Gouging Fire

Gouging Fire (shiny)

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Gouging Fire

Paradox Pokémon

It resembles an eerie Pokémon once shown in a paranormal magazine. That Pokémon was said to be an Entei regenerated from a fossil.

In Pokémon GO · 3098 max CP 1 TCG Pocket card

Details

Height3.5 m

Weight590.0 kg

GenderGenderless

Catch rate10(3.9%)Hard

Base friendship0None

Hatch time50 cycles · ~13,005 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP295

Abilities

Raises highest stat in harsh sunlight, or if holding Booster Energy.

Egg groups: Undiscovered

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

HP

105

Attack

115

Defense

121

Sp. Atk

65

Sp. Def

93

Speed

91

Total

590

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Fire¼×

Bug½×

Competitive movesets

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Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Offensive Support

VGC 2024

Moves

Item

Booster Energy

NatureJolly+Spe/−SpA

TeraGrassFairy

EV spread

HP252

Atk4

Def20

SpD68

Spe▲164

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Evolution

This Pokémon does not evolve.

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Gouging Fire can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Draco MeteorSTAB

Flare BlitzSTAB

Raging FurySTAB

Dragon RushSTAB

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Incinerate Destroys the target’s held berry.	Fire	Special	60	100	15
1	Leer Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Stomp Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Normal	Physical	65	100	20
1	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for five turns.	Fire	Status	—	—	5
7	Fire Fang Has a chance to burn the target and a chance to make the target flinch.	Fire	Physical	65	95	15
14	Howl Raises the user’s Attack by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	40
21	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
28	Dragon Claw Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Dragon	Physical	80	100	15
35	Crush Claw Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Physical	75	95	10
42	Morning Sun Heals the user by half its max HP. Affected by weather.	Normal	Status	—	—	5
49	Burning Bulwark	Fire	Status	0	0	10
56	Dragon Rush Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dragon	Physical	100	75	10
63	Fire Blast Has a chance to burn the target.	Fire	Special	110	85	5
70	Lava Plume Has a chance to burn the target.	Fire	Special	80	100	15
77	Outrage Hits every turn for 2-3 turns, then confuses the user.	Dragon	Physical	120	100	10
84	Flare Blitz User takes 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. Has a chance to burn the target.	Fire	Physical	120	100	15
91	Raging Fury	Fire	Physical	120	100	10

Sprites & renders

8 sprites & renders for Gouging Fire.

Official artwork

Pokémon HOME

Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

scarlet violet

Black · White

More Fire-type Pokémon

Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.

All Fire-type Pokémon

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Cite this page

“Gouging Fire”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/gouging-fire.

Species data from PokéAPI.