Heatran is weak to : Ground (x2), Fighting, Water Damage. Hidden Power is a gamble moveset for typing and you can’t change it in your ownership. -Worst Matchup: Bug Bite / Iron Head -Taunt/Protect It used to be not that good an attacker, but very recently got access to Flamethrower as a great STAB attack jumping it up to one of the best Fire-Type attackers in the game! -Best Matchup: Bug Bite / Stone Edge Choice Scarf - Despite its low base Speed Heatran can use a Choice Scarf in a bait set manor. Sandshrew is a Nesting Species, and exists in 5k Eggs. It … Flash Cannon is strong secondary STAB, but is mainly for fairies, which Heatran does not have an issue with typically. -With Level 35 Golurk you need 3 players. Geodude can be in “Make 5 Nice Throws” quests. -Resists: Rock, Fire -With Level 35 Mamoswine you need 3 players. Ability: Flash Fire -Tapu Bulu’s Grassy Terrain weakens Earthquake against Heatran, and the terrain also restores HP, which is especially useful on the Substitute sets. Ground-Types are the MVP against Heatran, and the resistance here makes it definitely the easiest moveset. -With Level 35 Terrakion you need 3 players. Fans will be disappointed to know that there’s no sign of Glaceon or Mamoswine yet, though! -With Level 35 Regigigas you need 3 players.

- This is not that bad an ability, it's luck based but is outclassed by Flash Fire, plus it isn't available so discussion of it is moot. -Air Balloon is not useful in every situation, but can keep Heatran safe from ground attacks and may help it wall other Heatran. Making him easier to take down. Gible are exceedingly rare in the wild. -Eruption is rare nowadays since is it not even Battle Spot Doubles legal, but it was very strong in VGC many years ago, and can be very strong in formats where you can use it, especially with strategies to support Heatran’s power with an item, the sun, or activating Flash Fire. When caught, Heatran will be between 2058 and 2145 cp without a weather boost.

Kingler received Crabhammer 9/2/19 making it a monster Water-Type. Finally, Swinub can also spawn in the pool of Pokemon from Glacial Lure Modules, which you can get from the shop for 200 coins. Overview. -Worst Matchup: Bug Bite / Fire Blast Groudon was last a raid boss 7/8/2019 .It was last in Raids 172 days ago. Heatran also losing its resistance to Dark allows Heatran to be Pursuit trapped or hit with Crunch. Kyogre was last a raid boss 6/18/2019 .It was last in Raids 185 days ago. Rhyperior wasn’t featured in our guide about the best Pokemon to use the Sinnoh Stone on in Pokemon Go, but if you have a spare Sinnoh Stone and don’t happen to have a Groudon, it’s definitely the second best Heatran counter. Note that Groudon isn’t nescesarially the best pick depending on circumstances. So, if you have the Pokemon Ruby mascot in Pokemon Go, catching Heatran will be pretty easy for you. A rare sight, Suicune with Hidden Power Ground actually has use here. Earth Power Flygon was released Dec 12, making it one of the most accessible options to most people. They are the a pretty safe investment to power up, but might get Precipital Blade someday.

-Best Matchup: Fire Spin / Stone Edge -Best Matchup: Bug Bite / Fire Blast -Resists: Rock Pokédex entry for #485 Heatran containing stats, moves learned, evolution chain, location and more! -Ancient Power provides a quick way to take down Mega Charizard Y. -Best Matchup: Bug Bite / Stone Edge The former gets STAB, whereas the latter is tied to a criminally-underrated type. Last but not least, keep your eyes peeled for shiny Azurill, shiny Santa Hat Pikachu, and shiny Delibird this month. Excadrill is a new pokemon, but Drilbur are not rare, and it is boosted in sunny weather! Rhyhorn is very common and boosted in the common Sunny. Item Attached: Shuca Berry / Leftovers -Best Matchup: Fire Spin / Stone Edge -Worst Matchup: Bug Bite / Fire Blast -Hidden Power Ice/Taunt/Stealth Rock Like this, Heatran can beat all the Tapus bar Bulu and check Mega Gardevoir, however Focus Blast hurts a lot. However, due to its lack of STAB, Bug Bite loses out here. Heatran, The Lava Dome Pokémon. It is the premier Water-Type attacker and an incredibly powerful attacker. Rhydon is a pretty good Ground-Type as well, so if you get a good moveset on it and don’t have the candy or stone to evolve, it’s not that bad. About "Boiling blood, like magma, circulates through its body. Heatran, The Lava Dome Pokémon. With its great bulk, Stealth Rocks are excellent on Heatran as it creates many chances to set them up with its pressure.

-Worst Matchup: Bug Bite / Fire Blast -Flamethrower has perfect accuracy and is a bit stronger than Heat Wave against a single target due to the latter’s spread damage. Riolu is an egg exclusive pokemon sadly, one of the absolute rarest and highly desired ones in fact. As the most powerful Ground-type in the game, a Groudon with dual Ground-type moves should be able to tackle Heatran pretty easily, especially given that it resists Stone Edge Heatran (which is already the weakest variant of Heatran by a landslide). -Resists: Rock, Fire, Bug Lastly Taunt allows Heatran to best walls by stopping their recovery, Stealth Rocks because Heatran is a solid offensive rock setter, or Hidden Power Ice for Zygarde and Landorus Therian. -Best Matchup: Fire Spin / Flamethrower

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Best Moveset: Mud Shot / Earth Power(legacy). Solarbeam is mostly for Bloom Doom, but a 180 base special attack will KO most waters. Heatran has been one of the most used Pokemon in VGC for years, most recently as part of the infamous “CHALK” core (Cresselia, Heatran, Amoongus, Landorus-T, and (Mega) Kangaskhan) in 2015.

