Fire Type Guide: Strengths & Counters

Explore the Fire type: learn its strengths, weaknesses, resistances, immunities and practical tips for VGC and Showdown ladder play.

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What Is Fire Strong Against? Offensive Matchups

  • Strong against: GrassIceBugSteel
  • Not very effective against: FireWaterRockDragon
  • Has no effect: None

Average Offensive Power: 111%: Strong offensively, ranking #3 of 18.

Offensive Matchup – Overview

Flames race through Grass, melt Ice, roast Bugs, and soften Steel, yet they sputter when doused by Water, absorbed by Rock, matched by other Fire, or shrugged off by Dragons.

Super-Effective
  • Grass – Wildfires devour foliage in minutes.
  • Ice – Heat liquefies frozen barriers instantly.
  • Bug – Most insects perish at moderate heat.
  • Steel – Forges rely on flame to bend metal.
Not Very Effective
  • Fire – Flame meets flame with little gain.
  • Water – Steam steals heat from the blaze.
  • Rock – Dense stone absorbs and diffuses heat.
  • Dragon – Legendary scales channel elemental energy away.
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What Is Fire Weak To? Defensive Matchups

  • Weak to: WaterGroundRock
  • Resists: FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy
  • Immune to: None

Average Defensive Strength: 100%: Okay defensively, ranking #7 of 18.

Defensive Matchup – Overview

Water quenches, Rock contains, and Ground smothers fire, but blazing bodies shrug off weaker flames and burn away Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel, and even Fairies whose folklore fears the hearth.

Weak To
  • Water – A deluge robs flame of oxygen.
  • Ground – Earth blankets and starves fire.
  • Rock – Heat-absorbing stone cages the blaze.
Resistant To
  • Fire – Like meets like; minimal harm.
  • Grass – Tinder fuels fire rather than damages it.
  • Ice – Heat melts ice before impact.
  • Bug – Heat lethally dehydrates arthropods.
  • Steel – Molten temperatures soften metal strikes.
  • Fairy – Folklore: flame repels fae magic.
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Uneven Matchups

  • Fire→Ground1×
    ←Ground2×
  • Fire→Dragon0.5×
    ←Dragon1×
  • Fire→Fairy1×
    ←Fairy0.5×

Related Type Guides

Learn about types Fire is weak to:

WaterGroundRock

Types that resist Fire:

FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy

Types Fire is super effective against:

GrassIceBugSteel

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