#135 JolteonAll 251 Pokémon#137 Porygon

Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#136 Flareon

Fire

  • SpeciesFlame Pokémon
  • Japanese nameBooster
  • PronunciationFLARE-AE-ON
  • Height2′ 11″ 0.89 m
  • Weight55.0 lb 24.75 kg
  • Gender♂ 87.5% · ♀ 12.5%
Flareon official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Comes from FLARE and -EON (long period of time).

Evolution

  1. EeveeFire StoneFlareon
Flareon in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Flareon as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue When storing thermal energy in its body, its temperature could soar to over 1600 degrees.
Yellow It has a flame chamber inside its body. It inhales, then blows out fire that is over 3,000F degrees.
Stadium Its fiery breath reaches close to 3,000 degrees. Its body temperature exceeds 1,650 degrees when storing fire inside.
GoldStadium 2 It stores some of the air it inhales in its internal flame pouch, which heats it to ever 3,000 degrees.
Silver It fluffs out its fur collar to cool down its body temperature, which can reach 1,650 degrees.
Crystal Once it has stored up enough heat, this POKEMON’s body temperature can reach up to 1700 degrees.

Where to find Flareon

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Blue Must Evolve from Eevee NA Evolve
Red NA Evolve
Yellow NA Evolve
Gold Any Evolve
Silver Any Evolve
Crystal Any Evolve

How to catch

Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
R/B ✓
Yellow ✓
G/S ✓
Crystal ✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

  • Normal×1
  • Fire×0.5
  • Water×2
  • Electric×1
  • Grass×0.5
  • IceG/S/C ×0.5R/B/Y × 1
  • Fighting×1
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×2
  • Flying×1
  • Psychic×1
  • Bug×0.5
  • Rock×2
  • Ghost×1
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×1
  • Steel×0.5
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 weaknesses and 5 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 3 : 5 (60%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
  • This Pokémon has more resistances in GSC than RBY, thus has a better defense ratio in GSC.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • NormalNormal
  • FireBad
  • WaterBad
  • ElectricNormal
  • GrassGood
  • IceGood
  • FightingNormal
  • PoisonNormal
  • GroundNormal
  • FlyingNormal
  • PsychicNormal
  • BugGood
  • RockBad
  • GhostNormal
  • DragonBad
  • DarkNormal
  • SteelGood
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 4 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 3:4 (75%).

Moves learned by levelling up

Yellow R/B G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Start Start Tackle Normal Physical
Start 37 Start Tail Whip Normal Status
Start Start 8 Sand-Attack GroundG/S/C NormalR/B/Y Status
— — — Growl Normal Status
Start 31 16 Ember Fire Special
Start 27 23 Quick Attack Normal Physical
30 40 30 Bite DarkG/S/C NormalR/B/Y Physical
— — — Focus Energy (G&S) Normal Status
— — — Baton Pass (C) Normal Status
36 44 36 Fire Spin Fire Special
— — — Take Down Normal Physical
42 — 42 Smog Poison Physical
47 42 47 Leer Normal Status
— 48 — Rage Normal Physical
52 54 52 Flamethrower Fire Special

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

  • Flamethrower

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM02Headbutt
  • TM03Curse
  • TM05Roar
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM07Zap Cannon
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM11Sunny Day
  • TM13Snore
  • TM15Hyper Beam
  • TM17Protect
  • TM18Rain Dance
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM23Iron Tail
  • TM27Return
  • TM30Shadow Ball
  • TM31Mud-Slap
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM38Fire Blast
  • TM39Swift
  • TM43Detect
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Body Slam
  • TM09Take Down
  • TM10Double-Edge
  • TM15Hyper Beam
  • TM20Rage
  • TM31Mimic
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM33Reflect
  • TM34Bide
  • TM38Fire Blast
  • TM39Swift
  • TM40Skull Bash
  • TM44Rest
  • TM50Substitute
Advertisement

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Ground Pokémon group 7

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Charm Mate with a male from Snubbull/Granbull or Pikachu (via Pichu).
Flail Mate with a male Sneasel.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank R/B/Y rank
HP 65 303-333 24/4546.02% 21/4250.00%
Attack 130 328-358 2/4998.41% 2/4598.61%
Defense 60 188-218 31/5538.21% 26/4436.34%
Speed 65 198-228 26/4748.01% 25/4244.05%
Special Attack G/S/C 95 258-288 11/4685.28% —
Special Defense G/S/C 110 288-318 9/4193.32% —
Special R/B/Y 110 288-318 — 7/2991.92%
Total 525 G/S/C
430 R/B/Y
1563-1743
1305-1455
9/8786.43% 11/6585.28%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library