#0157 · Johto · Generation 2 · starter

Typhlosion

Volcano Pokémon · Fire-type

Typhlosion is a Fire-type Pokémon, the Volcano Pokémon, number 157 (#0157) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 2 and comes from the Johto region. It is 1.7 m tall and weighs 79.5 kg.

Typhlosion is the Volcano Pokémon, whose blazing fur can rub together into huge explosions. In Hisui it takes a very different form, Hisuian Typhlosion, a Fire and Ghost type that the Pokédex says purifies lost souls with its flames.

How to pronounce Typhlosion

Typhlosion is pronounced ty-FLOH-zhun. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Typhlosion said out loud:

In Japanese it is バクフーン (Bakphoon).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Typhlosion is a bulky, long-bodied quadruped that can also move on two legs. Its body is cream with a dark green-blue back and head, and red spots across the back of its neck produce fire. It is 1.7 m tall and weighs 79.5 kg. The Pokédex says it hides behind a shimmering heat haze made by its flames.

Behaviour

Typhlosion is dangerous when angry. The Pokédex says that at the peak of its rage it becomes so hot that anything touching it bursts into flame, and that it has a secret, devastating move that involves rubbing its fur together to cause huge explosions. Bulbapedia, citing Pokémon Sleep, says it tosses and turns in its sleep, so a sleeping Typhlosion is best left alone.

Habitat

The Pokédex habitat is grassland, though Bulbapedia says it is rare in the wild. In Scarlet and Violet you get one by evolving Quilava in The Indigo Disk. The Hisuian form comes from evolving a Quilava in Legends: Arceus and bringing it over through HOME.

Powers

Typhlosion breathes Flamethrower, Lava Plume, Inferno and Overheat, rolls with Flame Wheel and Flame Charge, and learns Eruption. Its Abilities are Blaze and the hidden Flash Fire. Hisuian Typhlosion, with the hidden Ability Frisk, moves gracefully and gently until angered, then Bulbapedia says it can unleash 108 ghost flames from its neck that take the shape of fierce beasts. The Johtonian form is a fast special attacker with 109 base Special Attack and 100 base Speed; the Hisuian form raises Special Attack to 119.

Name origin

Typhlosion may blend typhoon and explosion, and Bulbapedia notes it could also nod to Typhon, the Greek monster said to lie under Mount Etna. The Japanese name is Bakphoon (バクフーン), possibly from bakufū (a blast from an explosion) plus typhoon.

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia says Typhlosion's body resembles a badger or wolverine, while its flames recall the quills of porcupines, hedgehogs and echidnas. The Hisuian form seems to draw on psychopomp figures, who guide souls, and possibly Kamuy-huci, the Ainu goddess of fire, and its flame count matches the number of beads on a Buddhist japamala. The mujina, a shapeshifting yokai with ghostly fire, could explain its Fire and Ghost typing. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Evolves from Quilava at level 36, and in Hisui the same evolution produces Hisuian Typhlosion.

In the games

Typhlosion is the final form of Cyndaquil, the Fire partner Pokémon of Gold, Silver and Crystal, and Hisuian Typhlosion is the final form of the Fire starter in Legends: Arceus. Bulbapedia lists Typhlosion as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Typhlosion's main series debut was in 'Gonna Rule The School!', where a student borrowed one from the Pokémon Trainers' School to battle a Feraligatr. Jimmy's Typhlosion in 'The Legend of Thunder!' was his first partner Pokémon, a gift from Professor Elm when it was a Cyndaquil.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says Hisuian Typhlosion is the only Pokémon that can learn Infernal Parade.
• Bulbapedia says the internal code of Legends: Arceus gives Hisuian Typhlosion the hidden Ability Flash Fire, not the Frisk that players see.
• Bulbapedia says Typhlosion and Togetic were the only Generation II Pokémon missing from the anime before the Generation III era.

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

Base stats

• HP: 78
• Attack: 84
• Defense: 78
• Sp. Atk: 109
• Sp. Def: 85
• Speed: 100

Typhlosion’s base stat total is 534. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Typhlosion weak to?

Typhlosion 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 Typhlosion evolve from?

Typhlosion evolves from Quilava (Level 36; Hisuian Typhlosion: Level 36, in Hisui).

Typhlosion is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion.

• Cyndaquil evolves into Quilava at level 14.

Forms

• Hisuian Typhlosion (Hisuian form): Fire/Ghost-type, base stat total 534 (HP 73, Attack 84, Defense 78, Sp. Atk 119, Sp. Def 85, Speed 95). Abilities: Blaze, Frisk (hidden).

Abilities

• Blaze: Strengthens Fire moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
• Flash Fire (hidden ability): Protects against Fire moves. Once one has been blocked, the Pokémon's own Fire moves inflict 1.5× damage until it leaves battle.

Moves

Moves Typhlosion learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (62)

Typhlosion can learn 62 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Protect, Fire Fang, Low Kick, Confuse Ray, Fire Spin, Facade, Aerial Ace, Bulldoze, Hex, Swift, Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, Night Shade, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Dig, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Shadow Claw, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Sleep Talk, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Iron Head, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Shadow Ball, Heat Wave, Flamethrower, Play Rough, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Reversal, Fire Blast, Fire Pledge, Wild Charge, Earthquake, Giga Impact, Blast Burn, Overheat, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Flare Blitz, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Roar, Spite, Gyro Ball, Focus Punch, Burning Jealousy, Poltergeist, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Temper Flare, Scorching Sands, Throat Chop, Curse.

Egg moves (6):Covet, Curse, Double Kick, Extrasensory, Howl, Reversal.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 240.

Pokédex entries

Typhlosion obscures itself behind a shimmering heat haze that it creates using its intensely hot flames. This Pokémon creates blazing explosive blasts that burn everything to cinders. (Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire)

Said to purify lost, forsaken souls with its flames and guide them to the afterlife. I believe its form has been influenced by the energy of the sacred mountain towering at Hisui's center. (Legends: Arceus)

It has a secret, devastating move. It rubs its blazing fur together to cause huge explosions. (Silver, FireRed, SoulSilver, Y)

If its rage peaks, it becomes so hot that anything that touches it will instantly go up in flames. (Gold, LeafGreen, HeartGold, X)

It attacks using blasts of fire. It creates heat shimmers with intense fire to hide itself. (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2)

It can hide behind a shimmering heat haze that it creates using its intense flames. Typhlosion create blazing explosive blasts that burn everything to cinders. (Emerald)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Fastest Fire type in Gen 2: 100 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 80% of all Pokémon (1.7 m).
• Heavier than 77% of all Pokémon (79.5 kg).
• Base stat total 534, ranked #157 of 1,025.
• One of 81 Fire-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 88 yellow Pokémon.
• Number 6 of 100 Pokémon introduced in Generation 2 (Johto).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 77 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 7 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: Typhlosion (Pokémon), Serebii: Typhlosion (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (ty-FLOH-zhun): 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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