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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

Stall
Moves
Magma Storm / Lava Plume
Toxic / Will-O-Wisp
Substitute / Earth Power
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 212
SpD 44
Spe 252
Choice Specs
Moves
Flamethrower / Earth Power
Earth Power / Ancient Power
Item
Choice Specs
Nature
Modest
EVs
HP 252
SpA 252
Spe 4

Strategy Overview

Heatran is a very versatile Pokemon, being able to fill defensive, offensive, and supportive roles on a team. It particularly excels at stallbreaking thanks to its immunity to Toxic and its signature move Magma Storm. Additionally, its stats and unique typing are great defensively and mean that it often completely walls foes that can't deal super effective damage to it. This makes it an excellent check to common foes such as Talonflame and Cresselia, which are almost entirely unable to touch it. Its high Special Attack stat and access to Flash Fire also mean it can deal a lot of damage, even with neutral attacks. Its middling Speed stat does mean that it's often outsped by other Pokemon, however, and it isn't quite slow enough to take advantage of Trick Room. Finally, while Heatran is great defensively, it's weak to Ground, Water, and Fighting, types that are all common as STAB moves and as coverage. This means that ordinarily lopsided match-ups, such as against Charizard and Scizor, can be a risky proposition when Focus Blast and Superpower, respectively, are considered.

Most Used Moves

Protect
53.5%
Toxic
41.4%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
53.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc