Fire Spin (move)

Fire Spin ほのおのうず Flame Swirl

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Battles Type  Fire Category  Special PP  15 (max. 24) Power  35 Accuracy  85% Priority  {{{priority}}} 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 May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Fire Spin (Japanese: ほのおのうず Flame Swirl) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Fire Spin has a power of 15 and an accuracy of 70. Fire Spin inflicts damage and traps the target for 2-5 turns, damaging the target at the end of each turn. There is a 37.5% chance that it will attack for 2 turns, a 37.5% chance that it will attack for 3 turns, a 12.5% chance that it will attack for 4 turns, and a 12.5% chance that it will attack for 5 turns. Although only the first hit can be a critical hit, each consecutive turn will deal the same amount of damage. Whilst the target is trapped, it will be unable to attack, and if the user of Fire Spin strikes before the target, when used, the target will also be unable to attack during the same turn.

Damage done by Fire Spin's continuing duration is done after recurrent damage. If the user switches out before the turn duration ends, the target will be unable to attack during that turn. If the target switches out before the turn duration ends, Fire Spin will automatically be used against the incoming Pokémon, deducting an additional PP from the move. If at such a time Fire Spin has 0 PP, Fire Spin will still be used against the incoming Pokémon. After that use, the current PP of Fire Spin will roll over to 63, and full PP ups will be applied to it.

Even if Fire Spin misses, it will negate the recharge turn normally required for Hyper Beam. Additionally, if the user of Fire Spin attacks before the user of Hyper Beam during a recharge turn and the use of Fire Spin misses, the user of Hyper Beam will automatically use Hyper Beam during that turn. If at such a time Hyper Beam has 0 PP, Hyper Beam will still be used, and afterwards its current PP will roll over to 63, and full PP ups will be applied to it.

The target will be able to select a move during each turn of Fire Spin's duration, and will hit an incoming Pokémon with the selected move if the user switches out before the duration is over.

In Stadium, a move can be selected during each turn of Fire Spin's duration. If the target switches out before the duration ends, the incoming Pokémon will not automatically be attacked. Fire Spin will negate the recharge turn of Hyper Beam only if successful.

Generation II

The target is now able to attack during Fire Spin's duration, and can act normally. Instead, it inflicts 1/16 of the target's maximum HP as damage for two to five turns upon use, in addition to the damage dealt when it is used. It also traps the target, preventing switching and escape. If a trapped Pokémon uses Rapid Spin, it will be freed.

Generation III

The effects of Fire Spin are the same as in Generation II, but if a wild Pokémon uses Fire Spin on the player's Pokémon, the player may escape if the affected Pokémon has Run Away or is holding a Smoke Ball. However, these do not allow the player to switch the Pokémon out.

Generation IV

In Generation IV, if the user of Fire Spin is holding a Grip Claw, the duration of Fire Spin will always be 5 turns. Also, if an affected Pokémon is holding a Shed Shell, it can switch out.

Generation V

Fire Spin's power and accuracy were raised to 35 and 85 respectively, and now lasts for four to five turns.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	46			49			49			37				43			''''
005		Charmeleon	Fire		Fire	56			55			55			43				50			''''
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	55			64			64			49				56			''''
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	42			37			41			34				14			''''
038		Ninetales	Fire		Fire				43			45										''''
077		Ponyta	Fire		Fire	39			26			25			25		24	25			''''
078		Rapidash	Fire		Fire	--			26			25			25		24	25			''''
126		Magmar	Fire		Fire										19				21			''''
136		Flareon	Fire		Fire	44	36	36			36			36				36			''''
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying	--			13			13			8				8			''''
240		Magby	Fire		Fire										19				19			''''
244		Entei	Fire		Fire				31			31			22				22			''''
255		Torchic	Fire		Fire							25			25				25			''''
324		Torkoal	Fire		Fire							17			17				17			''''
338		Solrock	Rock	Psychic							19			12				12			'
390		Chimchar	Fire		Fire										33				33			''''
391		Monferno	Fire	Fighting										39				39			''''
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting										45				45			''''
467		Magmortar	Fire		Fire										19				21			''''
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel										57				57			''''
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire														7			''''
608		Lampent	Ghost	Fire														7			''''
631		Heatmor	Fire		Fire														16			''''
637		Volcarona	Bug	Fire														30			''''
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.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire
513		Pansear	Fire		Fire
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

