Best Heatran counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Heatran counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO.

Simulation settings

Weather

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Raid Difficulty

5-Star Raid (15000 HP)↓

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot Precipice Blades *

Best performing move types

• 52.5%
• 21.0%
• 14.5%
• 2.5%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 2.0%
• 1.5%
• 1.0%
• 0.5%
• 0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	51.14	1654.53	9	329.5s	103.3
2	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	44.43	1050.51	14	394.7s	84.1
3	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	41.34	839.82	17	434.3s	75.9
4	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	40.22	893.13	16	440.1s	75.2
5	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	47.15	464.78	32	447.2s	74.8
6	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	36.62	1161.16	12	461.2s	73.6
7	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	36.51	1027.39	14	469.3s	71.6
8	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	41.34	551.69	27	471.6s	69.7
9	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	42.25	500.05	29	475.1s	69.5
10	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	38.22	658.88	22	483.5s	67.9
11	Landorus (Therian)	Mud Shot	Earthquake	37.49	701.07	21	485.7s	67.7
12	Landorus (Incarnate)	Mud Shot	Earth Power	37.22	706.48	21	487.9s	67.4
13	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	32.31	1120.28	13	517.8s	66.2
14	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	34.31	830.71	18	509.5s	65.3
15	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	36.32	612.86	24	510.9s	64.2
16	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	38.69	456.10	32	519.2s	63.6
17	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	36.51	569.09	26	516.3s	63.5
18	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	35.62	578.61	25	524.9s	62.5
19	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	33.36	732.35	20	531.6s	62.2
20	Shadow Hippowdon	Thunder Fang	Scorching Sands	33.31	611.39	24	548.4s	59.9
21	Shadow Magmortar	Karate Chop	Scorching Sands	35.09	494.50	30	548.8s	59.8
22	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	33.82	538.70	27	554.9s	59.1
23	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	31.74	652.55	22	564.6s	58.4
24	Shadow Nidoking	Double Kick	Earth Power	35.39	415.65	36	568.2s	58.1
25	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	31.97	608.30	24	567.8s	57.9
26	Shadow Ursaluna	Rock Smash	High Horsepower *	31.48	632.97	23	571.2s	57.7
27	Krookodile	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.61	533.97	28	572.3s	57.3
28	Shadow Sandslash	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	33.37	436.96	34	586.8s	56.0
29	Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	30.37	564.64	26	600.1s	54.8
30	Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	29.87	600.40	24	602.2s	54.7
31	Shadow Arcanine	Snarl	Scorching Sands	31.39	485.42	30	601.5s	54.5
32	Mega Kangaskhan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	29.10	645.53	23	608.4s	54.4
33	Shadow Kingler	Mud Shot *	Crabhammer	31.68	450.61	33	606.6s	54.1
34	Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	29.68	574.66	26	609.7s	54.0
35	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	27.70	750.54	19	621.4s	53.9
36	Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	27.86	728.06	20	620.9s	53.9
37	Mega Blaziken	Counter	Focus Blast	29.64	564.86	26	612.2s	53.7
38	Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw	Earth Power	29.16	601.86	24	614.1s	53.7
39	Terrakion	Double Kick	Sacred Sword *	29.03	608.45	24	615.3s	53.7
40	Keldeo (Ordinary)	Low Kick	Sacred Sword	26.85	727.21	20	641.2s	52.3
41	Seismitoad	Mud Shot	Earth Power	27.47	648.44	23	638.5s	52.0
42	Magmortar	Karate Chop	Scorching Sands	28.72	482.50	31	646.7s	50.7
43	Hippowdon	Thunder Fang	Scorching Sands	27.07	592.44	25	655.3s	50.5
44	Shadow Machamp	Counter	Dynamic Punch	29.58	409.80	36	653.4s	50.3
45	Haxorus	Counter	Earthquake	27.66	516.23	29	658.5s	49.9
46	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	27.36	532.48	28	660.9s	49.8
47	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	25.23	715.96	20	678.2s	49.6
48	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	24.76	765.81	19	684.1s	49.5
49	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Earthquake	28.48	435.32	34	664.6s	49.4
50	Gastrodon (West Sea)	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	25.97	614.08	24	675.3s	49.2

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Heatran type chart

When fighting Heatran, keep in mind the following that Fire and Steel-type Pokémon are weak to Ground, Fighting, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Dragon, Flying, Normal, Psychic, Bug, Fairy, Grass, Ice, Poison, and Steel type moves.

Weaknesses

Ground	256.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Bug	39.1%
Fairy	39.1%
Grass	39.1%
Ice	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Steel	39.1%
Dragon	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Normal	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

About the results

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Heatran in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Heatran down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

The top-ranked Heatran counter is Primal Groudon, followed by Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Rhyperior, and Groudon. The table also includes Shadow Mamoswine, Mega Swampert, Garchomp, and Shadow Golurk, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

The most effective move-types to use against Heatran are:

About our ranking methodology

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge moves, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used.

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.