Fire (type): Difference between revisions

Offensively, Fire is very powerful. The ability to deal [[Damage modification#Super effective|super effective]] damage to Steel-type Pokémon is very useful for Pokémon that specialize in [[Physical move special 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-type moves are generally powerful, with around half of its damaging moves having 100 or more for power and 17 out of 27 having 80 or more. While Fire is resisted by four types, two types are hindered by {{t|Rock|their own bad special defenses}} and {{t|Dragon| relative scarcity}} therefore keeping their moves rather valuable.  While Fire-types often have below average defensive stats, they often have high {{stat|Speed|speed}} and {{stat|Attack|attack}} stats, making them great offensive Pokémon. Fire is super effective against four types, tying it with {{t|Ice}} and {{t|Rock}}. However, double weaknesses to Ice and Rock are slightly more common, and Ground and Fighting hit even more types super-effectively. Despite this, Fire is unique in that it is the only type that can cause {{p|Paras|quintuple}} {{p|Parasect|damage}}, due to the combination of a double weakness and the ability {{a|Dry Skin}}. Many Fire-types can now learn Grass attacks, which can make double resistances to Fire useless (in this case, Water/Rock types, who are doubly weak to Grass).