For Red & Blue, we rate Flareon C-Tier: a niche pick in Red & Blue's meta. At 540 BST, it fits the wallbreaker role. Body Slam anchors the moveset.

What is Flareon weak to?

In Red & Blue, Flareon's biggest threats include Gyarados (Water), Rhydon (Ground), and Golem (Rock), all carrying super-effective STAB moves.

What role does Flareon play in battle?

At base 65 Speed, it won't be moving first often. On offense, Flareon is a special attacker with base 110 Special. Defensively? Enough bulk to take a hit or two. Best used as a wallbreaker.

What are the best moves for Flareon?

For Red & Blue, the core moveset is Body Slam, Hyper Beam, Fire Blast, and Quickattack. Body Slam leads at 21% usage. This set covers the wallbreaker role with a mix of damage and utility.

What counters Flareon?

In Red & Blue, the best way to handle Flareon: Status moves (Toxic, Will-O-Wisp) wear it down. Setup sweepers can use it as a boost opportunity. Special attackers bypass its physical bulk.

Flareon - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Special

Wallbreaker

CTier

65Speed · Below Avg

Stats & Training

The stat budget goes to damage. Attack and Special carry the offense, Defense doesn't even come close. A Flame Pokemon on a medium-fast 1M XP curve, worth 2 Attack stat exp per KO.

Base Stats

High

HP65

Attack130

Defense60

Sp. Atk110

Sp. Def110

Speed65

Total540

Details

Catch Rate

Challenging45 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Fast1M XP

Height0.9 m

Weight25.0 kg

Base XP184

Abilities

Abilities were introduced in Generation III. Shown below for reference.

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.

GutsHA

Increases Attack to 1.5× with a major status ailment.

Flash Fire grants Fire immunity

EV Yield

HPAtk+2DefSpASpDSpe

Attack training target

Pokedex Entries

When storing thermal energy in its body, its temperature could soar to over 1600 degrees.

Flareon Weakness

Flareon is weak to Water, Ground, and Rock. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Flareon's special bulk (base 110 Special) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.

Flareon Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Water, Ground, Rock
0.5x (Resist)	Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug

Type ChartAvg

3Weak

4Resist

0Immune

Score-2

Gen I Type Chart

Only 15 types exist — Dark, Steel, and Fairy are absent
Ghost has no effect on Psychic (a known bug, fixed in Gen II)
Special stat governs both offense and defense — no Sp.Atk / Sp.Def split

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Water Ground Rock

½xResist

Fire Grass Ice Bug

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

STAB (3)

Grass Ice Bug

How to Beat Flareon in Red & Blue (Best Counters)

In Red & Blue, Cloyster threatens a KO with Explosion (96-113%). Golem's Earthquake also KOs at 141-166%.

Starmie WaterPsychic	S
Recommended Build Moves RecoverRecovery Thunder Wave Blizzard PsychicSTAB Damage vs Flareon Blizzard 13-16% Psychic 33-39% View Starmie builds →
Cloyster WaterIce	A
Recommended Build Moves Explosion ClampSTAB BlizzardSTAB RestRecovery Damage vs Flareon Explosion 96-113%KO Clamp 2x 23-28% Blizzard 18-21% View Cloyster builds →
Golem RockGround	B
Recommended Build Moves EarthquakeSTAB Explosion Rock Slide Body Slam Damage vs Flareon Earthquake 2x 141-166%KO Explosion 117-138%KO Rock Slide 2x 106-125%KO Body Slam 40-47% View Golem builds →
Nidoking PoisonGround	C
Recommended Build Moves EarthquakeSTAB Rock Slide Thunderbolt Ice Beam Damage vs Flareon Earthquake 2x 123-145%KO Rock Slide 2x 61-72% Thunderbolt 19-23% Ice Beam 10-11% View Nidoking builds →

Red & Blue Evolution

Flareon evolved from Eevee using a Fire Stone, landing at 540 stats as a Fire type. Breeding isn't in the picture. Flareon edges out Vaporeon by 15 total stats (540 vs 525). Attack is where most of the advantage lives. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

