Overheat

Overheat

オーバーヒート Overheat

Generation:	III

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	140
Accuracy:	90
PP:	5, max: ?
Affects:	User
Secondary Effect:	Lowers special attack
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	No
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Contests (RSE)

Type:
Appeal:	6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jam:	0

Super Contests (DPPt)

Type:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

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Overheat is a damaging Fire-type move introduced in Generation III.

Description

Games	Description
RSE	Allows a full-power attack, but sharply lowers Sp.Atk.
FRLG	An intense attack that also sharply reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.
DPPtHGSS	The user attacks the foe at full power. The attack's recoil sharply reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.
BWB2W2	The user attacks the target at full power. The attack's recoil harshly reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.
XYORAS SMUSUM SWSH	The user attacks the target at full power. The attack's recoil harshly lowers the user's Sp. Atk stat.

Effect

Overheat deals damage and lowers the user's Special Attack stat for 2 stages.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Victini	psychic/fire	Undiscovered			97	97	97	84
	Darumaka	fire	Field			42	42	42
	Darmanitan	fire	Field			54	54	54
	Litwick	ghost/fire	Amorphous			61	61	61	52
	Lampent	ghost/fire	Amorphous			69	69	69	58
	Chandelure	ghost/fire	Amorphous						1
	Litleo	fire/normal	Field				50	50
	Pyroar	fire/normal	Field				57	57
	Volcanion	fire/water	Undiscovered				65	65	84
	Turtonator	fire/dragon	Monster/Dragon					49	48
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM/TR

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
				III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Charmander	fire	Monster/Dragon	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Charmeleon	fire	Monster/Dragon	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Charizard	fire/flying	Monster/Dragon	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Vulpix	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Ninetales	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Mankey	fighting	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Primeape	fighting	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Growlithe	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Arcanine	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Ponyta	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Rapidash	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Weezing	poison/fairy	Amorphous						TR43
	Magmar	fire	Human-Like		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Flareon	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Moltres	fire/flying	Undiscovered	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Cyndaquil	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Quilava	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Typhlosion	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Snubbull	fairy	Field/Fairy	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Granbull	fairy	Field/Fairy	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Slugma	fire	Amorphous	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Magcargo	fire/rock	Amorphous	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Houndour	dark/fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Houndoom	dark/fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Magby	fire	Undiscovered		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Entei	fire	Undiscovered		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Ho-Oh	fire/flying	Undiscovered	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Torchic	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Combusken	fire/fighting	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Blaziken	fire/fighting	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Loudred	normal	Monster/Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Exploud	normal	Monster/Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Manectric	electric	Field		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Numel	fire/ground	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Camerupt	fire/ground	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Torkoal	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Solrock	rock/psychic	Mineral	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Groudon	ground	Undiscovered	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Rayquaza	dragon/flying	Undiscovered	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Chimchar	fire	Field/Human-Like		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Monferno	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Infernape	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Magmortar	fire	Human-Like		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Dialga	steel/dragon	Undiscovered		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Heatran	fire/steel	Undiscovered		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Arceus	normal	Undiscovered		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50
	Victini	psychic/fire	Undiscovered			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Tepig	fire	Field			TM50	TM50	TM50
	Pignite	fire/fighting	Field			TM50	TM50	TM50
	Emboar	fire/fighting	Field			TM50	TM50	TM50
	Pansear	fire	Field			TM50	TM50	TM50
	Simisear	fire	Field			TM50	TM50	TM50
	Zebstrika	electric	Field			TM50	TM50	TM50
	Darumaka	fire	Field			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Darumaka	ice	Field						TR43
	Darmanitan	fire	Field			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Darmanitan	ice	Field						TR43
	Litwick	ghost/fire	Amorphous			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Lampent	ghost/fire	Amorphous			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Chandelure	ghost/fire	Amorphous			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Heatmor	fire	Field					TM50	TR43
	Larvesta	bug/fire	Bug			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Volcarona	bug/fire	Bug			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Reshiram	dragon/fire	Undiscovered			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Fennekin	fire	Field				TM50	TM50
	Braixen	fire	Field				TM50	TM50
	Delphox	fire/psychic	Field				TM50	TM50
	Fletchling	normal/flying	Flying				TM50	TM50	TR43
	Fletchinder	fire/flying	Flying				TM50	TM50	TR43
	Talonflame	fire/flying	Flying				TM50	TM50	TR43
	Litleo	fire/normal	Field				TM50	TM50
	Pyroar	fire/normal	Field				TM50	TM50
	Volcanion	fire/water	Undiscovered				TM50	TM50	TR43
	Litten	fire	Field					TM50	TR43
	Torracat	fire	Field					TM50	TR43
	Incineroar	fire/dark	Field					TM50	TR43
	Toucannon	normal/flying	Flying					TM50
	Salandit	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon					TM50	TR43
	Salazzle	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon					TM50	TR43
	Turtonator	fire/dragon	Monster/Dragon					TM50	TR43
	Blacephalon	fire/ghost	Undiscovered					TM50USUM	TR43
	Scorbunny	fire	Field/Human-Like						TR43
	Raboot	fire	Field/Human-Like						TR43
	Cinderace	fire	Field/Human-Like						TR43
	Carkol	rock/fire	Mineral						TR43
	Coalossal	rock/fire	Mineral						TR43
	Centiskorch	fire/bug	Bug						TR43
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Trivia

Even though it was first introduced in Generation lll, the first Pokémon to learn it by level up were introduced in Generation V.

Gallery

• Games
• Anime
• Manga

Main games

• Overheat depicted in Generation VI.
• Overheat depicted in Generation VII.

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Main series

• Overheat being used by Ash's Torkoal.
• Overheat being used by Flint's Infernape.
• Overheat being used by a wild Rotom.
• Overheat being used by a wild Volcanion.
• Overheat being used by Goh's Darmanitan.

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Pokémon Adventures

• Overheat being used by Crystal's Rapidash.
• Overheat being used by Tucker's Charizard.
• Overheat being used by Pearl's Infernape.

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Other manga series

• Overheat being used by Mitsumi's Infernape (In Diamond and Pearl Adventure!).
• Overheat being used by Enta's Vulpix (In Battle Frontier).

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