
Is Combusken Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
Fire/Fighting mid-stage from Hoenn. AbilityBlaze boosts Fire at low health. No native path to FRLG. Blaziken at 36 is the target.
Brock's team hits Torchic's weaknesses hard.
Misty's Pokemon outpace and outclass Torchic here.
Torchic trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Torchic has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Torchic trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Torchic trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Blaine's typing presses Torchic's defenses.
Torchic trades roughly evenly with Giovanni's team.
Torchic trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Bruno's team hits Torchic's weaknesses hard.
Torchic trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Lance's team hits Torchic's weaknesses hard.
Terry's team hits Torchic's weaknesses hard.
Combusken cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. On GBA, cross-region trading unlocks post-game after Celio's Sevii Islands Ruby & Sapphire quest. The Switch re-release supports only one-way transfers out to Pokemon HOME. Alternatively, transfer the pre-evolution and level it up to Lv 16.
- After Misty
- TUTORNormalSwords Dance—100%20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM31FightingBrick Break113100%15
- After Erika
- TM35FireFlamethrower135100%15
- After Koga
- TM01FightingFocus Punch225100%20
- After Blaine
- TM38FireFire Blast16585%5
- LV 50FightingSky Uppercut12890%15
- After Giovanni
- TM50FireOverheat19590%5
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody Slam85100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Combusken in FireRed & LeafGreen
Level a traded Torchic to 16 for Combusken. The starter has to come in from Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald first, since Kanto doesn't offer a Torchic path.
How to Obtain Combusken in FRLG
Step 1Obtain TorchicCARTRIDGE TRADEfrom Ruby & SapphireAvailableCatch in Ruby & Sapphire via Gift · Route 101 · Starter Pokémon, then trade to the current game via link cable.CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom EmeraldAvailableCatch in Emerald via Gift · Route 101 · Starter Pokémon, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in HeartGold & SoulSilver via Gift · Silph Co. · Gift from Steven Stone (post-Red).LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire via Gift · Route 101 · Starter Pokémon.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl via Walking · Sandsear Cave · After National Dex obtained.LATER APPEARANCEHOME TRANSFERNot TradeablePokemon HOME on Switch FireRed & LeafGreen is permanently deposit-only — once it launches, Torchic can be sent from this game into HOME, but never transferred in.
Step 2Combusken ✓
Step 3Evolve into Blaziken
Combusken Weakness
Combusken is weak to Water, Ground, Flying, and Psychic. With 6 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Standard number of weaknesses for the Fire/Fighting typing.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Ground, Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Grass, Ice, Dark, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Bug |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Combusken Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Combusken
Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Nidoking builds →Earthquake 2x126-150%KO Water Pulse 2x46-56% Peck 2x34-40% | ||
Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Nidoqueen builds →Earthquake 2x116-138%KO Aerial Ace 2x46-56% Water Pulse 2x40-48% | ||
Geodude RockGround | C | |
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Wartortle Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Squirtle (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Wartortle builds →Waterfall 2x76-90% Dig 2x36-44% | ||
Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Nidoking builds →Earthquake 2x126-150%KO Water Pulse 2x46-56% Peck 2x34-40% | ||
Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Nidoqueen builds →Earthquake 2x116-138%KO Aerial Ace 2x46-56% Water Pulse 2x40-48% | ||
Geodude RockGround | C | |
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Wartortle Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Squirtle (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Wartortle builds →Waterfall 2x76-90% Dig 2x36-44% | ||
Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x105-124%KO Aerial Ace 2x43-51% | ||
Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Magikarp (Route 4 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Gyarados builds →Earthquake 2x99-117%KO Waterfall 2x68-80% | ||
Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Vaporeon builds →Waterfall 2x109-128%KO Dig 2x37-44% | ||
Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Nidoking builds →Earthquake 2x127-150%KO Water Pulse 2x45-54% Peck 2x30-37% | ||
Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Nidoqueen builds →Earthquake 2x117-139%KO Aerial Ace 2x48-56% Water Pulse 2x41-49% | ||
Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x108-127%KO Aerial Ace 2x43-52% | ||
Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Magikarp (Route 4 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Gyarados builds →Earthquake 2x101-120%KO Surf 2x83-98% | ||
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x177-209%KO | ||
Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Vaporeon builds →Surf 2x129-153%KO Dig 2x38-46% | ||
Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Nidoking builds →Earthquake 2x129-153%KO Surf 2x72-85% Peck 2x30-37% | ||