Item Attached: Grassium Z

You also have better chances if you get difficult Adventure Sync eggs. Best Moveset: Mud Shot(legacy) / Crabhammer. Groudon, Rhyperior, and Garchomp. Modest Nature. With the new move of Flamethrower, Heatran has a strong position in the Fire-Type meta. -Wide Guard can keep Heatran safe from Earthquake. + Strong defensive stats and typing make Heatran a solid answer to most Fires, Dragons, Steels, Grass, and Fairy threats Mudkip currently can be found in nests.Marshtomp was last a raid boss 8/23/2019 .It was last in Raids 120 days ago. -Resists: Rock Regigigas has only been available during the paid “A Colossas Discovery” event and has come to EX raids starting November 12th 2019. Item Attached: Leftovers Being Fire/Steel, Heatran has incredible typing, resisting a lot of threats, including Fire with its ability as well as having solid defensive status and moves. -Worst Matchup: Bug Bite / Stone Edge Toxic can cause problems however shortening Volcarona's lifespan. Ability: Flash Fire Instead, many Heatran run Substitute, as with the number of Pokemon that it can wall, you can often freely Substitute on an opponent’s switch. Hidden Ability (Not vailable): 148 HP / 252 SpA / 108 Spe While the Lake Trio—Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf—were featured on the artwork for the Pokemon Go Winter event, Heatran was announced as the actual Raid Boss yesterday, December 18. Generally speaking, the best counters for it are: | POKEMON GO BATTLE LEAGUE PVP SEASON 2. Flash Fire is the only ability available, but a great one as a switch-in to fire moves to boost its own attacks, and it lets Heatran wall certain Pokemon like Mega Charizard Y or Torkoal.

-With Level 35 Machamp you need 3 players. It dwells in volcanic caves. -2xResists: Rock, Bug Zygarde - Zygarde struggles with Tangrowth, as well as Landorus Therian and the Tapus, all which Heatran can handle easily, bar Landorus Therian. Gyarados Safe Swap in Ultra League Premier Cup for Pokémon GO Battle League!

212HP/44Def/252Speed -Best Matchup: Fire Spin / Stone Edge -Worst Matchup: Fire Spin / Fire Blast We've recently moved from Disqus to Spot.IM. -With Level 35 Groudon you need 2 players. -Firium Z can pair with Heatran’s Heat Wave (or even stronger fire attacks) for a very powerful attack that will also avoid Wide Guard from something like Celesteela. -Worst Matchup: Fire Spin / Fire Blast -Best Matchup: Bug Bite / Stone Edge Swampert as a Ground-Type is unfortunate, since it’s Water typing negates some of it’s resistances to Electric. -Worst Matchup: Bug Bite / Fire Blast -With Level 35 Gastrodon_East_Sea_Form you need 3 players. Rhyhorn currently can be found in nests. Nidorans are of course very common, but Nidoking lost Fury Cutter in February 2017. -With Level 35 Flygon you need 3 players. Heatran is the Tier 5 Raid Boss from December 18 to January 15, but who else is on the Raid lineup for the next month? Duel Typing benefits a lot of pokemon here, with Rock, Dragon and Water resisting allowing pokemon to perform better than Groudon. Machop currently can be found in nests.Machamp was last a raid boss 11/7/2019 .It was last in Raids 0 days ago. -Resists: Steel In addition, Ground-Type attacks have recently gotten a buff too!

Negatives -Worst Matchup: Bug Bite / Stone Edge

-Resists: Rock Hunt down a nest or play in partly cloudy will be enough for many to get Golem. -Weak: Fire Defensive Heatran can also cripple some other threats to Volcarona with their shared switch ins such as Landorus Therian and Zygarde with burns.

Heatran is the only Fire/Steel type Pokemon, and is 2x weak to Ground-Type attacks.

Ability: Flash Fire

With resistances to ten types, six which are doubly resisted, Heatran’s typing makes it an incredibly powerful Pokemon. Kingler was last a raid boss 11/7/2019 .It was last in Raids 0 days ago. -Weak: Steel Hardest moveset due to STAB, and its single bar being able to KO the tanks. Timid Nature. -Resists: Rock, Bug

More bulk can be added, but 108 speed EVs backed by Tailwind support help Heatran outspeed Modest Choice Scarf Tapu Lele. -With Level 35 Gastrodon_West_Sea_Form you need 3 players. Boiling blood, like magma, circulates through its body.

-Resists: Steel, Bug -Incinerate is a cool tech move to get rid of the target’s berry, which is very nice since the 50% pinch berries have received a buff. Lastly, the 40 Speed EVS allow Heatran to outpace neutral natured Mega Mawile with no Speed EVS, which is standard.

Due to the fact that the Garchomp family was introduced in Gen 4, however, this could change in the near future. EVs and Nature: