Best Heatran counters

The best Heatran counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Shadow Groudon, Shadow Garchomp, Shadow Excadrill, Therian Forme Landorus, and Shadow Rhyperior. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 2 - 6 Trainers to defeat Heatran in a 5-Star Raid.

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Excadrill

Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands

Therian Forme Landorus

Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm

Shadow Rhyperior

Mud-Slap / Earthquake

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	51.14	1654.5	9	303s	103.3
2.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	46.05	1466.6	10	336s	92.7
3.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	48.34	901.2	16	327s	87.2
4.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	44.43	1050.5	14	352s	84.1
5.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	52.35	518.2	28	316s	83.1
6.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	42.46	794.2	18	373s	76.7
7.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	41.34	839.8	17	381s	75.9
8.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	40.22	893.1	16	390s	75.2
9.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	47.15	464.8	32	351s	74.8
10.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	36.62	1161.2	12	423s	73.6
11.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	36.51	1027.4	14	426s	71.6
12.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	41.34	551.7	27	390s	69.7
13.	Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	42.25	500.0	29	386s	69.5
14.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	37.85	694.7	21	418s	68.1
15.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	38.22	658.9	22	416s	67.9
16.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	37.22	706.5	21	425s	67.4
17.	Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	37.22	706.5	21	425s	67.4
18.	Shadow Flygon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	37.53	633.3	23	424s	66.4
19.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	32.31	1120.3	13	478s	66.2
20.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	34.31	830.7	18	456s	65.3
21.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	38.69	456.1	32	421s	63.6
22.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	36.51	569.1	26	438s	63.5
23.	Shadow Golem	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	35.62	578.6	25	448s	62.5
24.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	33.36	732.4	20	471s	62.2
25.	Mega Heracross	Counter	Earthquake	34.94	533.7	28	458s	60.5
26.	Shadow Magmortar	Karate Chop	Scorching Sands	35.09	494.5	30	458s	59.8
27.	Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	33.82	538.7	27	472s	59.1
28.	Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	31.74	652.6	22	496s	58.4
29.	Shadow Nidoking	Double Kick	Earth Power	35.39	415.7	36	460s	58.1
30.	Shadow Entei	Fire Fang	Scorching Sands	31.97	608.3	24	494s	57.9

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Group size

You need at least 2 Trainers to defeat a Heatran in a 5-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 2 Trainers
Optimal group size: 3 - 6 Trainers
Very easy with: 7+ Trainers
Probably impossible with less than 2 Trainers

Heatran CP range from Raids

Heatran can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 2058 CP to 2145 CP, with no weather boost
From 2573 CP to 2681 CP with Sunny and Snow weather boost

Heatran weaknesses

Heatran type chart

When fighting Heatran, keep in mind the 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.

Takes increased damage

Ground	256.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

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.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Heatran

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	240.0%	Sunny
Fighting	72.0%	Cloudy
Water	56.0%	Rain
Fire	12.0%	Sunny
Bug	6.0%	Rain
Dark	4.0%	Fog
Rock	4.0%	Partly Cloudy
Electric	2.0%	Rain
Normal	2.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ghost	2.0%	Fog

About our ranking methodology

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.

This guide 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. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

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 attacks, 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. Reddit

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.