Typhlosion: Best Moveset, Weaknesses & Counters, Stats, and Evolution

The world of Pokémon has been a growing phenomenon since 1996, when the first pair of video games came out in stores. Today, there are almost 900 individual Pokémon identified by the PokéDex and in this article, we are going to tell you everything you need to know about one of them – Typhlosion.

Typhlosion is a Fire-type Pokémon first introduced in Generation II of the core video games. It is the second and final evolution form of Cyndaquil, one of the Generation’s Starters. Cyndaqil first evolves into Quilava, which, in turn, evolves into Typhlosion. In Legends: Arceus, a Hisuian variant was introduced, which is a dual Ghost- and Fire-type. It is weak only to Ground-, Rock- and Water-type moves, and is super effective against Grass-, Steel-, Bug- and Ice-type Pokémon. It is not immune to any moves.

In this article, we are going to tell you all the information you’ll need if you want to breed a Typhlosion in any of the games. You’ll find out about its type, its powers, its strengths and weaknesses, its evolutions, and its moves. We’re going to focus on both the core games, as well as other popular video games based on the Pokémon franchise.

Best moveset

In the Pokémon GO videogame, the best moves for your Typhlosion are Incinerate and Blast Burn if you’re battling Pokémon in Gyms. Namely, this moveset gives you the highest total DPS and is, likewise, the best moveset for PVP battles. The official description for Incinerate reveals the following: “The user attacks opposing Pokémon with fire. If a Pokémon is holding a certain item, such as a Berry, the item becomes burned up and unusable”; as for Blast Burn, the attack is described as follows: “The target is razed by a fiery explosion. The user can’t move on the next turn.”

Weaknesses and Counters

As a pure Fire-type Pokémon, Typhlosion is weak against Ground-, Rock-, and Water-type moves, and is super effective against Grass-, Bug-, Steel- and Ice-type Pokémon. It is not immune to any specific type. It receives normal damage from Normal-, Fighting-, Flying-, Poison-, Ghost-, Electric-, Psychic-, Dragon-, and Dark-type moves.

The Hisuian variant, a dual Ghost- and Fire-type, is – in addition to the above-listed ones – weak to Ghost- and Dark-type moves, and is damaged normally by Flying-, Dragon-, Electric-, and Psychic-type moves. On the other hand, it is fully immune to Normal- and Fighting-type moves and super effective, in addition to the ones above, against Ghost- and Psychic-type moves.

Stats

Typhlosion’s Stats, based on the most recent available data, are:

Stats	Base Stats	Min-	Min	Max	Max+	Min-	Min	Max	Max+
HP	78	153		185		297		360
Attack	84	94	104	136	149	183	204	267	293
Defense	78	88	98	130	143	172	192	255	280
Special Attack	109	116	129	161	177	228	254	317	348
Special Defense	85	94	105	137	150	185	206	269	295
Speed	100	108	120	152	167	212	236	299	328

In Pokémon GO, Typhlosion has a Base Stamina of 186, a Base Attack of 223, and a Base Defense of 173.

As for its abilities, they are:

• Blaze: Powers up Fire-type moves when the Pokémon’s HP is low.
• Flash Fire: Powers up the Pokémon’s Fire-type moves if it’s hit by one. (Hidden Ability)

Evolutions

Typhlosion was first introduced in Generation II as the second and final evolution of Cyndaquil. Cyndaquil first evolved into Quilava, starting at Level 14 or 17, and then into Typhlosion starting at Level 36. Typhlosion has one regional variant, Hisuian Typhlosion, which evolves from a regular Quilava in the Hisui region starting at level 36.

In Pokémon GO, Typhlosion is also obtained by first evolving Cydnaquil into Quilava, for which you need 25 Cyndaquil Candy, and after that, Quilava to Typhlosion, for which you need 100 Cyndaquil Candy. Hisuian Typhlosion is not yet available in the game.

Moves

As of Generation VIII, the movies that Typhlosion can learn are:

• Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Typhlosion
• Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Typhlosion
• × indicates a move that cannot be used in Generation VIII

By leveling up (Johto Variant)

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
1	Eruption	Fire	Special	150	100%	5
1	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15
1	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100%	5
1	Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100%	35
1	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100%	30
1	Smokescreen	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
1	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100%	25
6	Smokescreen	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
10	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100%	25
13	Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	40	100%	30
20	Flame Wheel	Fire	Physical	60	100%	25
24	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—%	40
31	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—%	20
35	Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	50	100%	20
43	Lava Plume	Fire	Special	80	100%	15
48	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100%	15
56	Inferno	Fire	Special	100	50%	5
61	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90%	20
69	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15
74	Burn Up	Fire	Special	130	100%	5
82	Eruption	Fire	Special	150	100%	5

By leveling up (Hisuian Variant)

Learn	Mastery	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Accuracy	PP
1	10	Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	40	100%	20
Evo.	35	Hex	Ghost	Special	65	100%	15
6	15	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100%	25
11	20	Rollout	Rock	Physical	40	90%	20
18	28	Flame Wheel	Fire	Physical	60	100%	20
25	35	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—%	20
34	45	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	80	100%	10
40	51	Infernal Parade	Ghost	Special	60	100%	15
43	54	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	10
43	54	Overheat	Fire	Special	110	90%	5

By TM (both variants)

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM01	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100%	20
TM05	Roar	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
TM10	Work Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
TM22	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100%	10
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10
TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15
TM35	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100%	15
TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85%	5
TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95%	15
TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—%	20
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
TM50	Overheat	Fire	Special	130	90%	5
TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70%	5
TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
TM61	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	—	85%	15
TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100%	15
TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
TM74	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100%	5
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
TM83	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100%	20
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85%	15
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
TM93	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95%	30
TM96	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15
TM98	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15
TM100	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20

In Pokémon GO, Typhlosion can learn Ember, Shadow Claw, and Incinerate as Fast Attacks, and Fire Blast, Overheat, Solar Beam, and Blast Burn as Charged Attacks. Some of these attacks depend on when you caught and evolved your Typhlosion, as they are event-only attacks.