[SET]
Air Balloon (Heatran) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 44 Def / 12 SpA / 72 SpD / 128 Spe
Modest Nature
- Flash Cannon
- Taunt
- Eruption / Overheat
- Will-O-Wisp / Metal Sound / Earth Power
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
Heatran's typing and Flash Fire ability give it an unique set of resistances and immunities. An Air Balloon covers its 4x weakness to Ground-type moves, allowing Heatran to turn the tables on Pokemon that would be able to beat it with a Ground-type move, like Choice Scarf Metagross, Choice Band Crustle, and Steelix. Flash Cannon is spammable Steel-type STAB that hits Fairy-type Pokemon like Aromatisse, non-Focus Blast Tapu Lele, and Togekiss for super effective damage. A Fire-type move helps against Steel-types like Celesteela and Ferrothorn. Eruption is better against Choice Scarf Cresselia, but Overheat allows Heatran to OHKO Regieleki after a Thunder and play around Choice Specs Mirror Coat Magnezone with zero risk. Taunt shuts down the status moves of Pokemon like stall Entei, stall Registeel, and SubSeed Venusaur.
Will-O-Wisp beats non-Assault Vest Rhyperior and Mental Herb Crustle and improves chances against non-Assault Vest Tyranitar. Metal Sound beats Mirror Coat Nihilego and stall Cresselia; Overheat sets can also use it to beat Eerie Impulse stall Zapdos. Earth Power should only be used alongside Eruption and allows that variant to reliably beat Mirror Coat Magnezone and Regieleki; it is also helpful against opposing Heatran.
EVs
=============
The HP and Defense EVs guarantee that Heatran will always survive a Head Smash from Adamant Choice Band Aggron. The HP and SpD EVs let Heatran survive a Hyper Beam from maximum Special Attack Porygon-Z after it has used Nasty Plot once. 128 Speed EVs let Heatran outpace Tyranitar. The remaining EVs have been put in Special Attack for the best chances to 2HKO Trick Porygon-Z with Flash Cannon.
Sets with Overheat or Earth Power should move 4 EVs from Special Attack to Special Defense to always survive Regieleki's Thunder.
Usage Tips
=============
[SET]
Iron Defense (Heatran) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 56 HP / 212 Def / 240 Spe
Bold Nature
- Iron Defense
- Body Press
- Eruption
- Taunt / Flash Cannon
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
Iron Defense and Body Press allow Heatran to surprise specially bulky Pokemon like Assault Vest Entei, Chansey, Goodra, and Tyranitar with a powerful physical move. It is also very useful against powerful physical attackers like Crustle and Choice Band Rhyperior. Eruption is a powerful STAB move that beats Pokemon like Celesteela, Trick Cresselia, and Tapu Bulu. Taunt beats Leech Seed Venusaur, Occa Berry Whimsicott, and stall Entei, while Flash Cannon is necessary to beat Gardevoir and specially defensive Aromatisse.
EVs
=============
The Speed EVs ensure that Heatran outspeeds any Tapu Bulu set that lacks a Speed-boosting nature. The HP EVs let Heatran always survive two Electrowebs from Choice Specs Magnezone. All remaining EVs have been put in Defense to boost Body Press damage and for the best possible matchup against Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan.
Usage Tips
=============
Iron Defense should be clicked against special walls like Goodra and Chansey, as well as bulky physical attackers like Tyranitar, Rhyperior, and Crustle. Given the risk of Counter from all these Pokemon, Heatran should not click Body Press until the move is sure to KO. Against Crustle, it should break Sturdy with Eruption before attacking, though the T1 click is still Iron Defense. Against Galarian Darmanitan, Heatran should click Body Press, allowing it to OHKO frail sets if it survives a Superpower.
[SET]
Custap Berry (Heatran) @ Custap Berry
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 24 HP / 144 SpA / 124 SpD / 216 Spe
Modest Nature
- Overheat
- Flash Cannon
- Taunt / Dragon Pulse / Metal Sound
- Endure
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
A Custap Berry allows Heatran to beat fast threats like Choice item Dragapult, Galarian Darmanitan, and Choice item Zapdos. Overheat is a strong neutral attack useful against Steel- and Grass-types like Tapu Bulu, Celesteela, and Ferrothorn. Flash Cannon beats Fairy-type Pokemon like Aromatisse and Togekiss, in addition to 2HKOing Dragapult. Dragon Pulse beats Choice Band Regidrago. Taunt is useful against stall Entei, Leech Seed Venusaur, and Whimsicott. Metal Sound beats some bulky Pokemon, like Mirror Coat Nihilego and stall Cresselia. Note that sets with Taunt should opt for the altspread listed in the next section.
