Ability Detail

Summary

Flame Body is an ability in the Pokémon series that offers both defensive and utility benefits. The key effect of Flame Body is that it has a 30% chance of inflicting a burn status on an opponent if they make contact with the Flame Body Pokémon. This burn status reduces the opponent's Attack stat by 50% and also inflicts damage over time, which can be especially detrimental in prolonged battles.

Additionally, Flame Body has an out-of-battle utility effect: it halves the number of steps required to hatch an egg in the player's party, provided the Pokémon with Flame Body is also in the party. This significantly speeds up the breeding process, making it a highly valued ability for trainers focused on breeding for competitive play or completing their Pokédex.

Some notable Pokémon that can have the Flame Body ability include: - Magmar and its evolved forms Magmortar - Fletchinder and its evolved forms Talonflame - **Lar

Effects

Whenever a move makes contact with this Pokémon, the move's user has a 30% chance of being burned. Overworld: If any Pokémon in the party has this ability, each egg in the party has its hatch counter decreased by 2 (rather than 1) each step cycle, making eggs hatch roughly twice as quickly. This effect does not stack if multiple Pokémon have this ability or magma armor.

Flavor Texts

ruby-sapphire: Burns the foe on contact.

emerald: Burns the foe on contact.

firered-leafgreen: Burns the foe on contact.

diamond-pearl: Contact with the Pokémon may burn the foe.

platinum: Contact with the Pokémon may burn the foe.

heartgold-soulsilver: Contact with the Pokémon may burn the foe.

black-white: Contact with the Pokémon may burn the attacker.

black-2-white-2: Contact with the Pokémon may burn the attacker.

x-y: Contact with the Pokémon may burn the attacker.

omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: Contact with the Pokémon may burn the attacker.

sun-moon: Contact with the Pokémon may burn the attacker.