These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.

• Health: 250 (max. 500)
• Speed: 43 (max. 91)
• Armor: 6 (max. 36)
• Critical Hit: 60 (max. 110)
• Elemental Power: 46 (max. 96)

Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.

• Strength: 85
• Agility: 70
• Defense: 50
• Luck: 80

Firebark		Wall of Fire		Ding Dong Ditch		None
Primary Ability Press Attack 1 to spit fireballs. Press Attack 1, Attack 1, Hold Attack 1 for a special combo!		Secondary Ability Press Attack 2 to summon a wall of fire, which can be pushed towards enemies.		Price: 4000 After a Comet Slam, leave a burning bag that explodes when stepped on.		148px Price: 5000 This Skylander has no Wow Pow Power.

Basic Upgrades
Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone.

Pyro Piercers		Comet Slam		Wall of MORE Fire		Super Comet
Price: 500 Fireballs pierce multiple enemies and do increased damage.		Price: 700 Press Attack 3 to flip into the air and slam down on the ground like a comet.		Price: 900 Walls of Fire do increased damage.		Price: 1200 Hold Attack 3 to charge up the Comet Slam and release to do increased damage.

Burning Bow-Wow
Further develop Hot Dog's Firebark and Comet Slam attacks.

Hot Dog Combos		Bark Bombs		Pyro Pinwheel
Price: 1700 Press Attack 1, Attack 1, Hold Attack 2 for Burnin' Bees. Press Attack 1, Attack 1, Hold Attack 3, for Comet Dash.		Price: 2200 Fireballs explode on impact and do increased damage.		Price: 3000 While holding Attack 3 to charge up the Comet Slam, Hot Dog shoots fireballs from all angles.

Pyro Pooch
Further develop Hot Dog's Wall of Fire attacks.

Blazing Wildfire		Great Walls of Fire		Magmutt Battalion
Price: 1700 Walls of Fire travels faster and do even more increased damage.		Price: 2200 Walls of Fire are bigger and do even more increased damage.		Price: 3000 Walls are now made up of fiery dogs that do maximum damage and shoot fireballs.

Skylanders can use abilities depending on their level.

Starting Powers

• Fireball (Primary Attack): Press Y to throw ball of lava at Hot Dog's enemies.
• Fire Wall (Secondary Attack): Press and hold X to make a wall of fire that can be pushed at Hot Dog's enemies.

Upgrades

• Triple Fireball (requires level: 3): Hold Y to charge up Hot Dog's fireball to shoot out 3 fireballs at the same time.
• Fire Wall Extension (requires level: 6): Hot Dog's fire wall will gain an extra segment at each end to create a longer wall of fire.
• Fire Trail (requires level: 9): Sprint A to ignite a fiery trail behind Hot Dog. This trail will damage nearby enemies.

Minigame Abilities
Skylanders get special abilities in minigames based on their element.

Sky Defense		Castle Assault		Ground Defense
Inflict fire damage to enemies in range for a short time.		Launch a projectile that explodes into smaller fragments that fly away in all directions. This ability unlocks once the player beats Castle Assault level 16.		Inflict fire damage to enemies in range for a short time.

• Hot Dog is the only Skylander to have his name based on a kind of food.
• He and Hot Head are the only Fire Skylanders with the word 'Hot' in their names.
• He has an incredible sense of smell. His highly sensitive nostrils can sniff out trouble from miles away.^[1]
• Hot Dog has the Fire symbol on his dog collar tag.
• He, Ignitor, and Eruptor all have 'burn' in their catchphrases.
• He resembles Eruptor since they are both lava-based creatures.
• Strangely although it's not a melee attack, he can perform combos with his Firebark, making him the only skylander with this ability.
• His catchphrase is a pun on the term See Spot Run.

• Molten Hot Dog is featured in his own Skylanders Activity Book: Molten Hot Dog's Quiz Quest.
• Molten Hot Dog is the third Wal-Mart exclusive, and the first to appear different in-game (the first was a Red Drill Sergeant, the second was a Glow-In-The-Dark Series 2 Sonic Boom).