Competitive Information for Heatran [Sword/Shield]
Fire / Steel
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Flash Fire ability are immune to Fire attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Heatran? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Heatran is a phenomenal Fire and Steel-typed Pokemon. Heatran are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. Heatran can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Heatran is weak to Fighting, Ground, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Shuca Berry / Weakness Policy
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Flamethrower
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon
- Protect
Special Tank Heatran (Popular/Trending)
Heatran is a legendary Special Tank for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take a good amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Weakness Policy activates if Heatran is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Flash Fire, Heatran's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity. With a Shuca Berry equipped to it, halves damage taken from a supereffective ground-type attack then the Shuca Berry gets consumed.
◆ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heatran this turn).
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Item: Air Balloon / Eject Pack
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Flash Cannon
- Earth Power
- Dragon Pulse
Special Sweeper Heatran (Flash Fire)
Heatran is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Heatran is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. With Flash Fire, Heatran's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Heatran's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
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Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Flash Cannon
- Earth Power
- Dragon Pulse
- Flamethrower
Heatran Special Sweeper (Volcanic Core)
Heatran is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Scarf will increase Heatran's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Flash Fire, Heatran's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity. Heatran and Latias have great synergy, Heatran resistes Latias weaknesses and when predicting an Earthquake you can just switch out to Latias be immune to it due to Levitate. Flamethrower is for STAB and has a chance of burning the opponent, Flash Cannon For STAB, Earth Power for Coverage, and Dragon Pulse for other Latios/Latias.
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
◆ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Sunny Day
- Earth Power
- Fire Blast
- Solar Beam
Heatran Special Sweeper (Sunny Heatran*)
Heatran is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Heatran's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Heatran's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Fire Blast is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. Hits turn 2. No charge in sunlight).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Heatran? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
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Item: Air Balloon / Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Lava Plume
- Flash Cannon
- Earth Power
- Dragon Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Heatran (Flash Fire)
Heatran is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Heatran is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. Life Orb boosts the power of Heatran's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Heatran's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
◆ Lava Plume is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fire-type move (30% chance to burn adjacent pokemon).
◆ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-base power Dragon-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Heatran 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 Heatran can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Heatran
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Heatran's stats
- Ancient Power
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
Most notable and possible best moves for Heatran
- Ancient Power
- Burning Jealousy
- Earth Power
- Earthquake
- Flamethrower
- Flash Cannon
- Heat Wave
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
Common Effort Values for Heatran in Sword and Shield
- Modest Nature ( 252/0/0/252/4/0 )
- Modest Nature ( 116/0/36/220/4/132 )
- Optimize Heatran's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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