Flame Wheel (move)

Flame Wheel
かえんぐるま Flame Wheel

Battles

Type	Fire
Category	Physical
PP	25 (max. 40)
Power	60
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target

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

Availability

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

Contests

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam	0
A highly appealing move.

Super Contests

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jamming	0
Affected by how well the previous Pokémon's move went.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Flame Wheel (Japanese: かえんぐるま Flame Wheel) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Flame Wheel will thaw out the user if it is frozen, and then inflict damage on the target. Flame Wheel also has a 10% chance of burning the target.

Flame Wheel can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra four appeal points if the move Sunny Day was used in the prior turn.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

		Agile	Strong
Category	Physical
PP	20

Power	60	45	75
Accuracy	100%	100%	100%
Action speed modifier
Self	0	0	+5
Target	0	+3	0
Additional effect
Chance	30%	30%	50%
Turns	3	2	4
		?	?
Inflicts the target with burn Cures the user's frostbite

Description

Games	Description
Stad2	A Fire-type attack. Has a one-in-ten chance of inflicting a burn on the target.
GS C	An attack that may cause a burn.
RS EColo.XD	A fiery charge attack that may inflict a burn.
FRLG	The user makes a fiery charge at the foe. It may cause a burn.
DP Pt HGSSPBR	The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the foe. It may also leave the target with a burn.
BW B2W2	The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the target. It may also leave the target with a burn.
XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh BDSP	The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the target. This may also leave the target with a burn.
LA	The user cloaks itself in flames and charges at the target to deal damage. This may also leave the target with a burn.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
037		Vulpix		Field		Field							15^LA
038		Ninetales		Field		Field							15^LA
058		Growlithe		Field		Field	34	31	20	20^BW 17^B2W2	17	17	12
059		Arcanine		Field		Field	1						1
077		Ponyta		Field		Field			15^PtHGSS	13	13	13	25^SwShBDSP 15^LA
078		Rapidash		Field		Field			15^PtHGSS	13	13	13	25^SwShBDSP 15^LA
105		Marowak Alolan Form		Monster		Monster						1, 11	12
126		Magmar		Human-Like		Human-Like							16^SwShBDSP 11^LA
155		Cyndaquil		Field		Field	27	27	19	19	19	19	19^BDSP 18^LA
156		Quilava		Field		Field	31	31	20	20	20	20	20^BDSP 18^LA
157		Typhlosion		Field		Field	31	31	20	20	20	20	20^BDSP
157		Typhlosion Hisuian Form		Field		Field							18^LA
240		Magby		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							16^SwShBDSP 11^LA
244		Entei		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							6
322		Numel		Field		Field							15^BDSP
323		Camerupt		Field		Field							15^BDSP
324		Torkoal		Field		Field					23^XY 18^ORAS	18	20
390		Chimchar		Field	Human-Like			17	17	17	17	17^BDSP 18^LA
391		Monferno		Field	Human-Like			19	19	19	19	19^BDSP 18^LA
392		Infernape		Field	Human-Like			21	19	19	19	19^BDSP 18^LA
467		Magmortar		Human-Like		Human-Like							16^SwShBDSP 11^LA
636		Larvesta		Bug		Bug				60	60	60	18
637		Volcarona		Bug		Bug					1	1	18
850		Sizzlipede		Bug		Bug							15
851		Centiskorch		Bug		Bug							15
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups	Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
019		Rattata		Field	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
077		Ponyta		Field	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
554		Darumaka		Field	Field				✔	✔	✔	✔
554		Darumaka Galarian Form		Field	Field							✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness and Explorers of Sky, Flame Wheel is a move with base power of 12, 11PP and 88% accuracy. The user damages enemy in front, cutting corners, even if they are frozen (thawing them in the process), and possibly inflicting a burn.

Pokémon Conquest


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Stars: ★★★

Power: 32

Accuracy: 100%

Effect: Has a 10% chance to burn the target. Can thaw out user if frozen.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Pokémon Masters EX

Category	Move Gauge	MP	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description
Physical	2	—	42	50	100%	An opponent	OK While Frozen	Removes the frozen condition from the user. Has a chance (10%) of leaving the target burned.

Past Description

Prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Unfreezes the user. Has a very small chance of leaving the target burned.

Pokémon GO

Flame Wheel

Charged Attack

Gyms & Raids
Power	60
Energy cost	50
Duration	2.7 seconds
Damage window	2.1 - 2.4 seconds

Trainer Battles
Power	60
Energy cost	55
Secondary effect	?
Effect chance	?%

Eligible Pokémon:

Standard eligibility

By GO Snapshot

Updates

Gyms & Raids

July 30, 2016
- Power: 35 → 40
February 16, 2017
- Power: 40 → 60
- Energy cost: 25 → 50
- Duration: 4.6 → 2.7 seconds
- Damage window: 2.7 - 3.2 → 2.1 - 2.4 seconds

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	Inflicts damage on the target. It may also cause a burn. It thaws and frees frozen Pokémon.
MDTD S	Inflicts damage on the target. It may also afflict the targeted enemy with a Burn status condition. It thaws out frozen Pokémon.
BSL	てきポケモンにダメージをあたえるしかもいっていのかくりつでやけどじょうたいにかえるこおっていたポケモンはこおりがとける
Conq.	The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the target. It may also leave the target with a burn.
MDGtI	It damages an enemy. It could also cause the Burn status condition. With the Burn status, the enemy keeps taking damage, and its Attack also goes down slightly.
SMD	It could leave an enemy with a burn and keep damaging the enemy.* It damages an enemy. It could also leave the enemy with a burn.*

