Ho-Oh (UNITE)

Ho-Oh ホウオウ Houou
Role	Defender
Attack type	Ranged
Damage type	Atk
Difficulty	Novice
Does not evolve
License availability: 15,000 / 840

Ho-Oh (Japanese: ホウオウ Houou) is a playable Pokémon in Pokémon UNITE. It became available as a playable character on July 19, 2024.

Ho-Oh is a Defender who has the unique ability to revive fallen teammates with its Unite Move, albeit at the cost of all of its Aeos energy. It is also quite bulky in of itself and has the ability to cover the arena with flames to defend for its team.

Up to September 4, 2024, it was classified as an EX license.

Stats

Ho-Oh
Offense
Endurance
Mobility
Scoring
Support

Abilities

Passive Ability

	Regenerator さいせいりょく Regenerative Power
Description If the Pokémon doesn't take damage from Pokémon on the opposing team for a set amount of time, it will gradually recover HP.

Basic Attack

	Damage category: Physical (as a basic attack)
	Damage category: Physical (as a boosted attack)
Description Becomes a boosted attack with every third attack, shooting out a sweeping flame that deals increased damage and restores the user's HP. When the user hits multiple Pokémon with a boosted attack, the amount of HP restored is increased.

Moveset

Move slot 1

	Safeguard しんぴのまもり Mysterious Protection	Learned at Lv. 1 or 3 Cooldown: 6 seconds Upgrades into Fly or Fire Spin
Buff	Description
Has the user create a protective field that reduces damage taken from the next attack. When this field reduces damage from an attack, the user's movement speed is increased for a short time.

	Sacred Fire せいなるほのお Sacred Flame	Learned at Lv. 7 Cooldown: 12 seconds Upgrades into Sacred Fire+ at Lv. 13
Dash	Description
Has the user shoot mystical fire of great intensity at the designated area, dealing damage to opposing Pokémon it hits, leaving them burned and unable to act. For a short time, the user flies high into the air, allowing it to move freely over walls and increasing its movement speed and Attack. After this move is used, the user's next three basic attacks become boosted attacks. If this move is used again while the user is flying, the user lands on the ground. Upgrade: Further decreases the Attack of opposing Pokémon left burned.

	Fire Spin ほのおのうず Flame Swirl	Learned at Lv. 7 Cooldown: 9 seconds Upgrades into Fire Spin+ at Lv. 13
Buff	Description
Has the user generate a blazing vortex around itself, dealing damage and applying a slowing effect to opposing Pokémon it hits. The user redirects a portion of damage taken by ally Pokémon inside the vortex to itself. At the start of this move, the user receives a shield effect. This move ends if the user loses this shield. While the user is still shielded, if a set amount of time passes or if this move is used again, the user releases a heat wave around itself that deals damage to opposing Pokémon and leaves them unable to act. The more damage the user takes while the shield effect is active, the more damage this heat wave deals. Upgrade: Automatically releases a heat wave when the user’s shield is lost.

Move slot 2

	Tailwind おいかぜ Tailwind	Learned at Lv. 1 or 3 Cooldown: 6 seconds Upgrades into Flamethrower or Sky Attack
Ranged	Description
Has the user whip up a whirlwind in the designated direction, dealing damage to the opposing Pokémon it hits. The whirlwind then remains on the field for a short time. Ally Pokémon moving in the same direction as the whirlwind have their movement speed increased, while opposing Pokémon moving against the whirlwind have their movement speed decreased.

	Flamethrower かえんほうしゃ Flamethrower	Learned at Lv. 5 Cooldown: 6 seconds Upgrades into Flamethrower+ at Lv. 11
Ranged	Description
Has the user blow flames in the designated direction, dealing damage to opposing Pokémon it hits. This move’s cooldown increases the longer the user blows flames. If the user hits Pokémon from the opposing team with this move, the user recovers HP. If the user continues to hit opposing Pokémon with this move, the Pokémon are burned, decreasing their movement speed. When the burned Pokémon moves, it will leave behind scorched ground. Opposing Pokémon that touch this scorched ground will also be burned, decreasing their movement speed. Upgrade: Increases the length of time the user can continue to blow flames and reduces this move’s cooldown.

	Sky Attack ゴッドバード God Bird	Learned at Lv. 5 Cooldown: 9 seconds Upgrades into Sky Attack+ at Lv. 11
Dash	Description
Has the user spread its wings and charge, then return to its original position, dealing damage to opposing Pokémon it hits and burning the ground along its flight path for a short time. Burning ground deals damage to opposing Pokémon and applies a slowing effect. When this move is used again, or if another move is used mid-charge, the user stops in place. Upgrade: Also gradually restores the user's HP while the user is on burning ground.

Unite Move

	Rekindling Flame 復活の虹炎 Rainbow Flame of Resurrection	Learned at Lv. 9
Buff	Description
When a nearby ally Pokémon is knocked out, a feather is left in its place for a short time. This move has the user spread its wings wide and consume all of the Aeos energy it has to revive knocked-out ally Pokémon, returning them to battle at their respective feathers. The more Aeos energy that’s consumed, the more ally Pokémon are revived.

Holowear

Name	Holowear	Release Date	Unlock Method	Audio/Visual FX
Dark Lord Style		July 19, 2024	1,050	Movement
Fairy-Tale Style		February 27, 2025	Premium Battle Pass - Season 30*	Unite Move Scoring Returning KO Movement

Update history

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Trivia

• Rekindling Flame may be based on the story of Ho-Oh resurrecting the Legendary beasts.
• While Ho-Oh's release date was reported correctly as July 19th by Japanese sources,^[1] it was incorrectly reported as July 21st by English sources.^[2] This would later be acknowledged and corrected in a quote repost.^[3]
• Prior to Ho-Oh's release, the feathers that teammates would leave behind for Rekindling Flame had a different design, as could be seen in the public test server. When Ho-Oh released, the design would be changed to the current design and the move icon would be changed to match the new design.
  • The original move icon can also be seen in the "Moves Overview" trailer for Ho-Oh at the beginning of the video, even though when Rekindling Flame is showcased later on in the video, it uses the current design.
• Ho-Oh is one the few Pokémon in Pokémon UNITE to have had one of its moves be completely changed in an update, as Sacred Fire was originally Fly prior to version 1.19.2.6 (released July 18, 2025). Fly would function similarly to Sacred Fire but would only cause the latter effect of the move to happen in which Ho-Oh flies higher in the air. Fly+ would also allow for Ho-Oh to fly for longer.

• 
  Rekindling Flame's original icon, featuring a rainbow feather rather than the current golden one
• 
  Icon for Fly prior to being replaced with Sacred Fire

In other languages

Rekindling Flame

References

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Ho-Oh.

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