Competitive Information for Heatran [X/Y]
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 X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Heatran is a notable Fire and Steel-typed Pokemon. It's a common sight to see Heatran out in the 6th generation battlefield. Heatran can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Heatran is weak to Fighting, Ground, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Air Balloon / Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Eruption / Overheat
- Flash Cannon
- Earth Power
- Dragon Pulse
Special Sweeper Heatran (Flash Fire)
Heatran is a legendary Special Sweeper. It tries 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.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Heatran's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ 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 good amount of damage.
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Item: Choice Scarf
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flash Cannon
- Earth Power
- Dragon Pulse
- Flamethrower
Heatran Special Sweeper (Volcanic Core)
Heatran is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's meant 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 hefty 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
Moveset:
- Sunny Day
- Earth Power
- Fire Blast
- Solar Beam
Heatran Special Sweeper (Sunny Heatran*)
Heatran is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is 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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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Stealth Rock / Protect
- Lava Plume
- Earth Power
- Roar
Heatran Special Wall (Heatran Phazer)
Heatran is a legendary Special Wall. It's designed to take a decent amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Heatran last longer regaining it's stamina every turn. With Flash Fire, Heatran's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heatran this turn).
♦ Lava Plume is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fire-type move (30% chance to burn adjacent pokemon).
♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Item: Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Calm (+SpD, -Atk)
EVs: 244 Hp / 8 Def / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Lava Plume
- Protect
- Toxic
- Roar
Heatran Special Wall (Shuffletran)
Heatran is a legendary Special Wall. It's primary goal is to take a great amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Heatran last longer regaining it's it's life every turn. With Flash Fire, Heatran's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Heatran this turn).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
♦ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Heatran? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Air Balloon / Life Orb
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Eruption / Heat Wave
- Flash Cannon
- Earth Power
- Dragon Pulse
Doubles Special Sweeper Heatran (Flash Fire)
Heatran is a legendary Special Sweeper. It was 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.
♦ Heat Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes).
♦ 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 large 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 X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Heatran
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Heatran's stats
- Ancient Power
- Flame Charge
- Iron Defense
Most notable and possible best moves for Heatran
- Earthquake
- Eruption
- Protect
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Heatran in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Heatran's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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