Overheat (move)

Overheat オーバーヒート Overheat

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Battles Type  Fire Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  140 Accuracy  90% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation III TM50 in Generation III TM50 in Generation IV TM50 in Generation V

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   After this move, the user is more easily startled.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Overheat (Japanese: オーバーヒート Overheat) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Overheat deals damage, and lowers the user's Special Attack by two stages afterward.

Learnset

Generation III

By TM50

#   Pokémon Type 0004 Charmander Fire 0005 Charmeleon Fire 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0037 Vulpix Fire 0038 Ninetales Fire 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0058 Growlithe Fire 0059 Arcanine Fire 0077 Ponyta Fire 0078 Rapidash Fire 0136 Flareon Fire 0146 Moltres Fire Flying 0151 Mew Psychic 0155 Cyndaquil Fire 0156 Quilava Fire 0157 Typhlosion Fire 0209 Snubbull Normal 0210 Granbull Normal 0218 Slugma Fire 0219 Magcargo Fire Rock 0228 Houndour Dark Fire 0229 Houndoom Dark Fire 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 0255 Torchic Fire 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0294 Loudred Normal 0295 Exploud Normal 0322 Numel Fire Ground 0323 Camerupt Fire Ground 0324 Torkoal Fire 0338 Solrock Rock Psychic 0383 Groudon Ground 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By TM50

#   Pokémon Type 0004 Charmander Fire 0005 Charmeleon Fire 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0037 Vulpix Fire 0038 Ninetales Fire 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0058 Growlithe Fire 0059 Arcanine Fire 0077 Ponyta Fire 0078 Rapidash Fire 0126 Magmar Fire 0136 Flareon Fire 0146 Moltres Fire Flying 0151 Mew Psychic 0155 Cyndaquil Fire 0156 Quilava Fire 0157 Typhlosion Fire 0209 Snubbull Normal 0210 Granbull Normal 0218 Slugma Fire 0219 Magcargo Fire Rock 0228 Houndour Dark Fire 0229 Houndoom Dark Fire 0240 Magby Fire 0244 Entei Fire 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 0255 Torchic Fire 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0294 Loudred Normal 0295 Exploud Normal 0310 Manectric Electric 0322 Numel Fire Ground 0323 Camerupt Fire Ground 0324 Torkoal Fire 0338 Solrock Rock Psychic 0383 Groudon Ground 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 0390 Chimchar Fire 0391 Monferno Fire Fighting 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 0467 Magmortar Fire 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon 0485 Heatran Fire Steel 0493 Arceus Ghost Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0494 Victini Psychic Fire 97 0554 Darumakka Darumakka Fire 42 0555 Hihidaruma Hihidaruma Fire 54 0607 Hitomoshi Hitomoshi Ghost Fire 61 0608 Ranpuraa Ranpuraa Ghost Fire 69 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM50

#   Pokémon Type 0004 Charmander Fire 0005 Charmeleon Fire 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0037 Vulpix Fire 0038 Ninetales Fire 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0058 Growlithe Fire 0059 Arcanine Fire 0077 Ponyta Fire 0078 Rapidash Fire 0126 Magmar Fire 0136 Flareon Fire 0146 Moltres Fire Flying 0151 Mew Psychic 0155 Cyndaquil Fire 0156 Quilava Fire 0157 Typhlosion Fire 0209 Snubbull Normal 0210 Granbull Normal 0218 Slugma Fire 0219 Magcargo Fire Rock 0228 Houndour Dark Fire 0229 Houndoom Dark Fire 0240 Magby Fire 0244 Entei Fire 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 0255 Torchic Fire 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0294 Loudred Normal 0295 Exploud Normal 0310 Manectric Electric 0322 Numel Fire Ground 0323 Camerupt Fire Ground 0324 Torkoal Fire 0338 Solrock Rock Psychic 0383 Groudon Ground 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 0390 Chimchar Fire 0391 Monferno Fire Fighting 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 0467 Magmortar Fire 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon 0485 Heatran Fire Steel 0493 Arceus Ghost 0494 Victini Psychic Fire 0498 Pokabu Pokabu Fire 0499 Chaoboo Chaoboo Fire Fighting 0500 Enbuoh Enbuoh Fire Fighting 0513 Baoppu Baoppu Fire 0514 Baokkie Baokkie Fire 0523 Zeburaika Zeburaika Electric 0554 Darumakka Darumakka Fire 0555 Hihidaruma Hihidaruma Fire 0607 Hitomoshi Hitomoshi Ghost Fire 0608 Ranpuraa Ranpuraa Ghost Fire 0609 Shandera Shandera Ghost Fire 0636 Meraruba Meraruba Bug Fire 0637 Ulgamoth Ulgamoth Bug Fire 0643 Reshiram Dragon Fire Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0479 Rotom Electric Fire Black and White Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Rotom File:Torkoal Overheat.png Ash's Torkoal File:Blaziken Overheat.png May's Blaziken File:Infernape Overheat.png Flint's Infernape
The user glows red and then releases an extremely powerful blast of orange-yellow fire. As the attack is used successively, it becomes less powerful.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Torkoal opens its mouth and its mouth glows white. Then it fires a white flame that has a red-orange flame spirialing around it at the opponent. The blast is most powerful when first used, and becomes weaker when used repeatedly. Sometimes when using the attack, the red spots on its shell light up, or its whole body will turn bright red.
Flannery's Torkoal	Going, Going, Yawn		Debut
Ash's Torkoal	All Torkoal, No Play		None
	Blaziken's body turns a faint red and it releases a white fire with a red-orange flame spiraling around it at the opponent. The blast is most powerful when first used, and becomes weaker when used repeatedly.
Rafe's Blaziken	Destiny Deoxys		None
May's Blaziken	Once More with Reeling!		None
	Charizard's body turns red. It then releases a white fire with a red-orange flame sprialing around it from its mouth. The blast is most powerful when first used, and becomes weaker when used repeatedly.
Ash's Charizard	The Symbol Life		None
	Combusken's body turns a shade of red and it releases a ball of white fire with a red-orange flame spiraling around it at the opponent. The blast is most powerful when first used, and becomes weaker when repeatedly.
May's Combusken	Channeling the Battle Zone!		None
	Rotom opens the door on its body and releases a powerful red-orange flame from the inside of its body at the opponent. The blast is most powerful when first used, and becomes weaker when used repeatedly.
A wild Rotom	Get Your Rotom Running!		None
	Infernape's body turns a faint red and powerful yellow-orange spiraling beam is released from its mouth.
Flint's Infernape	Four Roads Diverged in a Pokémon Port!		None

In other languages

• Dutch: Oververhitting
• French: Surchauffe
• German: Hitzekoller
• Greek: Υπερθέρμανση
• Italian: Vampata
• Spanish: Sofoco
• Latin american Dub: Super Calor
• Portuguese (animé only): Super Aquecimento
• Brazilian Portuguese: Super Aquecimento

Variations of the move Overheat
Overheat • Draco Meteor • Leaf Storm • Fleur Cannon Formerly a variation Psycho Boost