Inferno (move)

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Inferno れんごく Purgatory

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Battles Type  Fire Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  100 Accuracy  50% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Inferno (Japanese: れんごく Purgatory) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Inferno deals damage and will always burn the target if it hits. Inferno will burn a target with Color Change before it changes its type to Fire.

Description

Games Description The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire. It leaves the target with a burn. The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire. This leaves the target with a burn.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	46			46
005		Charmeleon	Fire		Fire	54			54
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	62			62
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	44	50	50
077		Ponyta	Fire		Fire	33			33
078		Rapidash	Fire		Fire	33			33
155		Cyndaquil	Fire		Fire	46			46
156		Quilava	Fire		Fire	53			53
157		Typhlosion	Fire		Fire	56			56
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	56			56
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	65			--, 65
324		Torkoal	Fire		Fire	60			--, 60
494		Victini	Psychic	Fire	57			57
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire	38			38
608		Lampent	Ghost	Fire	38			38
631		Heatmor	Fire		Fire	61			--, 61
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
218		Slugma	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.

Special move

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0200 Misdreavus Ghost Dream World - Spooky Manor 0218 Slugma Fire Dream World - Rugged Mountain Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By events

Generation VI

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0006 CharizardLv.36 Fire Flying CoroCoro Charizard Olleh TV Charizard Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Chandelure Lampent Litwick
The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Lampent puts its arms together and a light blue and blue flame appear in between its hands. It then pulls its arms next to it, dragging the fire with it. It then leans on its back and throws the fire to the top of its head. When the fire reaches its head, Lampent starts to spin rapidly with the top of its head facing the opponent. A light blue stream of fire with dark blue rings of fire around it then fires from the top of its head at the opponent.
A wild Lampent	Scare at the Litwick Mansion!		Debut
A wild Lampent	Climbing the Tower of Success!		None
	The purple flame on the top of Litwick's head stretches out into the sky. Then, an orb of light blue and blue fire forms in front of Litwick's flame. Litwick then fires a spiraling stream of light blue fire with rings of dark blue fire from the orb at the opponent.
Four wild Litwick	Scare at the Litwick Mansion!		None
	Chandelure tips its head down and fires a stream of purple fire with rings from the hole on the top of its head at the opponent.
A wild Chandelure	Climbing the Tower of Success!		None

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

• Inferno is the only non-status move that has a 100% chance of burning the target under normal conditions. The only other move with the same possibility is Fling, but in its case, burn is only achieved if the user is holding a Flame Orb.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 煉獄 Liànyù Dutch Inferno French Feu d'Enfer German Inferno Indonesian Neraka Italian Marchiatura Korean 연옥 Yeon Ok Polish Inferno Brazilian Portuguese Inferno Spanish Latin America Infierno Spain Infierno

Variations of the move Dynamic Punch
Dynamic Punch Inferno Formerly a variation Zap Cannon

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