Heatran counters

#0485

fire steelElite

Lobby CP

56,802

20,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

262

Defense

224

Difficulty

2.30

Pokebattler scale

Beating Heatran should take 3 trainers with level 40 counters. Caught CP 2,058-2,145.

Weak toground2.56xfighting1.6xwater1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy ★Partly cloudy Cloudy ★Windy Snow Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Ground Mega — most top counters attack with Ground

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Heatran counters are Primal Groudon, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Garchomp, Landorus (Therian) & Groudon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Primal Groudon
S. Groudon
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Garchomp
Landorus (Therian)
Groudon

2 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Primal GroudonMegaLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.129:46
2Mega GarchompMegaMud Shot / Earth Power2.2110:10
3Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.3010:36
4Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryCounter / Dynamic Punch+2.3410:47
5Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm2.4011:03
6Shadow GarchompShadowpartyMud Shot / Earth Power2.4111:05
7Landorus (Therian)LegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm2.5111:33
8GroudonLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades2.6112:00
9Shadow RhyperiorShadowMud-Slap / Drill Run2.6712:18
10Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)ShadowLegendaryMud Shot / Earth Power2.7212:32

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Top 15 Heatran counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers3small group

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Primal Groudongroundfirejoint top pick	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	9:46	2.12	6.0	51.9%
2	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	10:10	2.21	6.0	49.8%
3	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	10:36	2.30	6.0	47.8%
4	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	10:47	2.34	6.0	47.0%
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	11:03	2.40	6.0	45.9%
6	Shadow Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	11:05	2.41	6.0	45.7%
7	Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	11:33	2.51	6.0	43.9%
8	Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	12:00	2.61	6.0	42.2%
9	Shadow Rhyperiorgroundrock	groundMud-SlapgroundDrill Run	3,733	12:18	2.67	6.0	41.2%
10	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,588	12:32	2.72	6.0	40.4%
11	Mega Swampertwaterground	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	4,401	12:33	2.73	6.0	40.4%
12	Shadow Mamoswineiceground	groundMud-SlapgroundHigh Horsepower	3,328	13:01	2.83	6.0	38.9%
13	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	13:06	2.85	6.0	38.7%
14	Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	3,962	13:14	2.88	6.0	38.3%
15	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	13:18	2.89	6.0	38.1%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Heatran.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Heatran's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (3)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	97%	51%	45.9%	11:02	6.0	2.40
Bug Bite / Fire Blast	83%	44%	40.1%	12:39	6.0	2.75
Fire Spin / Fire Blast	90%	43%	41.8%	12:07	6.0	2.63
Bug Bite / Stone Edge	100%	60%	46.7%	10:51	6.0	2.36
Fire Spin / Flamethrower	100%	57%	47.4%	10:41	6.0	2.32
Fire Spin / Iron Head	100%	57%	47.5%	10:41	6.0	2.32
Fire Spin / Stone Edge	100%	58%	47.6%	10:39	6.0	2.31
Bug Bite / Iron Head	100%	60%	47.6%	10:38	6.0	2.31
Fire Spin / Earth Power	100%	57%	47.7%	10:38	6.0	2.31
Bug Bite / Earth Power	100%	61%	47.7%	10:37	6.0	2.31
Bug Bite / Flamethrower	100%	60%	48.0%	10:34	6.0	2.30

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 3 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Heatran weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

ground2.56x fighting1.6x water1.6x rock1x ghost1x fire1x electric1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x psychic0.63x dragon0.63x poison0.39x bug0.39x steel0.39x grass0.39x ice0.39x fairy0.39x

Double weak (1)
Weak (2)
Neutral (5)
Resists (10)

It resists poison0.39xbug0.39xsteel0.39xgrass0.39xice0.39xfairy0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xpsychic0.625xdragon0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Heatran throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire SpinSTAB	13	+9	1.0s	0.75s
bugBug Bite	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
fireFire BlastSTAB	140	-100	4.0s	2.90s
rockStone Edge	105	-100	2.5s	0.90s
fireFlamethrowerSTAB	65	-50	2.0s	1.30s
steelIron HeadSTAB	60	-50	2.0s	1.40s
groundEarth Power	100	-50	3.5s	2.60s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	2,058	2,573
11/11/11	2,075	2,594
12/12/12	2,093	2,616
13/13/13	2,110	2,638
14/14/14	2,127	2,659
15/15/15hundo	2,145	2,681

