Sceptile (#254) - Torchic - Combusken (#256)
General
Name (Japanese), Number	Torchic (Achamo), 255
Stage	Basic
Evolves from	(none)
Evolves to	Combusken
Video game base stats¹
Hit points	40
Attack	60
Defence	40
Speed	45
Special attack	70
Special defense	50
Biological
Species	Chick Pokémon
Types
Height	1'4" (0.4 m)
Weight	6 lb (2.7 kg)
Pokédex Color	Red
Shiny color	The orange body becomes a bright yellow, the yellow wings and feathers become orange, and its beak is darkened slightly
Gender distribution	87.5% male, 12.5% female
¹ Stats for trading card versions may vary.

Torchic is one of the three Hoenn starter Pokémon (the other two are Treeko and Mudkip).

Pokédex definition

According to the Pokédex, this soft, feathery pokémon who "sticks with its Trainer", "keeps its flame [..in..] a place inside its body" which makes it give warm hugs in the most literal sense of the words. It "breathes fire of over 1,800 degrees F [982°C]... that leaves the foe scorched black."

Name Origin

The name Torchic comes from a combination of the words torch and chick (or baby chicken).

In-game details

Picking this Pokémon as a starter is categorized as choosing a "Medium-Hard" difficulty level because the first gym leader uses pokémon whose type is very resistant to Torchic's firey moves. However, Torchic is the only Fire-type Pokémon available between Littleroot Town (where trainers receive it) and Firey Path. Plus, the third gym leader (which is before Firey Path) uses some steel-type Pokémon which are easily beaten by fire-type attacks.

This Pokémon can learn some moves bird pokémon learn, like peck. However, as it evolves into a Fighting-type Pokémon it doesn't learn any more similar attacks.

In the anime

In the Pokémon anime, May chose Torchic as her starter because she considered it to be cute. Her young Torchic is very playful and fun, even though it's not her strongest battle Pokémon.