Heatran counters

Gen 9 VGC 2026 Regulation F Best of 3 · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Heatran
#0485 Heatran
FireSteel
USAGE 1.6% #45
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 97.2% Earth Power 84.5% Magma Storm 67.2% Flash Cannon 42.7% Substitute 39.1% Heat Wave 31.8% Heavy Slam 11.6% Will-O-Wisp 8.1%
Items
Leftovers 54.0% Sitrus Berry 16.9% Zoom Lens 11.6% Life Orb 11.5% Assault Vest 2.7% Rocky Helmet 1.3% Safety Goggles 0.8% Ability Shield 0.7%
Abilities
Flash Fire98.3%Flame Body1.7%
Tera Types
Bug 63.7% Grass 20.2% Fairy 14.9% Flying 0.7% Fire 0.3% Dragon 0.2% Water 0.1% Poison 0.0%
Common Teammates
Ogerpon-Wellspring70.7%Raging Bolt66.4%Amoonguss46.1%Flutter Mane43.7%Chien-Pao36.8%Dragonite34.3%Landorus-Therian25.3%Incineroar24.8%
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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 #45 with 1.58% usage. Sorted by reliability score.