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Gengar’s Pokédex · Johto · Generation II

#157 Typhlosion

Fire

  • SpeciesVolcano Pokémon
  • Japanese nameBakufun
  • PronunciationTIE-FLOW-SHUN
  • Height5′ 7″ 1.70 m
  • Weight175.0 lb 78.75 kg
  • Gender♂ 87.5% · ♀ 12.5%
Typhlosion official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Comes from Typhus (smoke), TYPHOON (tropical hurricane), and EXPLOSION. Powerful like a Typhoon and Explosion that makes smoke from its powerful flame.

Evolution

  1. CyndaquilLevel 14QuilavaLevel 36Typhlosion
Typhlosion in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Typhlosion as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

GoldStadium 2 If its rage peaks, it becomes so hot that anything that touches it will instantly go up in flames.
Silver It has a secret, devastating move. It rubs its blazing fur together to cause huge explosions.
Crystal When heat from its body causes the air around it to shimmer, this is a sign that it is ready to battle.

Where to find Typhlosion

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Gold Must Evolve from Quilava at Level 36 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
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
  • Ice×0.5
  • Fighting×1
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×2
  • Flying×1
  • Psychic×1
  • Bug×0.5
  • Rock×2
  • Ghost×1
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×1
  • Steel×0.5
  • 3 weaknesses and 5 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 3 : 5 (60%).

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • NormalNormal
  • FireBad
  • WaterBad
  • ElectricNormal
  • GrassGood
  • IceGood
  • FightingNormal
  • PoisonNormal
  • GroundNormal
  • FlyingNormal
  • PsychicNormal
  • BugGood
  • RockBad
  • GhostNormal
  • DragonBad
  • DarkNormal
  • SteelGood
  • 4 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).

Moves learned by levelling up

G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Tackle Normal Physical
Start Leer Normal Status
Start Smokescreen Normal Status
Start Ember Fire Special
Start Quick Attack Normal Physical
Start Flame Wheel Fire Special
45 Swift Normal Physical
60 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

  • TM01Dynamicpunch
  • TM02Headbutt
  • TM03Curse
  • TM04Rollout
  • TM05Roar
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Rock Smash
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM11Sunny Day
  • TM13Snore
  • TM15Hyper Beam
  • TM17Protect
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM23Iron Tail
  • TM26Earthquake
  • TM27Return
  • TM28Dig
  • TM31Mud-Slap
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM38Fire Blast
  • TM39Swift
  • TM40Defense Curl
  • TM41Thunderpunch
  • TM43Detect
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • TM48Fire Punch
  • TM49Fury Cutter
  • HM01Cut
  • HM04Strength

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Ground Pokémon group 7

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Foresight Breed a male from Hoothoot Family with a female Farfetch’d. Then, breed male offspring to a female from Cyndaquil Family.
Fury Swipes Mate with male from Mankey, Meowth, Nidoran(M), Psyduck, Sandshrew, Sentret, or Teddiursa Family or Sneasel.
Quick Attack Mate with a male from Eevee, Pikachu, Rattata, Sentret, Sneasel, or Vulpix Family.
Reversal Teach a wild male Smeargle the move, catch it, breed it with female from Cyndaquil Family.
Thrash Mate with a male from Mankey or Teddiursa Family; or Nidoking or Tauros.
Submission (C) Teach RBY TM17 (Submission) to a Pikachu/Raichu, Sandshrew/Sandslash, Nidoking, Psyduck/Golduck, Mankey/Primeape, or Rhydon. Then trade that Pokémon into Crystal and if male, breed it with a female from Cyndaquil Family.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank
HP 78 329-359 20/4563.67%
Attack 84 236-266 13/4967.35%
Defense 78 224-254 20/5561.79%
Speed 100 268-298 7/4789.41%
Special Attack 109 286-316 8/4693.92%
Special Defense 85 238-268 15/4172.57%
Total 534 1581-1761 7/8788.49%

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