Fire type

Fire moves are super effective (1.6×) against Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel and not very effective (0.625× or less) against Fire, Water, Rock, Dragon. Fire-type Pokémon are weak to Water, Ground, Rock (1.6×) and resist Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel, Fairy. Sunny weather boosts Fire moves by 1.2×. In raids, the strongest attackers using only Fire moves are Mega Delphox, Shadow Reshiram, Mega Charizard Y; among easy-to-get Pokémon, Volcarona, Cinderace, Darmanitan (Standard Mode).

MatchupsPokémon GO multipliers

Deals 1.6×GrassIceBugSteel

Deals 0.625×FireWaterRockDragon

Weak to (1.6×)WaterGroundRock

ResistsFireGrassIceBugSteelFairy

Weather boostSunny

Defense is for a pure Fire type. Dual types multiply their multipliers.

Best Fire attackersIncl. Shadow, Mega & Legendary

Raid ranking when both the Fast and Charged Attack are Fire type (level 40, 100% IVs, neutral boss). Ranked by a score combining DPS and durability (TDO); * marks an exclusive move.

1. 1Mega DelphoxFire Spin · Blast Burn*DPS 22.0
2. 2Shadow ReshiramFire Fang · Fusion Flare*DPS 22.5
3. 3Mega Charizard YFire Spin · Blast Burn*DPS 21.6
4. 4Mega BlazikenFire Spin · Blast Burn*DPS 22.5
5. 5BlacephalonIncinerate · Mind Blown*DPS 23.3
6. 6Shadow HeatranFire Spin · Magma Storm*DPS 19.5
7. 7ReshiramFire Fang · Fusion Flare*DPS 18.7
8. 8Mega Charizard XFire Spin · Blast Burn*DPS 18.6
9. 9Shadow Darmanitan (Standard Mode)Fire Fang · OverheatDPS 21.2
10. 10Shadow BlazikenFire Spin · Blast Burn*DPS 20.8

Easy-to-get PokémonExcl. Legendary, Mega & Shadow

Counted with currently learnable moves only.

1. 1VolcaronaFire Spin · OverheatDPS 16.9
2. 2CinderaceFire Spin · Pyro BallDPS 17.3
3. 3Darmanitan (Standard Mode)Fire Fang · OverheatDPS 17.5
4. 4ChandelureFire Spin · OverheatDPS 16.9
5. 5FlareonFire Spin · OverheatDPS 15.5
6. 6BlazikenFire Spin · OverheatDPS 15.5
7. 7MagmortarFire Spin · Fire BlastDPS 14.6
8. 8DelphoxFire Spin · Mystical FireDPS 14.2
9. 9CharizardFire Spin · OverheatDPS 14.2
10. 10Hisuian TyphlosionEmber · OverheatDPS 14.3