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Pignite (Japanese: チャオブー Chaobuu) is a Fire/Fighting-type Generation V Pokémon which made its debut in Pokémon Black and White. It is known as the Fire Pig Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Pignite is a bipedal pig-like Pokémon that appears to be wearing black spandex tights, similar to a wrestler. Its body is chubby and ovular in shape, and mainly a fiery orange hue. It has brown bands encircling its shoulders, sides, belly, hands, and from the back of its head down its snout. It has yellow bands around its wrists, and twisted yellow shapes on its chest. It has two large and brown floppy ears extending from its head and a small, twisted black tail. It has two sharp claws on its hands and one sharp claw on each foot. It has a large pig-like red nose, and two sharp teeth that protrude from its lower jaw.

Special Abilities

Pignite has a blazing fire in its stomach, which it fuels with the food it consumes. As the flame inside its belly grows, Pignite becomes faster. When in trouble, Pignite emits smoke.

Behavior

Habitat

Gender differences

None

Evolution

Pignite evolves from Tepig, at level 17. It evolves into Emboar at level 36.

Game data

Statistics

Pokédex Entries

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Locations

Locations
Version(s) Area(s) Rarity
Black and White Evolve Tepig None
Black 2 and White 2 Evolve Tepig. None
X and Y Transfer None

Learnset

Leveling

LevelingGeneration V
Level Move Power Accuracy PP Type Cat.
1 Tackle 50 100% 35 Type Normal HOME Normal Physical
1 Tail Whip 100% 30 Type Normal HOME Normal Status
1 Ember 40 100% 25 Type Fire HOME Fire Special
1 Odor Sleuth - -% 40 Type Normal HOME Normal Status
3 Tail Whip 100% 30 Type Normal HOME Normal Status
7 Ember 40 100% 25 Type Fire HOME Fire Special
9 Odor Sleuth - -% 40 Type Normal HOME Normal Status
13 Defense Curl - -% 40 Type Normal HOME Normal Status
15 Flame Charge 50 100% 20 Type Fire HOME Fire Physical
17 Arm Thrust 15 100% 20 Type Fighting HOME Fighting Physical
20 Smog 20 70% 20 Type Poison HOME Poison Special
23 Rollout 30 90% 20 Type Rock HOME Rock Physical
28 Take Down 90 85% 20 Type Normal HOME Normal Physical
31 Heat Crash - 100% 10 Type Fire HOME Fire Physical
36 Assurance 50 100% 10 Type Dark HOME Dark Physical
39 Flamethrower 95 100% 15 Type Fire HOME Fire Special
44 Head Smash 150 80% 5 Type Rock HOME Rock Physical
47 Roar - 100% 20 Type Normal HOME Normal Status
52 Flare Blitz 120 100% 15 Type Fire HOME Fire Physical
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.
Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

TM and HM

Egg moves

Tutoring

Special moves

Sprites

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Appearances

Anime

Pignite makes its debut in Minccino-Neat and Tidy!, as one of Bianca's Pokémon. In Emolga and the New Volt Switch! Bianca and Pignite battle Ash and Snivy.

Ash's Tepig evolved into Pignite in Evolution By fire in a battle with Ash's Snivy against its previous trainer's Emboar and Heatmor.

Trainers with a Pignite

Manga

Other

Trivia

  • Pignite is the fifth Fire-type starter evolution to be a Fire/Fighting-type Pokémon. The others are Combusken, Blaziken, Monferno, and Infernape.
  • Pignite was first seen on September 1st 2010, when an image containing all of the evolutions of the starter Pokémon was shown on a Japanese forum. It was officially revealed on the October issue of CoroCoro on September 11, 2010. It was the only second evolution of a Generation V starter Pokémon not seen on the beta art of the Best Wishes series.
  • In PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond, Pignite appears in the Cove Town as one of the trainers. After Tepig defeats him in battle, he becomes Tepig's teacher.

Origin

Pignite is based on a pig or wild boar in a wrestling singlet.

Etymology

Pignite's English name is a combination of the words "pig" and "ignite."

Names in other languages

Its Japanese name, Chaobu, seems to come from the Chinese 超 chāo (super) or 炒 chǎo (sauté), and the Japanese 豚 buta (pig); or ブー bū, (oink).

See also

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