Incineroar

Incineroar
ガオガエン
Generation	Generation VII
Generation	Generation VII
Evolutionary Line
Evolutionary Line
Type(s)
Species	Heel Pokémon
Abilities	Blaze Intimidate(Hidden Ability)
Pokédex
Previous	Torracat
Previous	Torracat
Index	727
Index	727
Next	Popplio
Next	Popplio
Kanto	N/A
Kanto	N/A
Johto	N/A
Johto	N/A
Hoenn	N/A
Hoenn	N/A
Sinnoh	N/A
Sinnoh	N/A
Unova	N/A
Unova	N/A
Kalos	N/A
Kalos	N/A
Alola	006
Alola	006
Galar	N/A
Galar	N/A
Paldea	223
Paldea	223
Evolves
From	Torracat
Into	None
Gender	87.5% ♂ 12.5% ♀
Gender	87.5% ♂ 12.5% ♀
Weight	183.0 lbs. 83.0 kg
Weight	183.0 lbs. 83.0 kg
Height	5'11" 1.8 m
Height	5'11" 1.8 m
Pokédex color	Red
Pokédex color	Red
Egg group	Field
Egg group	Field
Shape
Shape
Cry
Cry

Incineroar (Japanese: ガオガエン, Hepburn: Gaogaen) is a fire/dark-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VII who is the final evolved form of Litten.

Biology

Physiology

Incineroar is a muscular, bipedal feline Pokémon resembling an anthropomorphic tiger. It is colored mostly red and black, with banded stripes covering its arms, legs, and tail. It has green eyes, five-fingered hands with sharp claws, and a gray-colored torso resembling a sleeveless muscle shirt with black markings. Around its waist is a flaming red, orange, and yellow belt, out of which Incineroar produces its fire attacks.

Behavior

Incineroar is a violent, aggressive Pokémon known for its brutal prowess in battle; this trait allows Incineroar to excel in battles without holding back on its own. It is known to be indifferent and arrogant, even refusing to battle weak or injured foes, though it is said Incineroar deep down loves praise and attention and plays its antagonistic "heel" impression for show.

When battling, Incineroar can get too immersed in participating in the combat, and in worst cases one can drag their innocent Trainer into the fight. This makes Incineroar being spurned by the majority who keep their distance with them.

When they start to get attached to small Pokémon and children, nonetheless, Incineroar actually feel immense joy even though they usually put up a cool facade towards the former. In fact, they will have their fighting spirit attenuated when they have to battle against a more feeble foe, which can unfortunately let down their guard and being taken advantage of.

Despite its seemingly brutal disposition, Incineroar is actually very friendly towards children and will even help out small Pokémon.

Natural abilities

Incineroar's belt (which is its navel) can create very dangerous flames when its fighting spirit is stoked. The flames themselves can reach up to a sweltering 3,600 degress Fahrenheit.

Evolution

Incineroar evolves from Torracat at level 34. It is also the final evolution of Litten.

Game info

Locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Sun and Moon	Evolve Torracat	None
Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon	Evolve Torracat	None
Sword and Shield	Evolve Torracat	None

Pokédex entries

• Sun

  This Pokémon has a violent, selfish disposition. If it’s not in the mood to listen, it will ignore its Trainer’s orders with complete nonchalance.

• Moon

  After hurling ferocious punches and flinging furious kicks, it finishes opponents off by spewing fire from around its navel.

• Ultra Sun

  Although it’s rough mannered and egotistical, it finds beating down unworthy opponents boring. It gets motivated for stronger opponents.

• Ultra Moon

  When its fighting spirit is set alight, the flames around its waist become specially intense.

• Sword

  It excels at violent, no-holds-barred battles. The temperature of the flames that issue from its navel exceeds 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit.

• Shield

  Incineroar's rough and aggressive behavior is its most notable trait, but the way it helps out small Pokémon shows that it has a kind side as well.

• Scarlet

  When its fighting spirit is set alight, the flames around its waist become especially intense.

