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Fire Punch (Japanese: ほのおのパンチ Flame Punch) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation I.
It is:
It can be thought of as a counterpart to Ice Punch and Thunder Punch, having similar names and effects.
Effect
Fire Punch does damage and has a 10% chance of burning the opponent.
Fire Punch can be used as the first move of a Pokémon Contest combination, causing Ice Punch and ThunderPunch to score double the normal appeal if used in the next turn. It can also be used to finish a combination, with the user gaining 4 bonus appeal points if Ice Punch, Sunny Day, or ThunderPunch was used in the previous turn.
Generation VIII
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Fire Punch's PP was reduced from 15 to 10 and its chance of burning the opponent was increased from 10% to 30%.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
By TM/Move Tutor
By breeding
Special move
Generation III
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0239 | ![]() | ![]() | No Eggs Discovered | Hordel's Elekid (Trade for Purified Togepi)XD | ||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
Generation IV
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0240 | ![]() | ![]() | No Eggs Discovered | Pokéwalker - Amity Meadow | ||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
Generation V
By event
Generation V
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0560 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Field | Dragon | 2011 World Championships Scrafty | |
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
Generation VI
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
Fire Punch inflicts damage, and may leave the target with a burn.
Pokémon GO
Updates
Gyms & Raids- July 30, 2016
- Power: 35 → 40
- February 16, 2017
- Power: 40 → 55
- Duration: 2.8 → 2.2 seconds
- Damage window: 1.69 - 2.2 → 1.5 - 1.9 seconds
Pokémon Masters EX
- Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Has a very small chance of leaving the target burned.
Pokémon Rumble Rush

★★★★ | |
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Attack power | 36.00813 |
Charge time | 0.54 seconds |
Range type | Arc (melee) |
Number of hits | 1 |
Number of projectiles | 1 |
Critical hit rate | 1.5% |
Additional effect | May burn the foe |

Pokémon UNITE
In Pokémon UNITE, Fire Punch is Charizard's first move. It is obtained by evolving into Charmeleon at level 5 and upgrading Flame Burst into it instead of Flamethrower. The user punches forward, damaging and shoving enemies in their path. The first enemy hit is burned. The burn lasts 4s and reduces enemy Attack by 5%. At level 11 or higher, the move's cooldown is reduced by .25s every time the user damages an enemy with a basic attack.
Description
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In the anime
Main series
![]() Magmar ![]() Blaziken ![]() Medicham ![]() Pansear | |||
The user punches the opponent with a fiery fist. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
![]() | Both of Magmar's fists become surrounded by pale red fire and it repeatedly punches the opponent with both of them, or one of Magmar's fists becomes surrounded in orange-yellow fire, and it uppercuts the opponent. When Magmar strikes, the opponent's body becomes surrounded in red-yellow flames for a moment. | ||
Blaine's Magmar | Riddle Me This | Debut | |
An Ace Trainer's Magmar | Tag! We're It...! | None | |
Paul's Magmar | Lost Leader Strategy! | None | |
A wild Magmar | Rocking Clawmark Hill! | None | |
![]() | Hitmonchan's fist becomes surrounded by red-orange flames and then punches the opponent with it. When the fist hits the opponent, it bursts into flames. | ||
Roger's Hitmonchan | Stage Fight! | None | |
![]() | Blaziken's fist becomes surrounded by red-orange flames and then punches the opponent with it. | ||
Harrison's Blaziken | Pop Goes The Sneasel | None | |
![]() | Magmortar forms a ball of fire at the end of one of its arm cannons and punches the opponent with it. | ||
Lucas's Magmortar | Giratina and the Sky Warrior | None | |
Mad Magmar's Magmortar | A Young Royal Flame Ignites! | None | |
![]() | Dragonite's fist becomes covered in red-orange flames and it punches the opponent. | ||
Provo's Dragonite | Pursuing a Lofty Goal! | None | |
![]() | Medicham holds out its fist and its hand turns red. Its hand bursts into flames and then punches the opponent. | ||
Candice's Medicham | Sliding Into Seventh! | None | |
![]() | Magby's fist becomes surrounded by red-orange flames and it punches the opponent with it. | ||
Roland's Magby | An Elite Coverup! | None | |
![]() | Both or one of Electivire's fists become surrounded by red-orange fire, and it repeatedly punches the opponent with them. | ||
Volkner's Electivire | The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World! | None | |
![]() | One of Pansear's fists becomes surrounded in red-orange fire and it punches the opponent with it. | ||
Chili's Pansear | Triple Leaders, Team Threats! | None | |
![]() | One of Darmanitan's fists becomes surrounded in red-yellow flames and it punches the opponent with it. | ||
Bianca's father's Red Flash Darmanitan | Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader! | None | |
![]() | One of Pangoro's fists becomes surrounded by red-yellow flames and it punches the opponent. | ||
A wild Pangoro | Rocking Clawmark Hill! | None | |
Viren's Pangoro | Living on the Cutting Edge! | None | |
![]() | One of Charizard's fists becomes surrounded by red-yellow flames and it punches the opponent with it. | ||
Kiawe's Charizard | Run, Heroes, Run! | None | |
![]() | One of Dusclops's fists becomes surrounded with fire and then punches the opponent with it. | ||
Team Rocket's Dusclops | A Chilling Curse! | None | |
![]() | One of Infernape's fists becomes surrounded with fire and then punches the opponent with it. | ||
Ash's Infernape | Friends, Rivals, Lend Me Your Spirit! | None |
Pokémon Generations
![]() Dragonite | |||
The user punches the opponent with a fiery fist. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
![]() | Dragonite creates an orange flame in between its hands and grabs it, engulfing its hand in fire. It then punches the opponent with it. | ||
Lance's Dragonite | The Lake of Rage | Debut |
In the manga
Aim to Be a Card Master!!
Phantom Thief Pokémon 7
Pokémon Adventures
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- In some games, the Pokédex states that Emboar can "throw a fire punch". However, this was first said in Pokémon Black, while Emboar was unable to learn the move Fire Punch until Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.
- In the Japanese version of the Pokédex entries, the "fire punch" is written as 「ほのおの パンチ」 (in the kanji version, the equivalent is 「炎の パンチ」). Except for the addition of a space, this is almost the same as 「ほのおのパンチ」 (the Japanese name of Fire Punch). Similarly, the English Pokédex text mentions "fire punch" in lowercase, while moves like "Fire Punch" are written in title case instead.
In other languages
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