Inferno (move)

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

Inferno
れんごく Purgatory

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

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	1 ♥
Jamming	4 ♥♥♥♥
Badly startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Effect

Inferno deals damage and will always burn the target if it hits.

Inferno can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, causing Hex to give extra three appeal points if used in the next turn.

Description

Games	Description
BW B2W2	The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire. It leaves the target with a burn.
XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh	The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire. This leaves 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
004		Charmander		Monster	Dragon	46	46	46^SMUSUM	36
005		Charmeleon		Monster	Dragon	54	54	54^SMUSUM	48
006		Charizard		Monster	Dragon	62	62	62^SMUSUM	54
037		Vulpix		Field		Field	44^BW 50^B2W2	50	50^SMUSUM	48
038		Ninetales		Field		Field				1
077		Ponyta		Field		Field	33	33	33^SMUSUM	45
078		Rapidash		Field		Field	33	33	33^SMUSUM	49
155		Cyndaquil		Field		Field	46	46	46	46^BDSP
156		Quilava		Field		Field	53	53	53	53^BDSP
157		Typhlosion		Field		Field	56	56	56	56^BDSP
228		Houndour		Field		Field	56	56	56	56^BDSP
229		Houndoom		Field		Field	65	1, 65	1, 65	1, 65^BDSP
324		Torkoal		Field		Field	60	1, 60^XY 50^ORAS	50	56
494		Victini		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	57	57	57	49^SwSh
607		Litwick		Amorphous		Amorphous	38	38	38	40^SwSh
608		Lampent		Amorphous		Amorphous	38	38	38	40^SwSh
609		Chandelure		Amorphous		Amorphous				1^SwSh
631		Heatmor		Field		Field	61	1, 61	66	55^SwSh
851		Centiskorch		Bug		Bug				1^SwSh
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
218		Slugma		Amorphous	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation V

#		Egg Groups	Obtained with
200	Misdreavus	Amorphous	Amorphous	Dream World - Spooky Manor
218	Slugma	Amorphous	Amorphous	Dream World - Rugged Mountain
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
006		Charizard^Lv. 36		Monster	Dragon	CoroCoro Charizardite Y Charizard 2014 Olleh TV Charizardite Y Charizard GAME 2014 Charizardite Y Charizard Infrared Olleh TV Charizardite Y Charizard XY Charizardite Y Charizard GameStop 2014 Charizardite Y Charizard 2015 Olleh TV Charizardite Y Charizard
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 Masters EX

Category	Move Gauge	MP	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description
Special	4	—	183	228	50%	An opponent	—	Leaves the target burned.

Description

Games	Description
MDGtI	It damages an enemy. It also causes the Burn status condition. With the Burn status, the enemy keeps taking damage, and its Attack also goes down slightly.
SMD	It damages an enemy. It also leaves the enemy with a burn.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

Chandelure	Lampent	Litwick
The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire.
User	First Used In		Notes
Lampent	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
Litwick	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	Chandelure lowers its head down and releases a stream of purple and blue fire on the top of its head at the opponent.
A wild Chandelure	Climbing the Tower of Success!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Chandelure

The user attacks by engulfing the target in an intense fire.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Chandelure	Chandelure spins while releasing a large stream of flames from its head and arms at the opponent.
Rood's Chandelure	Deduction Time	Debut
Houndoom	Houndoom releases a stream of fire from its mouth at the opponent.
Mable's Houndoom	Xerneas Gives	None

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	BW	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	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	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

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.
Inferno has the lowest accuracy of all the Fire-type moves.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	煉獄 Lihnyuhk
Chinese	Mandarin	煉獄 / 炼狱 Liànyù * 烈火深渊 Lièhuǒ Shēnyuān *
Dutch		Inferno
French		Feu d'Enfer
German		Inferno
Indonesian		Neraka
Italian		Marchiatura
Korean		연옥 Yeon'ok
Polish		Inferno
Portuguese		Inferno
Spanish		Infierno
Vietnamese		Luyện Ngục

Variations of the move Dynamic Punch

Formerly a variation
	Dynamic Punch
	Inferno
	Zap Cannon

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