Competitive Information for Heatmor [Black/White]
Fire
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Flash Fire ability are immune to Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Heatmor? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Heatmor is a decent Fire-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to see Heatmor show up as a Black/White opponent. Heatmor is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower
- Fire Punch
- Thunder Punch / Frustration
- Sucker Punch / Night Slash
Physical Sweeper Heatmor (Flash Fire)
Heatmor is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Heatmor's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Heatmor from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Heatmor's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Heatmor's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Life Orb / Charcoal
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flamethrower / Heat Wave
- Giga Drain / Solar Beam
- Round / Snore
- Protect
Special Sweeper Heatmor (Flash Fire)
Heatmor is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Heatmor from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Heatmor's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Heatmor's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Heat Wave is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Heatmor recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Heatmor must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heatmor this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Heatmor? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Black Belt
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Superpower
- Fire Punch
- Thunder Punch / Frustration
- Sucker Punch / Night Slash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Heatmor (Flash Fire)
Heatmor is a spectacular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Heatmor's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Heatmor from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Heatmor's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Heatmor's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity. Thunder Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Sucker Punch is a physical priority-increased 80-base power Dark-type move (usually goes first. fails if target is not attacking).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Life Orb / Charcoal
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Flamethrower
- Giga Drain / Solar Beam
- Round / Snore
- Protect
Doubles Special Sweeper Heatmor (Flash Fire)
Heatmor is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Heatmor from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Heatmor's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Heatmor's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Heatmor recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Heatmor must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heatmor this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Heatmor learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Heatmor can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Heatmor
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
- Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Inferno
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Snatch, Sucker Punch
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Heatmor's stats
- Amnesia
- Curse
- Hone Claws
- Stockpile
Most notable and possible best moves for Heatmor
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Heatmor in Black and White
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