Best Heatran counters

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

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Excadrill

Mud Shot / Scorching Sands

Therian Forme Landorus

Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	60.27	1949.6	7	257s	121.7
2.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	56.74	1057.8	14	279s	102.4
3.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	50.32	1602.5	9	308s	101.3
4.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	48.24	1140.7	13	325s	91.4
5.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	47.30	1050.3	14	332s	88.5
6.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	55.64	550.7	27	297s	88.3
7.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	47.37	885.9	16	334s	85.5
8.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	41.59	1318.7	11	373s	83.6
9.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	38.24	1325.6	11	404s	78.3
10.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	39.80	1120.0	13	391s	78.1
11.	Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	45.02	532.8	28	362s	74.1
12.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	40.41	767.0	19	391s	73.2
13.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	39.69	806.2	18	397s	72.9
14.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	45.25	446.1	33	366s	71.7
15.	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	40.36	681.0	22	394s	71.4
16.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	37.76	829.1	18	416s	70.4
17.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	39.14	718.3	20	405s	70.4
18.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	40.82	544.7	27	396s	68.8
19.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	35.82	855.2	17	437s	68.0
20.	Shadow Golem	Mud Shot	Earthquake	37.84	614.8	24	421s	66.4
21.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	36.69	632.4	23	433s	65.2
22.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	32.90	796.7	18	475s	62.6
23.	Shadow Sandslash	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	36.92	483.5	31	438s	62.0
24.	Shadow Entei	Fire Spin	Scorching Sands	33.82	643.4	23	467s	61.3
25.	Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	31.59	825.7	18	493s	61.1
26.	Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	33.31	669.7	22	473s	61.0
27.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	37.06	436.9	34	440s	60.9
28.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	35.00	545.5	27	457s	60.9
29.	Shadow Heatran	Fire Spin	Earth Power	34.61	547.2	27	461s	60.4
30.	Shadow Arcanine	Thunder Fang	Scorching Sands	34.55	534.3	28	463s	60.0

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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 - 5 Trainers
Very easy with: 6+ 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 (2x), Fighting, and Water-type moves. They take reduced damage from Dragon, Flying, Normal, Psychic, Bug, Fairy, Grass, Ice, Poison, and Steel-type moves.

Weaknesses

Ground256.0%
Fighting160.0%
Water160.0%

Resistances

Bug39.1%
Fairy39.1%
Grass39.1%
Ice39.1%
Poison39.1%
Steel39.1%
Dragon62.5%
Flying62.5%
Normal62.5%
Psychic62.5%

More information

Heatran takes increased damage from Ground, Fighting, and Water type moves.
Heatran takes reduced damage from Bug, Fairy, Grass, Ice, Poison, Steel, Dragon, Flying, Normal, and Psychic type moves.
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	236.0%	Sunny
Water	68.0%	Rain
Fighting	52.0%	Cloudy
Fire	14.0%	Sunny
Electric	6.0%	Rain
Normal	6.0%	Partly Cloudy
Dark	6.0%	Fog
Ghost	6.0%	Fog
Psychic	4.0%	Windy
Grass	2.0%	Sunny

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.