitz — but the recoil still applies, and Water, Ground and Rock answers are still super effective.
You need to move first
Quick Attack gives priority, and Trailblaze raises Speed after a successful hit. One Speed boost does not guarantee you move first against every target.
What does a safe pivot mean?
A teammate uses a switching move to bring Flareon 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
Flash Fire grants a Fire immunity and boosts Flareon’s own Fire attacks when a Fire move activates it. Flare Blitz deals heavy damage but inflicts recoil on the user every time it is used.
Watch the tradeoff. Water, Ground and Rock attacks are super effective. Flare Blitz causes recoil, and one Speed boost does not guarantee you move first.
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
Flareon or Arcanine?
Arcanine offers higher Speed and Intimidate with a similar physical Fire role.
| Stat | Flareon | Arcanine |
|---|---|---|
| HP | 65 | 90 |
| Attack | 130 | 110 |
| Defense | 60 | 80 |
| Sp. Attack | 95 | 100 |
| Sp. Defense | 110 | 80 |
| Speed | 65 | 95 |
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 Flying partner covers Ground attacks. A bulky Water teammate helps against Rock and Water attackers.
Gyarados
Immune to Ground and resists Water attacks.
Gastrodon
Resists Rock and has Water immunity with Storm Drain.
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: Arcanine
Arcanine offers higher Speed and Intimidate with a similar physical Fire role.
Try Arcanine →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.
HP65
Attack130
Defense60
Sp. Attack95
Sp. Defense110
Speed65
Evolution chain
- Eevee#133
Fire Stone
Flareon#136
Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.
Build your Flareon team
Start with Flareon. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.
Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope
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.
Flareon
FireUnderstand your team
Offense82
Defense66
Coverage22
Synergy8
Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.
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FIND A BETTER FIT
Recommended Pokémon
Fill your empty slots first. Each candidate is scored using the same rules as your current team. Only positive score changes are shown.
+27 pts
Virizion
GrassFighting
Team score 47 → 74
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Water resistance or immunity
- Adds Ground resistance or immunity
- Adds Rock resistance or immunity
+26 pts
Whimsicott
GrassFairy
Team score 47 → 73
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Water resistance or immunity
- Adds Ground resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Water, Fighting, Ground and more
+26 pts
Tapu Bulu
GrassFairy
Team score 47 → 73
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Water resistance or immunity
- Adds Ground resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Water, Fighting, Ground and more
+26 pts
Zarude
DarkGrass
Team score 47 → 73
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Water resistance or immunity
- Adds Ground resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Water, Ground, Psychic and more
+26 pts
Toedscruel
GroundGrass
Team score 47 → 73
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Ground resistance or immunity
- Adds Rock resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Fire, Water, Electric and more
+25 pts
Celebi
PsychicGrass
Team score 47 → 72
Why this Pokémon?
- Adds Water resistance or immunity
- Adds Ground resistance or immunity
- Adds super-effective coverage against Water, Fighting, Poison and more
Suggestions optimize this initial planning heuristic. Your preferences and actual battle strategy may favor another Pokémon.
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.
- No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.
Detailed type analysis · all 18 types
Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.
| Attack | Flareon | 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.
Data: Pokémon Showdown / @pkmn/dex · Sprites: PokéAPI contributors · Base species only
Sources & guide notes
Starter advice written for this guide; mechanics checked against Pokémon Showdown’s Generation 9 data.
- Smogon: format-specific strategy
- Pokémon Database: moves and evolution
- Pokémon Showdown mechanics data
Starter moveset reviewed October 6, 2026; battle notes added October 16, 2026. Suggest a correction.