Howdy everyone! Tam again here. Today I want to show you the marvel of Pokémon Evolution! Remember the little, red, furry marshmallow we met before, Irkifi? Well, at level 29 it's gotten a bit bigger now...

Today's Pokémon: The Normal/Fire Type Irkifir!

Pokédex No. 002: Irkifir

Type: Normal/Fire

Species: The Heat Pokémon

Ability: Rattled/Strong Jaw

Hidden Ability: Flame Body

Pokédex Entry No. 1:

As its blood pressure rises, so does its body temperature, which can heat up to 100 Degrees.

Pokédex Entry No. 2:

When instigated, a determined Irkifir can bite through even some of the toughest Rock and Steel-type Pokémon.

Base Stats:

HP: 80

Attack: 110

Defense: 95

Sp. Attack: 20

Sp. Def: 75

Speed: 65

Total: 445

Irkifir is the first and final evolution of Irkifi. I chose to stick with the tradition of giving normal type Pokémon lower stat totals, but I never liked how bad most of them were, so I wanted to try to make It have something more to offer. With good physical bulk and strong offenses, paired with Strong Jaw, this Pokémon can hit especially hard with its STAB biting moves like Hyper Fang and Fire Fang. However, it has lackluster speed and less-reliable special defense, making it especially frail against special attackers. A lot of water type moves are also special-based, so watch out for that Hydro Pump!

Gumshoos, one of my favorite Pokémon, was a big inspiration for Irkifir's moveset and stats, as it is also a s Strong Jaw user. Unfortunately, Gumshoos' lackluster stats and lack of additional STAB make it a somewhat weak Strong Jaw Pokémon. I also just really like Strong Jaw as an ability, so I wanted to add more diversity to the group since not a lot of Pokémon have it. I think Irkifir is one of the better Strong Jaw Pokémon because of its decent stats and a superior STAB combination in Normal/Fire; which allows it to have better type matchups than Gumshoos.

Anyways, that's all for now, but stay out of the dirt; you don't want to accidentally step on our next Pokémon...a Normal/Ground Type hidden beneath the surface. Until next time!

MOVESET:

Moves learnt by level up:

Lv. 1 Tackle

Lv. 1 Leer

Lv. 5 Ember

Lv. 8 Pursuit

Lv. 11 Odor Sleuth

lv. 15 Headbutt

lv. 20 Fake out

lv. 23. Bite

lv. 29 Fire Fang

lv. 33 Sharpen

lv. 36 Stomping Tantrum

lv. 39 Hyper Fang

lv. 43 Crunch

lv. 46 Flare Blitz

lv. 50 Super Fang

Egg Moves:

Ice Fang

Thunder Fang

Revenge

Endeavor