Best Fire Type Pokemon

Fire Type Pokemon are strong against Grass, Ice, Bug, and Steel Type Pokemon. Learn what are the best Fire Type Pokemon for Competitive, Tera Raids and the Story, as well as the best Pokemon to give a Fire Tera Type to in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV)!

Best Fire-type Pokemon for Tera Raids

Best Fire-type Pokemon for Tera Raids
Skeledirge	Armarouge	Iron Moth

Skeledirge

Skeledirge	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑Sp. Atk, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	Sp. Atk: 252		HP: 252		Sp.Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Unaware	・ Torch Song ・ Shadow Ball ・ Yawn ・ Slack Off
Held Item
Throat Spray

Skeledirge's great natural bulk and Unaware Ability make it a great check against Tera Raid bosses that boost their offenses. It can also inflict Sleep with Yawn and recover lost health with Slack Off.

Skeledirge Best Tera Raid Build

Armarouge

Armarouge	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑ Sp.Atk, ↓ Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Def: 4		Sp.Atk: 252
Ability	Moveset
Weak Armor	・ Calm Mind ・ Psychic ・ Armor Cannon ・ Will-O-Wisp
Held Item
Shell Bell

Armarouge is a viable Fire-type Tera Raid attacker thanks to its high Special Attack stat which can be improved with Calm Mind. It can then unleash damage with Armor Cannon and even burn opponents with Will-O-Wisp.

Armarouge Best Tera Raid Build

Iron Moth

Iron Moth	Tera Type			Nature
				Modest (↑Sp. Atk, ↓Atk)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Sp. Atk: 252		Sp. Def: 4
Ability	Moveset
Quark Drive	・ Metal Sound / Acid Spray ・ Fiery Dance ・ Morning Sun ・ Sludge Wave
Held Item
Booster Energy

Iron Moth's well-rounded stats and access to Metal Sound and Acid Spray allow it to solo most Tera Raids that it has a type advantage against. Fiery Dance, in particular, has a chance to raise its Special Attack by one stage and give it a chance to overpower even the toughest Tera Raid bosses!

Iron Moth Best Tera Raid Build

Best Fire-type Pokemon for Competitive Ranked Battle

Best Fire-type Pokemon for Ranked Battles
Chi-Yu	Heat Rotom	Torkoal

Chi-Yu

	Chi-Yu Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EV Spread	4 HP / 252 Sp. Atk / 252 Spe
Final Stat Values	131 HP / 100 Def / 187 Sp. Atk / 140 Sp. Def / 167 Spe
Ability	Beads of Ruin
Tera Type
Held Item	Choice Specs
Moveset	・ Overheat ・ Dark Pulse ・ Tera Blast ・ Psychic

This set aims to come in mid-game, after a teammate has been knocked out and take out a threat to your team. Not many Pokemon will want to take a Choice Specs-boosted Overheat at -1 Special Defense, and few Pokemon can switch into it.

Keep in mind that Chi-Yu is currently not available to use in Ranked Battle but is still a great choice for unrestricted play.

Chi-Yu Movesets and Best Builds

Heat Rotom

	Heat Rotom Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EV Spread	252 HP / 4 Sp. Def / 252 Spe
Final Stat Values	157 HP / 127 Def / 125 Sp. Atk / 128 Sp. Def / 151 Spe
Ability	Levitate
Tera Type
Held Item	Choice Scarf
Moveset	・ Overheat ・ Volt Switch ・ Will-O-Wisp ・ Trick

Heat Rotom's great dual Fire and Electric-type STAB makes it one of the premiere Choice Scarf users in the current metagame as it can threaten Water-types that it's normally weak to.

Unlike other Choice Scarf users, it can also shut down physical attackers with Will-O-Wisp and will usually move faster due to its held item.

Heat Rotom Movesets and Best Builds

Torkoal

	Torkoal Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Quiet (+Sp. Atk, -Spe)
EV Spread	252 HP / 252 Sp. Atk / 4 Sp. Def IVs: 0 Spe
Final Stat Values	177 HP / 160 Def / 150 Sp. Atk / 91 Sp. Def / 22 Spe
Ability	Drought
Tera Type
Held Item	Charcoal
Moveset	・ Eruption ・ Flamethrower ・ Earth Power ・ Protect

Torkoal is possibly Scarlet and Violet's premier Trick Room Sweeper, who truly shines when it is allowed to burn through entire teams with Eruption. It also likes Support from Chlorophyll Pokemon like Lilligant.

