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heatran
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Heatran

Lava Dome Pokémon

FireSteel

It dwells in volcanic caves. It digs in with its cross-shaped feet to crawl on ceilings and walls.

Base Stats

HP 91
Attack 90
Defense 106
Sp. Atk 130
Sp. Def 106
Speed 77
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Lava Dome Pokémon
Height 1.7 m
Weight 430.0 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 100
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups No Eggs
Legendary Pokémon

Sprites

heatran Front Front
heatran Back Back
heatran Front Shiny Front Shiny
heatran Back Shiny Back Shiny
heatran Official Art Official Art
heatran Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Specially Defensive
Moves
Magma Storm / Lava Plume
Earth Power / Protect
Stealth Rock / Taunt / Protect
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Calm
EVs
HP 252
SpD 180
Spe 76
Z-Move
Moves
Toxic / Solar Beam / Flash Cannon
Stealth Rock / Taunt / Toxic
Item
Firium Z / Grassium Z / Steelium Z
Nature
Modest / Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Heatran is one of the best Pokemon in the metagame thanks to a variety of different traits. Its typing and really well-rounded stats make it a good check to top threats within the metagame like Magearna, Mega Mawile, Tornadus-T, and Ferrothorn. Additionally, because of Z-Moves, it's hard to consistently keep Heatran in check defensively. For example, it can easily overwhelm checks like Garchomp and Mega Alakazam with Steelium Z as well as Tapu Fini and Rotom-W with Grassium Z. It's an exceptionally useful Stealth Rock setter because it can easily pressure common Defoggers like Tornadus-T and Rotom-W. It can also function as a stallbreaker with the combination of Magma Storm, Toxic, and Taunt, only adding to its overall versatility. However, Heatran's popularity is not entirely positive. Because of how popular it is, Pokemon like Magearna, Tornadus-T, Volcarona, and Tapu Lele—Pokemon that Heatran is supposed to check—often elect to use super effective coverage moves to handle it. In addition to this, Heatran has no reliable recovery, which makes it pretty easy to wear down with entry hazards and even resisted moves like Hurricane over time. Heatran's middling Speed tier also leaves it susceptible to offensive Pokemon like Landorus-T, Ash-Greninja, and Mega Medicham.

Most Used Moves

Taunt
54.5%
Toxic
47.3%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
81.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc