Searing Shot (move)

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Searing Shot かえんだん Flame Bomb

Battles Type  Fire Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  100 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects all Pokémon adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   An appealing move that can be used repeatedly without boring the audience.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Searing Shot (Japanese: かえんだん Flame Bomb) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation V. It is the signature move of Victini.

Effect

Searing Shot deals damage and has a 30% chance to burn the target. It does not affect opponents with Bulletproof.

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 An inferno of scarlet flames torches everything around the user. It may leave the target with a burn. XYORAS The user torches everything around it with an inferno of scarlet flames. This may also leave those hit with a burn. SM The user torches everything around it in an inferno of scarlet flames. This may also leave those it hits with a burn.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0494		Victini		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	1	1	1
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.

In the anime

Charging Victini
The user fires a large ball of fire at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Victini crouches its body together and its whole body glows pale red. Its body then becomes surrounded in a teardrop-shape red flame. It also surrounds its body in a round yellow fire. Victini then fires the flame from its body at the opponent, and it shoots at the opponent like a spinning meteor.
A wild Victini	White—Victini and Zekrom Black—Victini and Reshiram		Debut

In the manga

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga

Victini
A puff of flames are blown.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Victini fires the flame from its body at the opponent.
Monta's Victini	The Birth of the Best Pokémon Trainer!		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	BW	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 火炎彈 Huǒyán Dàn French Incendie German Flammenball Italian Sparafuoco Korean 화염탄 Hwayeomtan Brazilian Portuguese Tiro Secante Spanish Bomba Ígnea

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