Torkoal is an Offensive powerhouse once it gets going, and it is difficult to stop once in Trick Room.

Torkoal Movesets and Best Builds

Best Fire-type Pokemon for Story Playthrough

Best Fire-type Pokemon for the Story
Skeledirge	Scovillain

Skeledirge

	Skeledirge Best Build for the Story
Best Tera Type
Best Nature	Modest (↑ SpAtk, ↓ Attack)
Best Ability	Blaze
Best Held Item	Wise Glasses
Moveset	・Torch Song ・Will-O-Wisp ・Hex ・Shadow Ball / Fire Blast

This moveset capitalizes on Skeledirge's high Special Attack. With a Modest Nature and a pair of Wise Glasses, moves like Torch Song and Hex will give enemies a rough time in battle.

Spamming Torch Song will further raise Skeledirge's Sp. Atk, eventually ensuring one-hit KOs against most Pokemon in an opponent's party. Also, remember to use Will-O-Wisp on your opponent before using Hex.

Except for Torch Song, keep in mind that you'll have to change most, if not all of Skeledirge's other moves if you want to give it a competitive build.

Skeledirge Best Moveset for the Story

Scovillain

	Meowscarada Best Build for the Story
Best Tera Type
Best Nature	Modest (↑ SpAtk, ↓ Attack)
Best Ability	Chlorophyll
Best Held Item	Wise Glasses
Moveset	・Flamethrower ・Solar Beam ・Tera Blast ・Sunny Day

Give Scovillain a Modest nature and Wise Glasses to raise its already high Special Attack stat.

On the first turn, use Sunny Day to activate its Chlorophyll Ability, which boosts your Speed stat and lets you fire Solar Beam in 1 turn instead of two. When you Terastallize Scovillain, use Tera Blast or Flamethrower to deal massive Fire-type damage to your foes.

Scovillain Best Moveset for the Story

Best Pokemon to Terastallize to Fire

Best Pokemon to Terastallize to Grass
Haxorus	Flutter Mane	Arboliva

Haxorus

	Haxorus Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Adamant (+Atk, -Sp.Atk)
EV Spread	Atk 252 / Sp.Def 4 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values	HP 151 / Atk 218 / Def 110 / Sp.Def 91 / Spe 149
Ability	Mold Breaker
Tera Type
Held Item	Life Orb
Moveset	・ Swords Dance ・ Tera Blast ・ Breaking Swipe ・ Rock Slide

Swords Dance Haxorus has an easier time setting up in Doubles thanks to redirection support from the likes of Amoonguss, Toedscruel, and Pachirisu.

Terastallizing it into a Fire-type also allows it to safely switch into Steel-types such as Gholdengo and retaliate with STAB Fire Tera Blast.

Haxorus Movesets and Best Builds

Flutter Mane

Flutter Mane	Flutter Mane Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Modest (+Sp.Atk, -Atk)
EV Spread	Sp.Atk 252 / Sp.Def 4 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values	HP 130 / Def 75 / Sp.Atk 205 / Sp.Def 156 / Spe 187
Ability	Protosynthesis
Tera Type	or
Held Item	Choice Specs
Moveset	・ Moonblast ・ Shadow Ball ・ Psyshock ・ Tera Blast

Choice Specs Flutter Mane is a formidable special sweeper in Ranked Battle Series 2, boasting near-perfect coverage with just its dual STAB moves alone. It's also an unpredictable attacker since it can run different Tera Types to overcome its checks and counters.

Terastallizing into a Fire-type, in particular, gives it near perfect coverage on top of its STAB moves.

Flutter Mane Movesets and Best Builds

Arboliva

Arboliva]	Arboliva Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature	Modest (+Sp.Atk, -Atk)
EV Spread	HP 252 / Sp.Atk 252 / Sp.Def 4
Final Stat Values	HP 185 / Def 110 / Sp.Atk 194 / Sp.Def 130 / Spe 59
Ability	Seed Sower
Tera Type
Held Item	Heavy-Duty Boots
Moveset	・ Growth ・ Tera Blast ・ Solar Beam ・ Hyper Voice

Arboliva's high Special Attack and respectable natural bulk, particularly its Special Defense, make it an effective Growth setup sweeper for dedicated sun teams. During the effects of Sunny Day, Growth boosts Arboliva's Attack and Special Attack by two stages.