• Violet

  After hurling ferocious punches and flinging furious kicks, it finishes opponents off by spewing fire from around its navel.

Stats

Stats
HP	95
Attack	115
Defense	90
Sp. Atk	80
Sp. Def	90
Speed	60
Total	530

Learnset

Leveling

LevelingGeneration VII
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
1	Darkest Lariat	85	100%	10	Dark	Physical
1	Bulk Up	—	—%	20	Fighting	Status
1	Throat Chop	80	100%	15	Dark	Physical
1	Scratch	40	100%	35	Normal	Physical
1	Ember	40	100%	25	Fire	Special
4	Growl	—	100%	40	Normal	Status
8	Lick	30	100%	40	Ghost	Physical
15	Fire Fang	15	65%	95	Fire	Physical
19	Roar	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
24	Bite	60	100%	25	Dark	Physical
28	Swagger	—	85%	15	Normal	Status
33	Fury Swipes	18	80%	15	Normal	Physical
38	Thrash	120	100%	10	Normal	Physical
44	Flamethrower	90	100%	15	Fire	Special
49	Scary Face	—	100%	10	Normal	Status
55	Flare Blitz	120	100%	15	Fire	Physical
60	Outrage	120	100%	10	Dragon	Physical
66	Cross Chop	100	80%	5	Fighting	Physical
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

TM

TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation VII
TM/HM/TR	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
TM01	Work Up	—	—%	30	Normal	Status
TM05	Roar	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
TM06	Toxic	—	90%	10	Poison	Status
TM08	Bulk Up	—	—%	20	Fighting	Status
TM10	Hidden Power	60	100%	15	Normal	Special
TM11	Sunny Day	—	—%	5	Fire	Status
TM12	Taunt	—	—%	20	Dark	Status
TM15	Hyper Beam	150	90%	5	Normal	Special
TM17	Protect	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM21	Frustration	—	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM26	Earthquake	100	100%	10	Ground	Physical
TM27	Return	—	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM28	Leech Life	80	100%	10	Bug	Physical
TM31	Brick Break	75	100%	15	Fighting	Physical
TM32	Double Team	—	—%	15	Normal	Status
TM35	Flamethrower	90	100%	15	Fire	Special
TM38	Fire Blast	110	85%	5	Fire	Special
TM41	Torment	—	100%	15	Dark	Status
TM42	Facade	70	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM43	Flame Charge	50	100%	20	Fire	Physical
TM44	Rest	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status
TM45	Attract	—	100%	15	Normal	Status
TM47	Low Sweep	65	100%	20	Fighting	Physical
TM48	Round	60	100%	15	Normal	Special
TM50	Overheat	130	90%	5	Fire	Special
TM52	Focus Blast	120	70%	5	Fighting	Special
TM56	Fling	—	100%	10	Dark	Physical
TM59	Brutal Swing	60	100%	20	Dark	Physical
TM60	Quash	—	100%	15	Dark	Status
TM61	Will-O-Wisp	—	85%	15	Fire	Status
TM62	Acrobatics	55	100%	15	Flying	Physical
TM65	Shadow Claw	70	100%	15	Ghost	Physical
TM68	Giga Impact	150	90%	5	Normal	Physical
TM75	Swords Dance	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
TM78	Bulldoze	60	100%	20	Ground	Physical
TM87	Swagger	—	85%	15	Normal	Status
TM88	Sleep Talk	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM89	U-turn	70	100%	20	Bug	Physical
TM90	Substitute	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM95	Snarl	55	95%	15	Dark	Special
TM97	Dark Pulse	80	100%	15	Dark	Special
TM100	Confide	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Breeding

To see the Egg Moves that Incineroar can learn, refer to Litten.