Caught CP range 2,058 - 2,145, or 2,573 - 2,681 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Heatran is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Elite: 20,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 262 / Defense 224 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.985).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (3)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	100%	51.9%	2.12	9:46	19.5	100%	5,902	35.8	1093
2	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	96%	49.8%	2.21	10:10	18.8	100%	5,424	34.1	1001
3	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	88%	47.8%	2.30	10:36	29.6	100%	4,115	33.6	645
4	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	88%	47.0%	2.34	10:47	24.4	100%	6,112	32.6	784
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	83%	45.9%	2.40	11:03	38.0	86%	3,922	34.0	642
6	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	85%	45.7%	2.41	11:05	27.6	100%	3,962	31.8	699
7	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	81%	43.9%	2.51	11:33	30.7	100%	3,922	30.8	671
8	Groudon ground Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	78%	42.2%	2.61	11:60	28.6	100%	4,115	29.4	673
9	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Drill Run	Mud-Slap / Drill Run+15 more movesets	75%	41.2%	2.67	12:18	35.0	100%	3,733	29.0	590
10	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	72%	40.4%	2.72	12:32	42.5	80%	3,588	29.4	551
11	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+11 more movesets	77%	40.4%	2.73	12:33	22.0	100%	4,401	27.7	863
12	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	67%	38.9%	2.83	13:01	58.4	80%	3,328	29.1	358
13	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	69%	38.7%	2.85	13:06	37.5	100%	4,161	27.2	531
14	Garchomp dragonground Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	71%	38.3%	2.88	13:14	26.4	100%	3,962	26.4	720
15	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	69%	38.1%	2.89	13:18	36.4	100%	3,784	26.8	537
16	Shadow Rhydon groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+9 more movesets	67%	37.5%	2.94	13:31	41.4	86%	3,179	26.6	492
17	Landorus (Incarnate) groundflying Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	65%	36.0%	3.06	14:04	37.4	96%	3,588	25.2	553
18	Shadow Hippowdon groundshadow Sand Attack / Earth Power	Sand Attack / Earth Power+29 more movesets	64%	35.9%	3.07	14:07	39.7	98%	3,085	25.2	486
19	Rhyperior groundrock Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	65%	35.8%	3.08	14:10	33.9	88%	3,733	24.9	604
20	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	60%	35.4%	3.11	14:18	69.2	54%	3,244	27.0	396
21	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	66%	35.2%	3.13	14:25	26.3	94%	5,902	24.1	749
22	Shadow Donphan groundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+19 more movesets	61%	35.0%	3.15	14:30	48.9	82%	3,013	25.0	413
23	Shadow Flygon grounddragonshadow Sand Attack / Scorching Sands	Sand Attack / Scorching Sands+23 more movesets	61%	34.9%	3.15	14:30	45.4	88%	2,661	24.8	424
24	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	64%	34.9%	3.16	14:31	31.4	86%	3,698	24.1	615
25	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	61%	34.6%	3.19	14:40	41.6	66%	3,670	24.3	465
26	Shadow Golem rockgroundshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+11 more movesets	60%	34.4%	3.20	14:44	47.0	70%	2,949	24.5	434
27	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	58%	34.0%	3.24	14:56	58.9	60%	3,826	25.0	424
28	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	60%	33.4%	3.29	15:09	39.0	42%	3,701	23.4	505
29	Shadow Golurk groundghostshadow Mud-Slap / Earth Power	Mud-Slap / Earth Power+7 more movesets	57%	33.3%	3.31	15:14	61.0	58%	2,854	24.4	348
30	Excadrill groundsteel Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	56%	33.0%	3.33	15:21	59.8	56%	3,244	24.2	419

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 1.5 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.