#0499

Pignite

Fire Pig Pokémon

Fire Fighting

When its internal fire flares up, its movements grow sharper and faster. When in trouble, it emits smoke.

In Pokémon GO · 1924 max CP 1 TCG Pocket card

Details

Height1.0 m

Weight55.5 kg

Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium slow

Base EXP146

Abilities

Blaze

Strengthens Fire moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.

Thick FatHidden

Halves damage from Fire and Ice moves.

Egg groups: Field

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Breeding
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

418

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Flying2×

Ground2×

Water2×

Psychic2×

Resistant to

Bug¼×

Steel½×

Fire½×

Grass½×

Ice½×

Dark½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

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

Generation

All-Out Attacker

NFE

Moves

Item

Eviolite

NatureAdamant+Atk/−SpA

EV spread

Atk▲252

SpD4

Spe252

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

Evolution

#0498Tepig

Lv. 17

#0499Pignite

Lv. 36

#0500Emboar

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

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

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Arm Thrust Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Fighting	Physical	15	100	20
1	Ember Has a chance to burn the target.	Fire	Special	40	100	25
1	Endure Prevents the user’s HP from lowering below 1 this turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
1	Odor Sleuth Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost.	Normal	Status	—	—	40
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Tail Whip Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	30
13	Defense Curl Raises user’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	40
15	Flame Charge Inflicts regular damage. Raises the user’s Speed by one stage.	Fire	Physical	50	100	20
20	Smog Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Special	30	70	20
23	Rollout Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, resetting after five turns.	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
28	Take Down User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil.	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
31	Heat Crash Power is higher when the user weighs more than the target, up to a maximum of 120.	Fire	Physical	—	100	10
36	Assurance Power is doubled if the target has already received damage this turn.	Dark	Physical	60	100	10
39	Flamethrower Has a chance to burn the target.	Fire	Special	90	100	15
44	Head Smash User receives 1/2 the damage inflicted in recoil.	Rock	Physical	150	80	5
47	Roar Immediately ends wild battles. Forces trainers to switch Pokémon.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
52	Flare Blitz User takes 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. Has a chance to burn the target.	Fire	Physical	120	100	15