EVs
=============
The HP and Special Defense EVs let Heatran survive a Hydro Pump from Modest Choice Specs Dragapult. The Speed EVs allow it to outpace any Celesteela. All remaining EVs have been invested in Special Attack for the best possible chance to beat Pokemon like Calm Mind Tapu Koko.
Taunt sets generally beat Celesteela by using the move T1. Such sets should run a slower spread with EVs of 24 HP / 232 SpA / 124 SpD / 128 Spe. This variant outspeeds Tyranitar (and by extension, Magnezone). The higher Special Attack is also helpful against Choice Band Rhyperior, offensive Life Orb Zapdos, and Choice Specs Focus Blast Tapu Lele.
A set with Dragon Pulse can run a spread of 24 HP / 120 SpA / 124 SpD / 240 Spe to outspeed Adamant Dracozolt at the cost of some Special Attack.
Usage Tips
=============
Heatran is generally bulky enough to survive one hit, attack, use Endure, and then activate its Custap Berry on the next turn. Note that against a target neutral to both moves, using Flash Cannon followed by Overheat does slightly more damage than using Overheat straight away, which helps ensure the best possible matchup against Pokemon like Galarian Moltres and Tapu Koko. Against particularly strong attackers, like Galarian Darmanitan, Urshifu, and Regieleki, using Endure on the first turn maximizes Heatran's chances to win these matchups.
[SET]
Choice Scarf (Heatran) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 8 HP / 36 Def / 212 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Eruption
- Steel Beam
- Earth Power
- Dragon Pulse
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
With a Choice Scarf set, Heatran can outpace would-be counters like Zapdos, frail Urshifu, or Landorus and beat these would-be counters with its powerful STAB moves. Eruption is a spammable Fire-type STAB move that hits Pokemon like Metagross, Celesteela, Rillaboom and Tapu Bulu for super effective damage. Steel Beam beats Kyurem, Aromatisse, and Choice Band Rhyperior. Earth Power hits stall Entei and is the best click into Regieleki and Tapu Koko. Dragon Pulse beats Regidrago.
EVs
=============
8 HP and 36 Defense EVs ensure that Heatran will never faint to Choice Band Regidrago's Hammer Arm. Maximum speed allows Heatran to outspeed Adamant Crustle after it clicks Shell Smash and helps ensure the best possible matchup against Pokemon like Tapu Koko and Spectrier. The remaining EVs have been invested in Special Attack for the best possible rolls against Landorus and specially defensive Aromatisse.
Usage Tips
=============
Most of the time, Choice Scarf Heatran should click Eruption, with Steel Beam and Earth Power covering Pokemon weak to those types. However, it sometimes needs to click an unintuitive move in order to secure a matchup. For instance, Pokemon like Crustle, Sylveon, Gardevoir, and Psychic Seed Tapu Lele are all weak to Steel Beam, but the optimal click in those matchups is Eruption nonetheless. All these Pokemon have ways to survive a single Steel Beam, which will cause Heatran to faint and lose the match upon clicking it a second time. On the other hand, Steel Beam is the optimal click versus Choice Band Haxorus, rather than the super effective Dragon Pulse, as its higher damages guarantees the OHKO.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Choice Scarf Heatran ordinarily loses to Magnezone, which survives an attack with Sturdy and either clicks Mirror Coat or 2HKOes with the help of a Custap Berry. By slotting Fire Spin over Dragon Pulse, Heatran can flip this matchup. Fire Spin always 2HKOes Magnezone after trapping damage, and even on a maximum roll Heatran will survive Mirror Coat with 1 HP remaining. The trapping damage also prevents Custap Berry sets from using Endure. Note that a rare few Magnezone sets deliberately reduce their own Special Defense to deal more damage with Mirror Coat, and such sets still win.
Air Balloon sets can viably swap out their item for a Shuca Berry. Such sets no longer beat Choice Band Steelix and need Overheat to beat Choice Scarf Earthquake Metagross, but notably beat High Horsepower Rillaboom, which could ordinarily pop Heatran's Air Balloon with Fake Out and KO with High Horsepower. It also beats the rare Assault Vest Metagross with Rock Tomb and Earthquake. Note that the former of these two Pokemon can also be beaten with Protect, and the latter with Substitute.
Sitrus for zera zapdos?
Chople berry?