Charizard Arcanine Blaziken Flareon
The foe becomes trapped within a fierce vortex of fire. It appears much stronger than in the games.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Light red energy flickers off Vulpix and its eyes glow light blue. Its eyes then glow red and a flame is released. When the flame hits the ground, it turns into a fiery tornado and hits the opponent, or Vulpix releases a spiraling stream of fire from its mouth at the opponent.
Brock's Vulpix	Pokémon Fashion Flash		Debut
A Coordinator's Vulpix	Staging a Heroes' Welcome!		None
	Charmander opens its mouth and a spiraling flame is released at the opponent from its mouth, trapping and burning it in a fiery tornado.
Ash's Charmander	The Ninja Poké-Showdown		None
	Flareon opens its mouth and a spiraling red-orange flame is released at the opponent from its mouth.
Pyro's Flareon	The Battling Eevee Brothers		None
Savannah's Flareon	Cruisin' for a Losin'		None
Ursula's Flareon	Opposites Interact!		None
	Ninetales opens its mouth and releases a stream of spinning red-orange or orange fire with a yellow flame spiraling around it at the opponent. When the stream of fire hits the opponent, it curls around it for a moment before disappearing.
Blaine's Ninetales	Riddle Me This		None
Zane's Ninetales	Beauty and the Breeder		None
A Coordinator's Ninetales	All Things Bright and Beautifly!		None
Unknown Trainer's Ninetales	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew		None
	Arcanine opens its mouth and a flame is released at the opponent from its mouth. When the flame reaches the opponent, its curls around it in a tornado, or Arcanine's body becomes surrounded by fire and it tackles the opponent.
Gary's Arcanine	The Battle of the Badge		None
Keegan and Ramona's Arcanine	The Stolen Stones!		None
	Charmeleon opens its mouth and a flame is released at the opponent from its mouth. The flame turns into a fiery tornado and it hits the opponent.
Mateo's Charmeleon	The Crystal Onix		None
Ritchie's Zippo	Oaknapped		None
	Charizard opens its mouth and a flame is shot at the opponent from its mouth. The flame twists around the opponent, trapping it, or Charizard fires a orb of flames at the opponent from its mouth.
Ash's Charizard	Fighting Flyer with Fire		None
A Coordinator's Charizard	Disguise Da Limit		None
Jessie's Charizard	Grating Spaces!		None
	Solrock releases a red-orange flame from the top rock on its head that spirals at the opponent.
A wild Solrock	Take the Lombre Home		None
	Combusken opens its mouth and a ball of fire appears in its mouth. It then shoots a vortex of fire at the opponent from its mouth.
May's Combusken	A Shroomish Skirmish		None
	Skitty lifts up its paw and a white orb appears. A spiraling red-orange fire then comes out of the orb at the opponent.
May's Skitty	Mean with Envy		Used via Assist
	Mime Jr. releases a vortex of fire from its mouth at the opponent.
James's Mime Jr.	Spontaneous Combusken!		Used via Mimic
	Blaziken opens its mouth and releases a spiraling flame from its mouth at the opponent.
May's Blaziken	Once More with Reeling!		None
	Magmar releases a twister of orange-yellow fire at the opponent, or Magmar releases a red-orange flame at the opponent from its mouth. When the opponent gets hit, a tornado of fire surrounds the opponent.
A Coordinator's Magmar	Settling a Not-So-Old Score!		None
Paul's Magmar	Lost Leader Strategy!		None
	Entei releases a spiraling red-orange fire from its mouth at the opponent.
Entei (movie 3)	The Rise of Darkrai		None
	Chimchar releases a spiraling fire from its mouth that forms together into a vortex and hits the opponent. When hit, the opponent becomes trapped in a pillar of fire, or Chimchar opens its mouth and a ball of red-orange fire forms in front of it. A spiraling red-orange fire is then fires at the opponent.
Ash's Chimchar	Top-Down Training!		None
Chimchar of Team Poképals	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness		None
	Heatran opens its mouth and releases a spiraling red-orange fire from its mouth at the opponent.
Marcus's Heatran	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		None

Pokédex entries

Episode Pokémon Source Entry EP028 Fire Spin Ash's Pokédex Vulpix's greatest attack: Fire Spin. Using powerful flames to block its opponent from moving, it then inflicts great damage.

In the manga

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

File:Heatran Fire Spin P7.png Heatran
The user breathes a powerful spiral of flames.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Heatran releases a spiral of flames from its mouth.
Team Galactic's Heatran	A World Covered In Darkness		Debut

Pokémon Adventures

Charizard File:Zapmolcuno triple attack.png Zapmolcuno
The foe becomes trapped within a fierce vortex of fire.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	The flame on the end of Charmeleon's tail shoot out and swirl around the opponent.
Blue's Charmeleon	That Awful Arbok!		Debut
	Rapidash lowers its head and releases a spiral of fire from its mane at the opponent, or Rapidash fires a spiraling flame at the opponent from its mouth.
Blaine's Rapidash	Holy Moltres		None
Zapmolcuno	Zapmolcuno waves its wing and a powerful wave of fire comes out and hits the opponent.
Zapmolcuno	The Winged Legends		None
	Charizard releases a vortex of fire from its mouth at the opponent.
Blue's Charizard	A Charizard...and a Champion		None
	Ninetales releases a stream of spiraling flames at the opponent from its mouth. Sometimes, the flames curl around the opponent, preventing it from escaping.
Blue's Ninetales	Striking Golduck		None
Courtney's Ninetales	VS. Loudred & Exploud II		None

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure

File:Infernape Fire Spin DPA.png Infernape
The user traps the opponent with big flames.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Infernape spits out big flames and traps the opponent.
Mitsumi's Infernape	Beauty Contest: The Pokémon Super Contest!!		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	Generation V	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

Trivia

• Prior to Generation V, Fire Spin had the lowest base power of all Template:Type2 moves, now only Incinerate having lower base power.
• Solrock is the only Pokémon that is not Fire-type that can learn Fire Spin.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 火焰漩渦 Huǒyàn Xuánwō Dutch Vuurdraak Finnish Tulipyörre French Danse-Flammes German Feuerwirbel Greek Στρόβιλος Φωτιάς Hindi Aag Ka Gola Indonesian Api Melingkar Italian Turbofuoco Korean 회오리불꽃 Hoe-ori Bulkkot Norwegian Ildspinn Flammespinn Portuguese Brazil Roda de Fogo Ciclone de Fogo Portugal Rodopio de Fogo (Pokémon Chronicles) Serbian Vatreni Kovitlac Spanish Giro de Fuego

Variations of the move Fire Spin
Clamp • Sand Tomb Fire Spin • Whirlpool

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