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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

All-out Attacker
Item
Shuca Berry
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 56
Def 8
SpA 192
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Heatran is able to find a niche in the Doubles OU metagame due to its unique Fire / Steel typing and a combination of its power and bulk. This allows it to check a variety of threats such as Mega Charizard Y, Mega Salamence, and Genesect. However, Heatran faces difficulty against generally specially defensive threats such as Tapu Fini and Zapdos that can shrug off damage dealt by Heat Wave and find opportunities to set up. In addition, Heatran's weakness to the common Water- and Ground-type attacks can allow opposing Pokemon to bypass its defensive capabilities and deal irreparable damage to it. Furthermore, a Speed stat of base 77 leaves Heatran outsped by a large portion of the metagame. Although Heatran doesn't have any glaring reasons to struggle in Doubles, these little flaws add up to making it tough to fit on teams.

Most Used Moves

Protect
81.0%
Heat Wave
78.1%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
12.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc