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The Fire type has its pros and cons defensively. {{t|Ground}}, {{t|Rock}}, and Water moves are all very common, while most of the Fire type's resistances are of little use. Fire-type Pokémon will not survive too long in battle; they must deal damage quickly in order to earn their slot on a team. This reflects the nature of fire being a glass cannon; a very destructive force yet at the same time being very fragile. However, not only does Fire have five resistances, but its also immune to the Burn condition making Pokémon of this type key physical sweepers. Also, most Fire types can at least learn {{m|SolarBeam}} to counter all three of the type's weaknesses. The biggest problem Fire-types had before [[Generation V]] was that no Pokémon of the type had a {{t|Water}} resistant subtype leaving them all | The Fire type has its pros and cons defensively. {{t|Ground}}, {{t|Rock}}, and Water moves are all very common, while most of the Fire type's resistances are of little use. Fire-type Pokémon will not survive too long in battle; they must deal damage quickly in order to earn their slot on a team. This reflects the nature of fire being a glass cannon; a very destructive force yet at the same time being very fragile. However, not only does Fire have five resistances, but its also immune to the Burn condition making Pokémon of this type key physical sweepers. Also, most Fire types can at least learn {{m|SolarBeam}} to counter all three of the type's weaknesses. The biggest problem Fire-types had before [[Generation V]] was that no Pokémon of the type had a {{t|Water}} resistant subtype leaving them all vulnerable to Water-type moves. This problem will soon be erradicated with the introduction of {{p|Reshiram}}, a Fire/{{t|Dragon}} Pokémon. | ||
Offensively, Fire is very useful. The ability to deal [[super effective]] damage to Steel-type Pokémon is very useful for Pokémon that specialize in [[physical moves]], as many Steel-type Pokémon typically have high {{stat|Defense}} but a low {{stat|Special Defense}} and would have little trouble with any physical moves thrown at them. Also Fire moves are generally powerful, with half of its damaging moves having 100 or more for power and 11 out of 16 having 80 or more. Fire is super effective against four types; only Ground and Fighting surpasses it. It ties with Ice and Rock , even though double weaknesses to Ice and Rock are slightly more common. While Fire is resisted by only four types, two types are are hindered by {{t|Rock|their own bad special defenses}} and {{t|Dragon| relative scarcity}} therefore keeping their moves rather valuable. While Fire is not very effective against Rock and Dragon-types, many fire attacks can cause burn, therefore halving the attack of Rock-type and Dragon types. | Offensively, Fire is very useful. The ability to deal [[super effective]] damage to Steel-type Pokémon is very useful for Pokémon that specialize in [[physical moves]], as many Steel-type Pokémon typically have high {{stat|Defense}} but a low {{stat|Special Defense}} and would have little trouble with any physical moves thrown at them. Also Fire moves are generally powerful, with half of its damaging moves having 100 or more for power and 11 out of 16 having 80 or more. Fire is super effective against four types; only Ground and Fighting surpasses it. It ties with Ice and Rock , even though double weaknesses to Ice and Rock are slightly more common. While Fire is resisted by only four types, two types are are hindered by {{t|Rock|their own bad special defenses}} and {{t|Dragon| relative scarcity}} therefore keeping their moves rather valuable. While Fire is not very effective against Rock and Dragon-types, many fire attacks can cause burn, therefore halving the attack of Rock-type and Dragon types. | ||