Fire Blast (move)

Fire Blast (Japanese: だいもんじ ) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation I. It is TM38 in every generation so far.

Generation I
Fire Blast inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of the target.

Generations II to V
Fire Blast now has a 10% chance to burn the target.

Fire Blast can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra four appeal points if the move was used in the prior turn.

Generation VI
Fire Blast's power was decreased from 120 to 110.

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Super Smash Bros. series
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, uses Fire Blast as part of 's Final Smash: Triple Finish. In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U it is one of Mega Charizard X's attacks which is shot as a fireball out of Mega Charizard X's mouth where upon contact it transforms into 大 and causes multiple hits.

Pokémon GO

 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Fire Blast had a power of 60.
 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Fire Blast had a power of 100 and a duration of 4.1 seconds.

and may only know this move if they were obtained before February 16, 2017.

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In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga

 * In Final Battle: Versus The Salon Maiden, told her  to use Fire Blast, but it wasn't shown using the move.

Trivia

 * In Generation I, Fire Blast was the only move that could be taught by TM.
 * Its animation is based on the Daimonji of the Japanese festival , where a large bonfire is lit in the shape of the character 大 (meaning "big" or "great").
 * A glitch sometimes occurs with this move in where the background fails to appear, instead showing just black.

In other languages
Feuersturm Llamarada Déflagration Fuocobomba だいもんじ 大字爆炎（招式）