Tutoring

Tutoring Generation VII
Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
Bind USUM	15	85%	20	Normal	Physical
Blast Burn SMUSUM	150	90%	5	Fire	Special
Covet USUM	60	100%	25	Normal	Physical
Drain Punch USUM	75	100%	10	Fighting	Physical
Dual Chop USUM	40	90%	15	Dragon	Physical
Endeavor USUM	—	100%	5	Normal	Physical
Fire Pledge SMUSUM	80	100%	10	Fire	Special
Fire Punch USUM	75	100%	15	Fire	Physical
Focus Punch USUM	150	100%	20	Fighting	Physical
Heat Wave USUM	95	90%	10	Fire	Special
Iron Head USUM	80	100%	15	Steel	Physical
Knock Off USUM	65	100%	20	Dark	Physical
Low Kick USUM	—	100%	20	Fighting	Physical
Outrage USUM	120	100%	10	Dragon	Physical
Snatch USUM	—	—%	10	Dark	Status
Snore USUM	50	100%	15	Normal	Special
Stomping Tantrum USUM	75	100%	10	Ground	Physical
Superpower USUM	120	100%	5	Fighting	Physical
Throat Chop USUM	80	100%	15	Dark	Physical
Thunder Punch USUM	75	100%	15	Electric	Physical
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Sprites

• Generation VII
• Generation VIII
• Generation IX

Incineroar's Sun and Moon/Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon sprite

Incineroar's Sun and Moon/Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon shiny sprite

Appearances

• Professor Kukui's Incineroar.
• Ash's Incineroar.

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Anime

Main

• Ash's Incineroar

Supporting

• Professor Kukui's Incineroar

Minor

• Cross' Incineroar

Known Trainers With an Incineroar

• Cross
• Professor Kukui
• Ash Ketchum

Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Incineroar first appeared in the Super Smash Bros. series in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a playable character. It has also been revealed that Unshō Ishizuka had been recording his lines as Incineroar in Japanese, prior to his passing in August 2018.

Trivia

• Although the Pokédex entry for Pokémon Moon mentions it has a navel, it technically doesn't actually have one as all Pokémon hatch from eggs.
• Incineroar continues the trend of Fire-type Starters being based on animals from the twelve-year Chinese Zodiac, with Incineroar representing the Year of the Tiger.
• In the in-game animations, Incineroar releases its fire attacks from its belt as opposed to its mouth in its previous evolutions. This also makes it one of the few Pokémon to produce fire in a way other than the mouth.
• Incineroar is the second Pokémon character in the Super Smash Bros. series to not introduce a new type as the Fire type was already used by Charizard and the Dark type was already used by Greninja.
  • The first Pokémon character to do this was Pichu, as Pikachu already had the Electric type.
• Incineroar is the only starter evolution that has a base stat lower than its pre-evolution (its Speed is lower than Torracat and Litten).
• Incineroar is the only Pokémon playable in the Super Smash Bros. series to not use any moves corresponding to its primary type. Incineroar uses Darkest Lariat, Max Malicious Moonsault (Dark), Alolan Whip (an attack exclusive to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate), Cross Chop and Revenge (Fighting).
• It surprisingly can't learn the move Incinerate although said move makes up part of its name.
• On June 4, 2016, Incineroar, along with its fellow final Starter evolutions and Mallow had their artwork leaked. From the said leak, it is shown that its code name was "Tiger 3".

Origin

Incineroar is based on a tiger and a wrestler, specifically that of a heel, or a villain role wrestler, possibly being the inspiration for its Dark. Its appearance also draws similarities to the popular manga character Tiger Mask, who was also a heel wrestler. Incineroar may also be based on Zangief, a Russian wrestler from the Street Fighter series nicknamed the "Red Cyclone" who, like Incineroar, has a lariat as one of his signature moves. It also has some characteristics of domestic cats.

Its shiny form maybe based on Lucha Libre heels, or rudos, who are often themed in demonic and skeletal motifs, and possibly a white tiger.

Etymology

Incineroar comes from incinerate (to burn) and roar (the sound a tiger makes).

Its Japanese name, Gaogaen, likely comes from ガオー (gaō, a roaring sound) and 火炎 (kaen, fire).

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