Shadow Heatran Raid Guide

Shadow Heatran

Shadow Heatran is a tier 5 Shadow Legendary Raid Boss in Pokémon GO. Shiny Shadow Heatran is available, if you’re lucky!

It can be caught with the following CP values, with an IV floor of 6/6/6:

• 1990 CP to 2145 CP (no weather boost)
• 2487 CP to 2681CP (boosted by Sunny and Snow weather)

Shadow Heatran is a Fire/Steel type, so it is weak to Ground, Fighting, and Water type attacks. Note that Shadow Heatran is double weak to Ground moves, making them your best counters. You will need to be well prepared with top counters, correct moveset, powered-up Pokémon, and most importantly, Purified Gems. We would recommend a minimum of 3-5 trainers for Shadow Heatran (and using Purified Gems).

Best Shadow Heatran Counters

The best Raid counters according to our GO Hub battle simulator for Shadow Heatran are:

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	40.27	14	515s
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	38.06	17	555s
3.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	35.49	26	599s
4.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	35.11	31	592s
5.	Therian Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm	32.53	30	629s
6.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	31.91	27	645s
7.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	30.52	22	687s
8.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	29.80	26	711s
9.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	30.45	30	686s
10.	Incarnate Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	28.36	35	741s
11.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	27.91	27	757s
12.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	28.28	35	719s
13.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Earth Power	28.19	40	754s
14.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	25.96	23	805s
15.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Earth Power	27.91	46	765s
16.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	29.98	45	648s
17.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	28.75	43	720s
18.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	26.61	38	791s
19.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	26.90	48	775s
20.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slam	Earthquake	26.29	40	772s
21.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	24.59	35	837s
22.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	26.26	44	754s
23.	Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Earth Power	24.01	40	885s
24.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Earthquake	24.88	42	802s
25.	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	24.87	42	838s
26.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	27.17	66	777s
27.	Flygon	Sand Attack	Earth Power	23.85	45	894s
28.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse	23.32	38	897s
29.	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	24.30	54	864s
30.	Mega Lucario	Force Palm	Aura Sphere	25.16	42	749s

Shadow Heatran Stats and Moveset

	Shadow Heatran FireSteel
Max CP	4224
ATK	251
DEF	213
HP	209
Weak to	x2
Resists
Fast moves	Fire Spin Bug Bite
Charge moves	Flamethrower Iron Head Stone Edge Fire Blast Earth Power Magma Storm*

*denotes a Legacy Move, only obtainable via an Elite Charged TM

Sprites

Regular Heatran Sprite	Shiny Heatran Sprite

Tips and Tricks

Communication will be key for this raid! You will want to plan not only your Mega Pokémon team positions and counters, but also your use of Purified Gems, so be sure you communicate with your fellow trainers.

We would suggest groups of 5+ for trainers with top counters that are maxed out, and armed with Purified Gems, or 8-10+ for lower-level trainers and those without ideal counters. Purified Gems are a must!

While Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up, we have included the top Shadow Pokémon you can use against Shadow Heatran. Ensure you no longer have Frustration on these Pokémon before considering adding them to your team. If you have any of these as an option, while they may take more damage than non-shadow Pokémon, they will also deal more.

We would highly recommend the use of Mega Evolved Pokémon in Shadow Heatran raids. They provide not only greater damage output, but also boost Pokémon of the same typing in the raid. We would suggest discussing your counter choices with your fellow trainers, and plan Mega Pokémon, and their position in your team accordingly.

If you have a group of 6, for example, one person should have their mega in slot 1, the next slot 2, the next slot 3, etc., you can try to keep the mega boost going throughout the raid.

You can also make use of the Party Power feature through Party Play! The Party Power is a raid bonus that fills up as members of your Party attack the Raid Boss. Once the Party Power bonus is full, your next Charge Attack will receive a special boost. You can see the Party Power button and your progress towards achieving the bonus in the bottom left corner of your Raid Battle.

Related reading

• Pokémon GO Shadow Raids: Comprehensive Guide is an overall guide to all things Shadow Raids

Shadow Raid Information & Advice

As a Shadow Raid, Heatran will hit harder than ever before, so make sure your counters are powered up, have the right moveset, and aren’t weak to the Raid boss’ moves. These tier 5 raids are extremely difficult, even for the most prepared trainers, and you will need Purified Gems to defeat them. Shadow Raid Bosses will grow enraged as you battle them, boosting their attack and defense.

You will need to subdue Shadow Heatran using Purified Gems, a new item that can be assembled from Shadow Shards.

Shadow Shards are mysterious gem pieces that may be dropped by Team GO Rocket grunts, leaders, and from Shadow Raids. You will need to gather enough shards to use Professor Willow’s newly invented Shard Refiner, and in return, you’ll be rewarded with a Purified Gem. Be sure to have collected as many as you can before you attempt a Shadow Heatran Raid, as without them, you won’t be able to return it to its normal, non-enraged state.

There are multiple ways Purified Gems can assist your battle against enraged Shadow Raid Bosses:

• When you use a Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss’s attack and defence will be lowered temporarily. This can give you the opening you need to take them down.
• You and your fellow Trainers can use more than one Purified Gem during a Shadow Raid. If used at the same time, their effects will stack.
• If enough Purified Gems are used, the enraged Shadow Raid Boss will be subdued—returned to its non-enraged state—which might give you the edge you need to defeat it!

Purified Gems will show in the bottom left corner of the raid battle when you are able to use them, so be sure to communicate with your raid group to stack their effects!

Good luck, Trainers!