Heatran Raid Guide

Heatran

Best Heatran counters are strong Ground type Pokémon. Shiny Heatran is available from raids. Heatran is a Generation 4 legendary Pokémon.

Heatran is weather boosted by Sunny and Snow weather, which means it can be captured with Combat Power in the following ranges:

• 2058 – 2145 CP for a regular Level 20 non-weather boosted encounter
• 2573 – 2681 CP for a Sunny or Snow weather boosted encounter (Level 25)

Heatran has a stat composition of 251 Attack, 213 Defense, and 209 Stamina leading to a Max CP of 3754. It can be duoed fairly easily, but otherwise we would suggest you take on Heatran in groups of 3-7, for high level players, or 8-20, for lower leveled players.

If you complete a Heatran raid during its raid hour on February 22nd 2024 and February 24th 2024, Heatran will know the elite move Magma Storm Fire.

Heatran raid counters

Heatran is a Fire and Steel type, meaning it is weak to Fighting, Water and double weak (x2) to Ground type attacks, while resisting several types including:

• Double resists: Bug, Fairy, Grass, Ice, Poison, Steel
• Resists: Dragon, Flying, Normal, and Psychic.

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	Faints	TTW
1.	Groudon (Primal)	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	9	330s
2.	Garchomp (Mega)	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	10	367s
3.	Garchomp (Shadow)	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	14	395s
4.	Excadrill (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Scorching Sands Ground	28	403s
5.	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot Ground	Sandsear Storm Ground	18	429s
6.	Rhyperior (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	17	435s
7.	Groudon	Mud Shot Ground	Precipice Blades Ground	16	441s
8.	Mamoswine (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	High Horsepower Ground	32	448s
9.	Swampert (Mega)	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	12	462s
10.	Garchomp	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	14	470s
11.	Golurk (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Earth Power Ground	27	472s
12.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap Ground	Scorching Sands Ground	29	476s
13.	Rhydon (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	22	484s
14.	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	21	488s
15.	Landorus	Mud Shot Ground	Earth Power Ground	21	488s
16.	Kyogre (Primal)	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	13	518s
17.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	18	510s
18.	Flygon (Shadow)	Mud Shot Ground	Scorching Sands Ground	24	511s
19.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap Ground	High Horsepower Ground	32	520s
20.	Donphan (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	26	517s
21.	Golem (Shadow)	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	25	525s
22.	Swampert (Shadow)	Mud Shot Ground	Earthquake Ground	20	532s
23.	Hippowdon (Shadow)	Thunder Fang Electric	Scorching Sands Ground	24	549s
24.	Magmortar (Shadow)	Karate Chop Fighting	Scorching Sands Ground	30	549s
25.	Golurk	Mud-Slap Ground	Earth Power Ground	27	555s
26.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap Ground	Earthquake Ground	22	565s
27.	Nidoking (Shadow)	Double Kick Fighting	Earth Power Ground	36	569s
28.	Entei (Shadow)	Fire Fang Fire	Scorching Sands Ground	24	568s
29.	Ursaluna (Shadow)	Rock Smash Fighting	High Horsepower Ground	23	572s
30.	Kyogre (Shadow)	Waterfall Water	Origin Pulse Water	20	578s

Best Heatran counters are strong Ground-type Pokemon that utilize Heatran’s double weakness to Ground-typed moves. Pokemon like Groudon, Rhyperior and Rhydon are your top picks as they have access to Mud Shot / Mud Slap Ground and to Earthquake Ground.

Heatran is an excellent opportunity to use a Swampert, as it is one of the rare match-ups where Swampert’s typing and move pool are a viable choice.

Ground types are the best choice in any weather, but if you don’t have a good selection of Ground types, a team of strong Water and Fighting Pokémon will do the trick.

If that’s the case, we recommend using Water types over Fighting types, simply because they take reduced damage from slightly more moves than Fighting types, making your type coverage a bit easier.

Breaking down Heatran’s movesets

Heatran’s move pool is an interesting mix of moves that benefit from STAB and moves that are seemingly just there for flavor purposes.

Legacy Elite Fast and Charge Attacks can only be obtained during special events, or by using an Elite Fast TM or an Elite Charge TM. Legacy moves are marked with an asterisk (*). Complete Heatran raids during its February 2024 Raid Hours to catch a Heatran that knows the charged attack Magma Storm.

Weather Influence

We recommend fighting Heatran in sunny weather whenever it is possible to do so. Despite boosting Fire Spin, Fireblast and Earth Power, sunny weather will also boost all of your Ground type counters, making the fight easier while unlocking the Level 25 capture encounter.

Ground types are your best option in any weather, despite Machamp and Kyogre getting a hefty boost during cloudy and rainy weather fights.

If you’re in the northern hemisphere and it’s snowy, you will have a slightly more difficult fight if Heatran has Iron Head, but other than that, it’s a no brainer – go for it.

Minimal and optimal number of Trainers for Heatran

• Minimum group size: 3 Trainers
• Optimal group size: 4 – 7 Trainers
• Very easy with: 8+ Trainers

Heatran duo raids are possible, but we only recommend doing them with a strong Ground team that’s powered up above Level 30. Your best picks are Groudon and Rhyperior, as they are the fastest Heatran counters by a mile. However, there are videos of players duoing Heatran with a team of Machamps and with the Cloudy weather boost.

Heatran Use in the Meta

Related: Heatran in Trainer Battles: team ideas and Heatran’s role in the PvP meta

If you get a weather boosted Heatran, it’ll be between cp2573 – cp2681. Due to there being several Pokémon that perform better in its current role, it’s not worth powering up. You might as well therefore, trade it with someone else before you leave the raid and see if you can make it eligible for use in the Ultra League (unless of course you already have some decent Fire types below cp2500).

By trading with the following friend levels, Heatran would land in the specified CP ranges

• Good friend: 2383 – 2681
• Great friend: 2404 – 2681
• Ultra friend: 2424 – 2681
• Best friend: 2466 – 2681