LO (specs is bad)
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Air Balloon (Heatran) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 44 Def / 12 SpA / 72 SpD / 128 Spe
Modest Nature
- Flash Cannon
- Taunt
- Eruption / Overheat
- Will-O-Wisp / Metal Sound / Earth Power
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
Heatran's typing and Flash Fire ability give it an unique set of resistances and immunities. An Air Balloon covers its 4x weakness to Ground-type moves, allowing Heatran to turn the tables on Pokemon that would be able to beat it with a Ground-type move, like Choice Scarf Metagross, Choice Band Crustle, and Steelix. Flash Cannon is spammable Steel-type STAB that hits Fairy-type Pokemon like Aromatisse, non-Focus Blast Tapu Lele, and Togekiss for super effective damage. A Fire-type move helps against Steel-types like Celesteela and Ferrothorn. Eruption is better against Choice Scarf Cresselia, but Overheat allows Heatran to OHKO Regieleki after a Thunder and play around Choice Specs Mirror Coat Magnezone with zero risk. Taunt shuts down the status moves of Pokemon like stall Entei, stall Registeel, and SubSeed Venusaur.
Will-O-Wisp beats non-Assault Vest Rhyperior and Mental Herb Crustle and improves chances against non-Assault Vest Tyranitar. Metal Sound beats Mirror Coat Nihilego and stall Cresselia; Overheat sets can also use it to beat Eerie Impulse stall Zapdos. Earth Power should only be used alongside Eruption and allows that variant to reliably beat Mirror Coat Magnezone and Regieleki; it is also helpful against opposing Heatran.
EVs
=============
The HP and Defense EVs guarantee that Heatran will always survive a Head Smash from Adamant Choice Band Aggron. The HP and SpD EVs let Heatran survive a Hyper Beam from maximum Special Attack Porygon-Z after it has used Nasty Plot once. 128 Speed EVs let Heatran outpace Tyranitar. The remaining EVs have been put in Special Attack for the best chances to 2HKO Trick Porygon-Z with Flash Cannon.
Sets with Overheat or Earth Power should move 4 EVs from Special Attack to Special Defense to always survive Regieleki's Thunder.
Usage Tips
=============
[SET]
Iron Defense (Heatran) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 56 HP / 212 Def / 240 Spe
Bold Nature
- Iron Defense
- Body Press
- Eruption
- Taunt / Flash Cannon
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
Iron Defense and Body Press allow Heatran to surprise specially bulky Pokemon like Assault Vest Entei, Chansey, Goodra, and Tyranitar with a powerful physical move. It is also very useful against powerful physical attackers like Crustle and Choice Band Rhyperior. Eruption is a powerful STAB move that beats Pokemon like Celesteela, Trick Cresselia, and Tapu Bulu. Taunt beats Leech Seed Venusaur, Occa Berry Whimsicott, and stall Entei, while Flash Cannon is necessary to beat Gardevoir and specially defensive Aromatisse.
EVs
=============
The Speed EVs ensure that Heatran outspeeds any Tapu Bulu set that lacks a Speed-boosting nature. The HP EVs let Heatran always survive two Electrowebs from Choice Specs Magnezone. All remaining EVs have been put in Defense to boost Body Press damage and for the best possible matchup against Choice Scarf Galarian Darmanitan.
Usage Tips
=============
Iron Defense should be clicked against special walls like Goodra and Chansey, as well as bulky physical attackers like Tyranitar, Rhyperior, and Crustle. Given the risk of Counter from all these Pokemon, Heatran should not click Body Press until the move is sure to KO. Against Crustle, it should break Sturdy with Eruption before attacking, though the T1 click is still Iron Defense. Against Galarian Darmanitan, Heatran should click Body Press, allowing it to OHKO frail sets if it survives a Superpower.
[SET]
Custap Berry (Heatran) @ Custap Berry
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 24 HP / 144 SpA / 124 SpD / 216 Spe
Modest Nature
- Overheat
- Flash Cannon
- Taunt / Dragon Pulse / Metal Sound
- Endure
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
A Custap Berry allows Heatran to beat fast threats like Choice item Dragapult, Galarian Darmanitan, and Choice item Zapdos. Overheat is a strong neutral attack useful against Steel- and Grass-types like Tapu Bulu, Celesteela, and Ferrothorn. Flash Cannon beats Fairy-type Pokemon like Aromatisse and Togekiss, in addition to 2HKOing Dragapult. Dragon Pulse beats Choice Band Regidrago. Taunt is useful against stall Entei, Leech Seed Venusaur, and Whimsicott. Metal Sound beats some bulky Pokemon, like Mirror Coat Nihilego and stall Cresselia. Note that sets with Taunt should opt for the altspread listed in the next section.