3 Evolutions

#133Eevee

#134VaporeonWater Stone

#135JolteonThunder Stone

#136FlareonFire Stone

Stat Comparison 4 Stages

Eevee

Normal

Vaporeon

Water

Jolteon

Electric

Flareon

Fire

130+75

65+10

ATK

65+10

130+75

DEF

60+10

SP.ATK

110+65

95+50

SP.DEF

95+30

110+45

SPE

65+10

130+75

65+10

BST

325D-Tier

525B-Tier+200

525A-Tier+200

525C-Tier+200

ROLE

Balanced

Tank

Sweeper

Wallbreaker

TYPE

Utility

Special

Physical

Breeding not available · Introduced in Gen 2

Red & Blue Flareon Best Moveset

Best Build

Experimental

Utility

Ability

Not in Gen 1

Item

Not in Gen 1

Nature

Not in Gen 1

Utility Moveset

Body Slam
Hyper Beam
Fire BlastSTAB
Quick Attack

Recommended Teammates

SnorlaxGood

TaurosGood

ExeggutorGood

Moves

Leveling does the heavy lifting. Flareon picks up Flamethrower and Double-Edge along the way, building toward a complete offensive set. TMs add Normal and Dark coverage, but the foundation's already strong by then.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Ember

C4010025Fire

Lv 1

Quick Attack+1

A4010030Normal

Lv 1

Sand Attack

D—10015Ground

Lv 1

Tackle

D3510035Normal

Lv 27

Quick Attack+1

A4010030Normal

Lv 31

Ember

C4010025Fire

Lv 37

Tail Whip

——10030Normal

Lv 40

Bite

C6010025Normal

Lv 42

Leer

——10030Normal

Lv 44

Fire Spin

A357015Fire

Lv 48

Rage

—2010020Normal

Lv 54

Flamethrower

B9510015Fire

TM Moves

TM34

Bide+1

———10Normal

TM08

Body Slam

S8510015Normal

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM10

Double-Edge

B12010015Normal

TM38

Fire Blast

S120855Fire

TM15

Hyper Beam

S150905Normal

TM31

Mimic

———10Normal

TM20

Rage

—2010020Normal

TM33

Reflect

C——20Psychic

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM40

Skull Bash

B10010010Normal

TM50

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM39

Swift

C60—20Normal

TM09

Take Down

—908520Normal

TM06

Toxic

C—9010Poison

Egg Moves

Flareon doesn't have any Egg moves

Tutor Moves

Flareon can't learn any Tutor moves

How to Get Flareon in Red & Blue

No wild encounters for Flareon. The 2-stage line runs through Eevee, which you can catch but it's a rare spawn from the locations below. Evolve through a special method once you've got the levels.

How to Obtain Flareon in Red & Blue

Step 1Catch Eevee
Celadon City - Celadon Mansion
RedGift from NPC Lv.25 City
LimitedMid
Celadon City - Celadon Mansion
BlueGift from NPC Lv.25 City
LimitedMid
Fire Stone
Step 2Flareon ✓

Flareon Guide

For Red & Blue, we rate Flareon C-Tier: a niche pick in Red & Blue's meta. At 540 BST, it fits the wallbreaker role. Body Slam anchors the moveset.
In Red & Blue, Flareon's biggest threats include Gyarados (Water), Rhydon (Ground), and Golem (Rock), all carrying super-effective STAB moves.
At base 65 Speed, it won't be moving first often. On offense, Flareon is a special attacker with base 110 Special. Defensively? Enough bulk to take a hit or two. Best used as a wallbreaker.
For Red & Blue, the core moveset is Body Slam, Hyper Beam, Fire Blast, and Quickattack. Body Slam leads at 21% usage. This set covers the wallbreaker role with a mix of damage and utility.
In Red & Blue, the best way to handle Flareon: Status moves (Toxic, Will-O-Wisp) wear it down. Setup sweepers can use it as a boost opportunity. Special attackers bypass its physical bulk.

Game Availability

One of the original 151, Flareon has appeared in 22 games — nearly every mainline game. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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