Tera Blast becomes a Base 80 Fire-type move when Arboliva terasstalizes into a Fire-type, and gives it a great STAB move that gets boosted under harsh sunlight. Similarly, Solar Beam is a strong spammable under sun as the weather removes its two-turn charge.

Hyper Voice is its last STAB move and while it doesn't hit anything for super effective damage, it's a strong neutral Special move that allows Arboliva to hit bulky Dragon-types such as Altaria.

Arboliva Movesets and Best Builds

Best Tera Type for Fire-type Pokemon

Fire Tera Type

Letting Fire-type Pokemon have a Fire Tera Type gives them stronger STAB with its Fire-type moves when Terastallized.

Additionally, some dual-typed Fire-type Pokemon benefit from reverting to a mono Fire-type. A good example is Armarouge*, who loses its weakness to Dark and Ghost-type moves.

Water Tera Type

Water is a great defensive Tera type for Fire-types as it allows them to stay on the field against Rock and Ground-types. Offensively, Fire and Water also has great type synergy and coverage that is almost unresisted in the current metagame.

You can change your Pokemon's Tera Type to Water with Water Tera Shards.

Grass Tera Type

Grass is a great offensive tera type to terastallize to as it gives Fire-types a way to take on Water and Ground-types, while also giving it a defensive typing against these types.

You can change your Pokemon's Tera Type to Grass with Grass Tera Shards.

Best Pokemon to Terastallize

Best Fire Type Pokemon by Base Stat

Best Fire Type Pokemon by Base Stats

Pokémon	H	A	B	C	D	S	Total
Ho-Oh	106	130	90	110	154	90	680
Volcanion	80	110	120	130	90	70	600
Heatran	91	90	106	130	106	77	600
Gouging Fire	105	115	121	65	93	91	590
Entei	115	115	85	90	75	100	580
Moltres	90	100	90	125	85	90	580
Iron Moth	80	70	60	140	110	110	570
Chi-Yu	55	80	80	135	120	100	570
Ogerpon (Hearthflame Mask)	80	120	84	60	96	110	555
Arcanine	90	110	80	100	80	95	555
Volcarona	85	60	65	135	105	100	550
Magmortar	75	95	67	125	95	83	540
Charizard	78	84	78	109	85	100	534
Infernape	76	104	71	104	71	108	534
Typhlosion	78	84	78	109	85	100	534
Hisuian Typhlosion	73	84	78	119	85	95	534
Delphox	75	69	72	114	100	104	534
Cinderace	80	116	75	65	75	119	530
Blaziken	80	120	70	110	70	80	530
Incineroar	95	115	90	80	90	60	530
Skeledirge	104	75	100	110	75	66	530
Emboar	110	123	65	100	65	65	528
Flareon	65	130	60	95	110	65	525
Armarouge	85	60	100	125	80	75	525
Ceruledge	75	125	80	60	100	85	525
Heat Rotom	50	65	107	105	107	86	520
Chandelure	60	55	90	145	90	80	520
Coalossal	110	80	120	80	90	30	510
Pyroar	86	68	72	109	66	106	507
Ninetales	73	76	75	81	100	100	505
Houndoom	75	90	50	110	80	95	500
Talonflame	78	81	71	74	69	126	499
Paldean Tauros (Fighting/Fire Form)	75	110	105	30	70	100	490
Scovillain	65	108	65	108	65	75	486
Salazzle	68	64	60	111	60	117	480
Oricorio (Baile Style)	75	70	70	98	70	93	476
Torkoal	70	85	140	85	70	20	470
Camerupt	70	100	70	105	75	40	460
Magcargo	60	50	120	90	80	30	430
Hisuian Arcanine	60	50	120	90	80	30	430

This is a list of fully-evolved Fire-type Pokemon by total base stats. For a full comparison of all Pokemon including unevolved forms, try our List of Pokemon by Base Stats.

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