Heatran counters

Gen 9 VGC 2026 Reg F · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Heatran
#0485 Heatran
FireSteel
USAGE 4.0% #36
ABILITYFlash Fire
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
Protect 92.1% Earth Power 87.3% Heat Wave 62.4% Substitute 40.3% Magma Storm 38.5% Flash Cannon 37.2% Heavy Slam 11.3% Taunt 10.9%
Items
Leftovers 46.5% Zoom Lens 15.1% Sitrus Berry 14.6% Life Orb 9.0% Assault Vest 7.0% Safety Goggles 4.8% Rocky Helmet 1.0% Air Balloon 0.5%
Abilities
Flash Fire99.6%Flame Body0.4%
Tera Types
Bug 47.2% Grass 34.0% Fairy 13.4% Flying 4.0% Fire 0.9% Dragon 0.2% Ghost 0.1% Ground 0.1%
Common Teammates
Raging Bolt63.4%Ogerpon-Wellspring63.2%Flutter Mane50.9%Urshifu36.9%Tornadus32.5%Landorus-Therian22.5%Amoonguss19.7%Chien-Pao14.8%
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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 #36 with 4.03% usage. Sorted by reliability score.