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x177-209%KO | ||
Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x108-127%KO Aerial Ace 2x43-52% | ||
Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Magikarp (Route 4 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Gyarados builds →Earthquake 2x101-120%KO Surf 2x83-98% | ||
Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Vaporeon builds →Surf 2x129-153%KO Dig 2x38-46% | ||
Hypno Psychic | C | |
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x172-203%KO | ||
Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x104-123%KO Aerial Ace 2x43-50% | ||
Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Magikarp (Route 4 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Gyarados builds →Earthquake 2x100-118%KO Hydro Pump 2x100-118%KO | ||
Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Vaporeon builds →Surf 2x126-149%KO Dig 2x35-43% | ||
Hypno Psychic | C | |
Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Magikarp (Route 4 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Gyarados builds →Earthquake 2x101-120%KO Hydro Pump 2x101-120%KO | ||
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x177-209%KO | ||
Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x107-127%KO Aerial Ace 2x44-52% | ||
Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Ember Interact Encounter | ||
Rhydon GroundRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Rhydon builds →Earthquake 2x159-187%KO Surf 2x44-52% | ||
Deoxys Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodBirth Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Deoxys builds →Psycho Boost 2x251-295%KO Aerial Ace 2x72-85% Water Pulse 2x72-85% | ||
Mewtwo Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodCerulean Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Mewtwo builds →Psychic 2x165-195%KO Earthquake 2x92-108%KO Water Pulse 2x74-88% Aerial Ace 2x55-65% | ||
Ho-oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodNavel Rock Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Ho-oh builds →Earthquake 2x105-124%KO Fly 2x111-131%KO Psychic 2x83-97% | ||
Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodNavel Rock Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Lugia builds →Psychic 2x104-123%KO Earthquake 2x77-91% Fly 2x83-97% Hydro Pump 2x92-109%KO | ||
Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Magikarp (Route 4 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Gyarados builds →Earthquake 2x102-120%KO Hydro Pump 2x102-120%KO | ||
In FireRed & LeafGreen, Pineco's Explosion hits Combusken for 73-86%.
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilitySturdy ItemLeftovers NatureCareful Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Pineco builds →Explosion73-86% Rapid Spin15-18% | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityIntimidate ItemLeftovers NatureBrave Moves View Mawile builds →
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C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityOwntempo ItemLeftovers NatureRelaxed Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Lickitung builds →Knock Off10-12% Flamethrower14-17% | ||
C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityLevitate ItemQuickclaw NatureImpish Moves View Duskull builds →
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C | ||
Recommended Build AbilityMinus ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Combusken View Minun builds →Thunderbolt30-35% | ||
Combusken Evolutions
Partway through Torchic's chain. Combusken still has another evolution ahead before reaching Blaziken. For breeding, average hatch time with a massive partner pool via one egg group. Attack has grown the most so far (+25), but there's still another 125 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
FRLG Combusken Best Moveset
Fire/Fighting middle stage with AbilityBlaze. 85 in Attack and Sp. Atk. One evolution from Blaziken's dual physical/special moveset.
Best Build
Combusken best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Swords Dance
- Reversal
- Fire Blast
- Overheat
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Combusken. Counter and Endure come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Focus Punch and Overheat and Normal and Flying coverage and more.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It boosts its concentration by emitting harsh cries. Its kicks have outstanding destructive power.
Combusken FireRed & LeafGreen Guide
No. Combusken isn't catchable in FireRed & LeafGreen. Obtain one in Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, then trade it over.
Game Availability
Available in 16 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Combusken spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB

Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS

Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut

Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG

FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP

Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS

HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW

Black & White - Gen 5B2W2

Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY

X & Y - Gen 6ORAS

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM

Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM

Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE

Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh

Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV

Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW

Winds & Waves