EVs
=============
The HP and Special Defense EVs let Heatran survive a Hydro Pump from Modest Choice Specs Dragapult. The Speed EVs allow it to outpace any Celesteela. All remaining EVs have been invested in Special Attack for the best possible chance to beat Pokemon like Calm Mind Tapu Koko.
Taunt sets generally beat Celesteela by using the move T1. Such sets should run a slower spread with EVs of 24 HP / 232 SpA / 124 SpD / 128 Spe. This variant outspeeds Tyranitar (and by extension, Magnezone). The higher Special Attack is also helpful against Choice Band Rhyperior, offensive Life Orb Zapdos, and Choice Specs Focus Blast Tapu Lele.
A set with Dragon Pulse can run a spread of 24 HP / 120 SpA / 124 SpD / 240 Spe to outspeed Adamant Dracozolt at the cost of some Special Attack.
Usage Tips
=============
Heatran is generally bulky enough to survive one hit, attack, use Endure, and then activate its Custap Berry on the next turn. Note that against a target neutral to both moves, using Flash Cannon followed by Overheat does slightly more damage than using Overheat straight away, which helps ensure the best possible matchup against Pokemon like Galarian Moltres and Tapu Koko. Against particularly strong attackers, like Galarian Darmanitan, Urshifu, and Regieleki, using Endure on the first turn maximizes Heatran's chances to win these matchups.
[SET]
Choice Scarf (Heatran) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 8 HP / 36 Def / 212 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
- Eruption
- Steel Beam
- Earth Power
- Dragon Pulse
[SET COMMENTS]
Set Description
=============
With a Choice Scarf set, Heatran can outpace would-be counters like Zapdos, frail Urshifu, or Landorus and beat these would-be counters with its powerful STAB moves. Eruption is a spammable Fire-type STAB move that hits Pokemon like Metagross, Celesteela, Rillaboom and Tapu Bulu for super effective damage. Steel Beam beats Kyurem, Aromatisse, and Choice Band Rhyperior. Earth Power hits stall Entei and is the best click into Regieleki and Tapu Koko. Dragon Pulse beats Regidrago.
EVs
=============
8 HP and 36 Defense EVs ensure that Heatran will never faint to Choice Band Regidrago's Hammer Arm. Maximum speed allows Heatran to outspeed Adamant Crustle after it clicks Shell Smash and helps ensure the best possible matchup against Pokemon like Tapu Koko and Spectrier. The remaining EVs have been invested in Special Attack for the best possible rolls against Landorus and specially defensive Aromatisse.
Usage Tips
=============
Most of the time, Choice Scarf Heatran should click Eruption, with Steel Beam and Earth Power covering Pokemon weak to those types. However, it sometimes needs to click an unintuitive move in order to secure a matchup. For instance, Pokemon like Crustle, Sylveon, Gardevoir, and Psychic Seed Tapu Lele are all weak to Steel Beam, but the optimal click in those matchups is Eruption nonetheless. All these Pokemon have ways to survive a single Steel Beam, which will cause Heatran to faint and lose the match upon clicking it a second time. On the other hand, Steel Beam is the optimal click versus Choice Band Haxorus, rather than the super effective Dragon Pulse, as its higher damages guarantees the OHKO.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Choice Scarf Heatran ordinarily loses to Magnezone, which survives an attack with Sturdy and either clicks Mirror Coat or 2HKOes with the help of a Custap Berry. By slotting Fire Spin over Dragon Pulse, Heatran can flip this matchup. Fire Spin always 2HKOes Magnezone after trapping damage, and even on a maximum roll Heatran will survive Mirror Coat with 1 HP remaining. The trapping damage also prevents Custap Berry sets from using Endure. Note that a rare few Magnezone sets deliberately reduce their own Special Defense to deal more damage with Mirror Coat, and such sets still win.
Air Balloon sets can viably swap out their item for a Shuca Berry. Such sets no longer beat Choice Band Steelix and need Overheat to beat Choice Scarf Earthquake Metagross, but notably beat High Horsepower Rillaboom, which could ordinarily pop Heatran's Air Balloon with Fake Out and KO with High Horsepower. It also beats the rare Assault Vest Metagross with Rock Tomb and Earthquake. Note that the former of these two Pokemon can also be beaten with Protect, and the latter with Substitute.
Sitrus for zera zapdos?
Chople berry?
LO (specs is bad)
[CREDITS]
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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