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#0157 · GENERATION 2

Typhlosion Build Guide

Fire

Fast special attacker

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMChoice Scarf

ABILITYBlaze

NATURETimid

Eruption

Flamethrower

Focus Blast

Shadow Ball

How to play

Use Eruption while HP is high. Its power decreases with remaining HP, so Flamethrower gives a consistent Fire option after taking damage. Choice Scarf raises Speed.

Watch out for

Key risk. Choice Scarf locks you into one move until switching. Hazards and chip damage weaken Eruption; Focus Blast can miss. This guide covers standard Typhlosion, not the Hisuian form.

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 Eruption while HP is high. Its power decreases with remaining HP, so Flamethrower gives a consistent Fire option after taking damage. Choice Scarf raises Speed.

Your HP is still high

Use Eruption now. Entry hazards and chip damage weaken it for the rest of the battle, and Flamethrower is the consistent Fire option afterwards.

You need a special attack to land

Focus Blast can miss, so keep another answer instead of treating it as guaranteed coverage. Switching is what resets the Choice lock when the locked move turns bad.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Typhlosion 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

Eruption’s power falls as Typhlosion’s HP falls, which makes it an opening threat rather than a late-game finisher. Choice Scarf raises Speed but locks Typhlosion into one move until it switches.

Watch the tradeoff. Choice Scarf locks you into one move until switching. Hazards and chip damage weaken Eruption; Focus Blast can miss. This guide covers standard Typhlosion, not the Hisuian form.

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

Typhlosion or Charizard?

Charizard offers Ground immunity and a different Fire role, with a much larger Rock weakness.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Typhlosion	Charizard
HP	78	78
Attack	84	84
Defense	78	78
Sp. Attack	109	109
Sp. Defense	85	85
Speed	100	100

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

Hazard removal helps preserve Eruption power. A Ground partner can cover Electric attacks aimed at a Water teammate and pressure Rock types.

Tentacruel

Rapid Spin can remove hazards to help preserve Eruption power.

Read Tentacruel guide →Compare teammates →

Gastrodon

Resists Rock and provides Water immunity through Storm Drain.

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: Charizard

Charizard offers Ground immunity and a different Fire role, with a much larger Rock weakness.

Read Charizard guide →

Try Charizard →

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.

HP78

Attack84

Defense78

Sp. Attack109

Sp. Defense85

Speed100

Evolution chain

Cyndaquil#155
Level 14
Quilava#156
Level 36
Typhlosion#157

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

Build your Typhlosion team

Start with Typhlosion. 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#157

Typhlosion

Fire

SLOT 02

SLOT 03

SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense75

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	Typhlosion	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.