#0136 · Kanto · Generation 1

Flareon

Flame Pokémon · Fire-type

Flareon is a Fire-type Pokémon, the Flame Pokémon, number 136 (#0136) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the Kanto region. It is 0.9 m tall and weighs 25 kg.

Flareon is the Flame Pokémon, a fluffy Fire type with a furnace inside it. It breathes in, heats the air in a flame sac and blasts it out as fire, then puffs out its fur collar to let off heat.

How to pronounce Flareon

Flareon is pronounced FLAIR-ee-on. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Flareon said out loud:

In Japanese it is ブースター (Booster).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Flareon is a quadruped with short reddish-orange fur, long ears with black insides, a yellow tuft on its head and a bushy tail and mane. It is 0.9 m tall and weighs 25 kg. The Pokédex says it stores inhaled air in a flame sac and breathes out fire of nearly 1,650°C (3,000°F). Its fluffy collar lets heat escape so its body never gets too hot.

Behaviour

Bulbapedia describes Flareon as curious and inquisitive, and says it is mostly found around people and is rarely seen in the wild. It appears to regulate its body temperature while it sleeps.

Habitat

Urban, according to the Pokédex habitat list. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in Paldea's South and North Provinces, including Dalizapa Passage.

Diet

The Pokédex says it breathes fire on berries or prey until they are well done, then eats them.

Powers

Flash Fire blocks Fire moves and then powers up its own, and its hidden Ability is Guts. In Scarlet and Violet it learns Ember, Fire Fang, Fire Spin, Lava Plume and finally Flare Blitz, with Flamethrower by TM. Its 130 base Attack makes it a hard-hitting physical Fire type.

Name origin

Flareon may combine 'flare' with 'eon', the ending every Eevee evolution shares. The Japanese name is Booster (ブースター), literally 'booster', perhaps as in a booster rocket.

Design inspiration

Motofumi Fujiwara designed Flareon. Its long ears, orange coat and fluffy tail may come from red foxes, while its mane and body shape could recall lions or cats such as the Maine Coon. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Eevee evolves into Flareon with a Fire Stone.

In the games

Flareon has been one of Eevee's three original evolutions since Red and Green (Red and Blue outside Japan). In Legends: Arceus it appears in space-time distortions in the Crimson Mirelands and Cobalt Coastlands. In Scarlet and Violet it is wild and a 6-star Tera Raid boss, and in Legends: Z-A it is in Wild Zone 20 of Centrico Plaza and again in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

In the anime

Pyro's Flareon debuted in 'The Battling Eevee Brothers', and Egan's Flareon beat a giant Magcargo in 'Some Like it Hot'. Penny's Flareon, shown in 'Terastallization vs. Mega Evolution!' in Pokémon Horizons, fights beside her Sylveon in the next episode.

Fun facts

• Its Pokédex entries disagree on its body temperature: Red and Blue give about 871°C (1,600°F), most games about 899°C (1,650°F) and Crystal about 927°C (1,700°F).
• Flareon is the only Eeveelution that cannot swim in Scarlet and Violet, so it is sent out on a platform over water.
• After the Generation II special split, Flareon was the only original Kanto Eeveelution not to get 110 Special Attack; its 110 went to Special Defense, leaving Special Attack at 95.
• No other Eeveelution has a type advantage over more than one of its relatives: Flareon beats both Leafeon and Glaceon.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Flareon (Pokémon) · Serebii: Flareon (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 65
• Attack: 130
• Defense: 60
• Sp. Atk: 95
• Sp. Def: 110
• Speed: 65

Flareon’s base stat total is 525. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Flareon weak to?

Flareon takes extra damage from Water (2×), Ground (2×), Rock (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×), Bug (½×), Steel (½×), Fairy (½×).

Evolution

What does Flareon evolve from?

Flareon evolves from Eevee (Fire Stone).

Flareon is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, Glaceon, Sylveon.

• Eevee evolves into Vaporeon (Water Stone).
• Eevee evolves into Jolteon (Thunder Stone).
• Eevee evolves into Espeon (Friendship, during the day).
• Eevee evolves into Umbreon (Friendship, at night).
• Eevee evolves into Leafeon (Leaf Stone).
• Eevee evolves into Glaceon (Ice Stone).
• Eevee evolves into Sylveon (Friendship, knowing a Fairy-type move).

Abilities

• Flash Fire: Protects against Fire moves. Once one has been blocked, the Pokémon's own Fire moves inflict 1.5× damage until it leaves battle.
• Guts (hidden ability): Increases Attack to 1.5× with a major status ailment.

Moves

Moves Flareon learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Flareon learns the move the moment it evolves: Ember.

TM moves (43)

Flareon can learn 43 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Fake Tears, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Fire Fang, Trailblaze, Fire Spin, Facade, Swift, Stored Power, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Dig, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Rest, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Shadow Ball, Hyper Voice, Heat Wave, Flamethrower, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Fire Blast, Giga Impact, Overheat, Hyper Beam, Flare Blitz, Tera Blast, Roar, Weather Ball, Burning Jealousy, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Temper Flare, Scorching Sands, Curse, Alluring Voice.

Egg moves (8), which Eevee can hatch knowing:Curse, Detect, Double Kick, Flail, Mud-Slap, Tickle, Wish, Yawn.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 35 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 4,480).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 184.

Pokédex entries

Flames burn within a saclike organ inside this Pokémon. When Flareon inhales, these flames grow in intensity, reaching a mighty 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. (Legends: Arceus)

It stores some of the air it inhales in its internal flame pouch, which heats it to over 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. (HeartGold, Shield)

Once it has stored up enough heat, this Pokémon's body temperature can reach up to 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit. (Sword)

It has a flame chamber inside its body. It inhales, then breathes out fire that is over 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. (Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)

The flame chamber inside its body ignites when Flareon gets agitated, reaching temperatures of up to 1,650 degrees Fahrenheit. (Ultra Moon)

If it inhales deeply, that's a sign it's about to attack. Prepare to be hit by flames of over 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit! (Ultra Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Attack among Fire types in Gen 1: 130.
• Highest Sp. Def among Fire types in Gen 1: 110.
• Taller than 43% of all Pokémon (0.9 m).
• Heavier than 47% of all Pokémon (25 kg).
• Base stat total 525, ranked #189 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #42 of 1,025.
• One of 81 Fire-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 136 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto).
• Part of an evolution family of 9 Pokémon.
• Can learn 62 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 23 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Flareon (Pokémon), Serebii: Flareon (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (FLAIR-ee-on): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 19 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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