Inferno

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Inferno is a Fire-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effects[]

Inferno is a very powerful move that always burns the target if hit, although Inferno has only half accuracy and low PP.

Description[]

Games	Description
Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version	The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire. It leaves the target with a burn.
Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y	The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire. This leaves the target with a burn.
Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon
Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl
Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire	Move: The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire. This leaves the target with a burn. Contest: Badly startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Charmander	fire	Monster/Dragon	46	46	46SM USUM	36	36
	Charmeleon	fire	Monster/Dragon	54	54	54SM USUM	48	48
	Charizard	fire/flying	Monster/Dragon	62	62	62SM USUM	54	54
	Vulpix	fire	Field	44BW 50B2W2	50	50SM USUM	48SwSh BDSP
	Ninetales	fire	Field				1SwSh BDSP
	Ponyta	fire	Field	33	33	33SM USUM	45SwSh BDSP
	Rapidash	fire	Field	33	33	33SM USUM	49SwSh BDSP
	Cyndaquil	fire	Field	46	46	46	46BDSP	46
	Quilava	fire	Field	53	53	53	53BDSP	53
	Typhlosion	fire	Field	56	56	56	56BDSP	56
	Typhlosion	fire/ghost	Field					56
	Houndour	dark/fire	Field	56	56	56	56BDSP	56
	Houndoom	dark/fire	Field	65	1, 65	1, 65	1, 65BDSP	62
	Torkoal	fire	Field	60	1, 60XY 50ORAS	50	56	56
	Victini	psychic/fire	Undiscovered	57	57	57	49
	Litwick	ghost/fire	Amorphous	38	38	38	40
	Lampent	ghost/fire	Amorphous	38	38	38	40
	Chandelure	ghost/fire	Amorphous				1
	Heatmor	fire	Field	61	1, 61	66	55
	Centiskorch	fire/bug	Bug				1
	Chi-Yu	dark/fire	Undiscovered					65
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg Group(s)
	Slugma		Amorphous
Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

v · d · e List of Fire-type moves

Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX

A	Armor Cannon

B	Bitter Blade Blast Burn Blaze Kick Blazing Torque Blue Flare Burn Up Burning Bulwark Burning Jealousy

E	Ember Eruption

F	Fiery Dance Fire Blast Fire Fang Fire Lash Fire Pledge Fire Punch Fire Spin Flame Burst Flame Charge Flame Wheel Flamethrower Flare Blitz Fusion Flare

H	Heat Crash Heat Wave

I	Incinerate Inferno

L	Lava Plume

M	Magma Storm Mind Blown Mystical Fire

O	Overheat

P	Pyro Ball

R	Raging Fury

S	Sacred Fire Searing Shot Shell Trap Sizzly Slide Sunny Day

T	Temper Flare Torch Song

V	V-create

W	Will-O-Wisp

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Normal-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation V

Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type

A	Acid Spray Acrobatics After You Ally Switch Autotomize

B	Bestow Blue Flare Bolt Strike Bulldoze

C	Chip Away Circle Throw Clear Smog Coil Cotton Guard

D	Dragon Tail Drill Run Dual Chop

E	Echoed Voice Electro Ball Electroweb Entrainment

F	Fiery Dance Final Gambit Fire Pledge Flame Burst Flame Charge Foul Play Freeze Shock Frost Breath Fusion Bolt Fusion Flare

G	Gear Grind Glaciate Grass Pledge Guard Split

H	Head Charge Heal Pulse Heart Stamp Heat Crash Heavy Slam Hex Hone Claws Horn Leech Hurricane

I	Ice Burn Icicle Crash Incinerate Inferno

L	Leaf Tornado Low Sweep

M	Magic Room

N	Night Daze

P	Power Split Psyshock Psystrike

Q	Quash Quick Guard Quiver Dance

R	Rage Powder Razor Shell Reflect Type Relic Song Retaliate Round

S	Sacred Sword Scald Searing Shot Secret Sword Shell Smash Shift Gear Simple Beam Sky Drop Sludge Wave Smack Down Snarl Soak Steamroller Stored Power Storm Throw Struggle Bug Synchronoise

T	Tail Slap Techno Blast Telekinesis

V	V-create Venoshock Volt Switch

W	Water Pledge Wide Guard Wild Charge Wonder Room Work Up

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation V

Inferno

Contents

Effects[]

Description[]

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

By breeding[]

Special move[]

Generation V[]

By event[]

Generation VI[]

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