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

Infernape	Quilava	Typhlosion	Arcanine
The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the foe.
User	First Used In		Notes
Arcanine	Arcanine runs at the opponent and its whole body becomes enveloped in flames. It then tackles the opponent.
Gary's Arcanine	Extreme Pokémon!		Debut
Typhlosion	Typhlosion runs towards the opponent and its body becomes surrounded in flames. It then tackles the opponent.
Jimmy's Typhlosion	The Legend of Thunder!		None
Mr. Moore's Typhlosion	Poetry Commotion!		None
Quilava	Quilava runs at the opponent and its body becomes engulfed in flames. It then tackles the opponent, or Quilava spins around in the air and its body becomes engulfed in flames. It then rolls into the opponent.
Macy's Quilava	Love, Pokémon Style		None
Clark's Quilava	Shocks and Bonds		None
Ryan's Quilava	The Champ Twins!		None
Dawn's Quilava	Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!		None
Chimchar	Chimchar's body becomes surrounded by flames and it somersaults in the air, spinning at the opponent and hitting it, or Chimchar releases fire out of its mouth while at the same time starts doing a somersault, and rolls into the opponent.
A Chimchar Dawn imagined	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
Ash's Chimchar	When Pokémon Worlds Collide!		None
Monferno	Monferno's body becomes surrounded in fire and it starts to somersault. Monferno then rolls into the opponent, or Monferno releases a red-orange flame out of its mouth while somersaulting, and rolls into the opponent.
A Monferno Angie used briefly	Camping it Up!		None
Ash's Monferno	Evolving Strategies!		None
Growlithe	Growlithe jumps into the air and releases a red-orange flame from its mouth while somersaulting, rolling into the opponent.
Officer Jenny's Growlithe	Beating the Hustle and Bustle!		None
Cyndaquil	Cyndaquil ignites the flames on its back and somersaults in the air, rolling into the opponent.
Dawn's Cyndaquil	Gone With the Windworks!		None
Ash's Cyndaquil	An Old Family Blend!		None
Infernape	Infernape jumps into the air and somersaults. The flame on its head then extends and covers its entire body. Infernape then rolls into the opponent.
Ash's Infernape	Flint Sparks the Fire!		None
Narissa's Ditto 2 in the form of Infernape	Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!		Used via Transform

In the manga

Movie adaptations



The user attacks with fire from its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Cyndaquil	Cyndaquil shoots a ball of fire from its mouth.
Ash's Cyndaquil	Emperor of the Crystal Tower: Entei	Debut

Pokémon Adventures

Monferno	Rapidash	Alolan Marowak

The user hits the opponent with fire from their body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Quilava	Quilava hits the opponent with two streams of fire sent from the flames on its head and backside.
Gold's Exbo	Delibird Delivery - 2	Debut
Typhlosion	Typhlosion fires a ball of fire from the flame on its back at the opponent.
Gold's Exbo	Lugia and Ho-Oh on the Loose (Part 1)	None
Arcanine	Arcanine releases a ball of fire from its mouth at the opponent.
Crystal's Archy	Lugia and Ho-Oh on the Loose (Part 1)	None
Rapidash	The flames from Rapidash's mane grows larger and forms a ring in front of its body. This can thaw the user out if it's frozen.
Crystal's Rapidash	Moving Past Milotic	None
Monferno	Monferno crouches down and its upper body becomes surrounded in flames. It then tackles the opponent.
Pearl's Chimler	Magnificent Meditite & Really Riolu II	None
Infernape	The flame on the top of Infernape's head reaches out and splits into two. The flame on the top part hits the opponent, and the bottom flame comes out underneath its body and also hits the opponent.
Pearl's Chimler	Creeping Away from Cradily	None
Marowak	Alolan Marowak rubs its bone on its forehead to set it on fire. It then rapidly spins the bone towards the opponent.
Kiawe's Marowak	Going Ashore and Neighboring Akala Island	None

Platinum's Ponyta was revealed to know Flame Wheel on the official web site, but he was never shown using the move.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

	Cyndaquil

The user releases a swirl of fire.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Cyndaquil	Cyndaquil shoots a swirl of fire from its arms.
Chris's Cyndaquil	A Serious Crisis!! The Battle With The Lugia	Debut

Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!!

	Infernape

The user attacks with fire from its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Infernape	Infernape hits the opponent with a stream of fire thrown at them.
Yū Shirogane's Infernape	PBK1	Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

The Korean name of this move, 화염자동차, is a mistranslation, literally meaning "Flame Automobile". It is because the Japanese word くるま means both "wheel" and "car".

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	火焰輪 Fóyihm Lèuhn
Chinese	Mandarin	火焰輪 / 火焰轮 Huǒyàn Lún
Czech		Ohnivé kolo
Danish		Flammehjul
Dutch		Vlamwiel
Finnish		Liekkipyörä
French		Roue de Feu
German		Flammenrad
Greek		Φλεγόμενος Τροχός
Hindi		आग का पहिया Aag ka paheeya
Indonesian		Roda Api
Italian		Ruotafuoco
Korean		화염자동차 Hwayeom Jadongcha
Polish		Krąg Ognia* Ognisty Wir* Wirujący Płomień*
Portuguese		Roda de Fogo
Romanian		Roata de Foc
Serbian		Plameni točak
Spanish	Latin America	Rueda de Fuego
Spanish	Spain	Rueda Fuego
Swedish		Eldhjul
Thai		กงล้อไฟ
Vietnamese		Xa Hỏa Luân

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