Heatran counters

Gen 9 Almost Any Ability · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Heatran
#0485 Heatran
FireSteel
USAGE 2.6% #49
ABILITYDesolate Land
BASE STATS
HP 91
ATK 90
DEF 106
SPA 130
SPD 106
SPE 77
BST600
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Ground
2×
WaterFighting
½×
NormalFlyingPsychicDragon
¼×
GrassIceBugSteelFairy
0×
Poison
Moves
Magma Storm 87.5% Stealth Rock 63.4% Solar Beam 42.1% Earth Power 31.3% Steel Beam 28.1% Will-O-Wisp 26.4% Overheat 23.3% Fire Blast 21.1%
Items
Leftovers 59.0% Choice Specs 22.9% Custap Berry 6.0% Clear Amulet 5.2% Assault Vest 2.4% Life Orb 1.6% Air Balloon 1.2% Power Herb 0.4%
Abilities
Desolate Land45.6%Tinted Lens25.8%Earth Eater12.9%Bulletproof3.8%Levitate3.5%Magic Guard2.2%Flash Fire1.4%Regenerator1.4%
Common Teammates
Great Tusk41.9%Corviknight36.1%Roaring Moon33.8%Pecharunt33.4%Zamazenta26.0%Landorus25.2%Latios23.5%Iron Moth23.0%
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Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #49 with 2.62% usage. Sorted by reliability score.