Flareon's Flare Blitz

[Keileon]

Trawling around the Wiki, I happened across Hinata's page which specifically mentions that (despite Hinata's Flareon knowing it) Flareon can't learn Flare Blitz.

So I thought, "Well, that can't be right..."

I check Flareon's wiki page, and indeed, in Pokemon Uranium Flare Blitz is replaced by Fire Blast in Flareon's moveset.

Flareon has an amazing 130 in Attack compared to a decent 95 in Special Attack. Flareon's been able to learn Flare Blitz since XY. I notice that the battling mechanics seem to be more geared towards BW2 despite the existence of Fairy-Type and a couple gen VI Pokemon, but there's no reason for Flareon to be denied one of the few moves it can make full use of.

On that note, give it Flame Impact too. Might as well.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

It would make Flareon more useful, indeed... even if I personally barely ever use attacks that hit my Pokemon with recoil. 

Given there isn't a TM containing Flame Charge in Uranium, which at least I considered perfect for Flareon - I'd highly appreciate Flareon being able to learn Flame Impact. I also would suggest it to be instead of Lava Plum learned at Lv. 37.

Mind if I quote your post on my "Suggestions concerning competitive play"-thread? It would serve the purpose to keep track of  ideas/suggestions I would actually look forward being added in further updates and patches.

[Keileon]

Go ahead~

[Lord Windos]

Agree witho your idea, Keileon. I don't use the Eveelution much (even though I breed the critters by the baker's dozen), but it would certainly be more helpful for it to get more powerful Phys. Fire moves, rather than Sp.Atk ones. Especially since, as you pointed out, it has a much better Atk stat. C'mon, Devs, JUST DO IT!

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Putting this back into notice because I got the following displayed as my adamant-natured HA-Flareon reached Level 45...

Possible Spoiler...?

This is quite neat. It not only saved me from farming for three additional Red Shards (I don't enjoy this much, but I wanted to teach it Flame Charge... ), but also works quite well if combined with Guts-ability and a Toxic Orb. \ (^-^*)/

 

(Credit to this idea+moveset goes to the writer of the competitive guide who shared it online, I don't own it.)

[Lord Windos]

Bloody hell, the devs listen and hath returned Flareon's best possible move. Praise be the devs!!! Now if they work on some other Pokémon (Glances meaningfully Dramsama) ...