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Highland Flameruff vs Thunderstorm Scorchhowl

Highland FlameruffFire / Rock · DPSBase stat total 554
Thunderstorm ScorchhowlFire / Electric · DPSBase stat total 610

Which is better by the numbers

Thunderstorm Scorchhowl has the higher base stat total: 610 against 554 for Highland Flameruff, a gap of 56 (10.1% more).

Highland Flameruff wins 0 of the 7 base stats and Thunderstorm Scorchhowl wins 7.

The biggest gap is Attack: Thunderstorm Scorchhowl has 115 and Highland Flameruff has 104, 10.6% more.

Base stats side by side

StatHighland FlameruffThunderstorm ScorchhowlGapHigher
HP81909Thunderstorm Scorchhowl
Attack10411511Thunderstorm Scorchhowl
Magic Attack1091156Thunderstorm Scorchhowl
Defense72808Thunderstorm Scorchhowl
Magic Defense63707Thunderstorm Scorchhowl
EP Regen809010Thunderstorm Scorchhowl
Break45505Thunderstorm Scorchhowl
Total55461056Thunderstorm Scorchhowl

Where they rank

By base stat total, Highland Flameruff places #149 and Thunderstorm Scorchhowl places #93 of all 227 Aniimo.

Rank by base stat totalHighland FlameruffThunderstorm Scorchhowl
All Aniimo#149 of 227#93 of 227
Final forms onlyNot a final form#90 of 137
Within its element#20 of 30 Fire, #21 of 34 Rock#9 of 30 Fire, #16 of 26 Electric

Type match-up

Highland Flameruff's Rock hits Thunderstorm Scorchhowl's Fire for ×1.6.

Thunderstorm Scorchhowl's own elements get no strong hit on Highland Flameruff: 3 of 4 pairings are resisted (×0.625).

AttackerDefenderDamageEffect
Highland Flameruff (Fire)Thunderstorm Scorchhowl (Fire)×0.625Weak
Highland Flameruff (Fire)Thunderstorm Scorchhowl (Electric)×1Neutral
Highland Flameruff (Rock)Thunderstorm Scorchhowl (Fire)×1.6Strong
Highland Flameruff (Rock)Thunderstorm Scorchhowl (Electric)×1Neutral
Thunderstorm Scorchhowl (Fire)Highland Flameruff (Fire)×0.625Weak
Thunderstorm Scorchhowl (Fire)Highland Flameruff (Rock)×0.625Weak
Thunderstorm Scorchhowl (Electric)Highland Flameruff (Fire)×1Neutral
Thunderstorm Scorchhowl (Electric)Highland Flameruff (Rock)×0.625Weak

Each pairing of one element against one element is listed on its own, with the game's own multipliers. An attack uses the element of its skill, so the skill check below is the fuller picture.

Skill coverage

Highland Flameruff has 6 skills on record and Thunderstorm Scorchhowl has 9.

Highland Flameruff's strongest damaging skill is Fire Kick: Fire, might 72.

Thunderstorm Scorchhowl's strongest damaging skill is Falling Star: Fire, might 170.

Both can use Fire Kick, Pebble Kick and Fire Bolt.

Where to find them

Find Highland Flameruff in Russet Highlands, Zephyrus Landbridge in Breezy Plains.

Find Thunderstorm Scorchhowl in Beast Fang Ridge in Breezy Plains. Thunderstorm Scorchhowl shows up only during thunderstorm. Thunderstorm Scorchhowl is a unique spawn: once caught, it will not respawn.

Both spawn in Breezy Plains.

Evolution lines

Body and movement

Game valueHighland FlameruffThunderstorm Scorchhowl
Size0.70.55
Height1.61.7
Can flyNoNo
Can glideNoNo
Walk speed1.41.601

Raw numbers from the game files. The game does not state their units.

Homeland work

Homeland work both can do: Fire and Carry.

WorkHighland FlameruffThunderstorm Scorchhowl
EarthLevel 2No
FireLevel 2Level 3
CarryLevel 1Level 1
LightningNoLevel 3

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