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 (RS E)

Type:
Appeal:	6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jam:	0

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Type:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Overheat (Japanese: オーバーヒート, Hepburn: Overheat) is a damaging Fire-type move introduced in Generation III.

Description[]

Games	Description
RS E	Allows a full-power attack, but sharply lowers Sp.Atk.
FRLG	An intense attack that also sharply reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.
DP Pt HGSS	The user attacks the foe at full power. The attack's recoil sharply reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.
BW B2W2	The user attacks the target at full power. The attack's recoil harshly reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.
XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh BDSP	The user attacks the target at full power. The attack's recoil harshly lowers the user's Sp. Atk stat.
LA	The user attacks the target at full power. The recoil from this move lowers the user's offensive stats.
SV	The user attacks the target with all its might. The recoil from this move 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
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Moltres	fire/flying	Undiscovered							65
	Cyndaquil	fire	Field						43^LA	58
	Quilava	fire	Field						43^LA	68
	Typhlosion	fire	Field							74
	Typhlosion	fire/ghost	Field						43^LA	74
	Ho-Oh	fire/flying	Undiscovered							99
	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	52
	Lampent	ghost/fire	Amorphous			69	69	69	58	58
	Chandelure	ghost/fire	Amorphous						1	1
	Litleo	fire/normal	Field				50	50		50
	Pyroar	fire/normal	Field				57	57		57
	Volcanion	fire/water	Undiscovered				65	65	84	84
	Turtonator	fire/dragon	Monster/Dragon					49	48
	Skeledirge	fire/ghost	Field							64
	Scovillain	grass/fire	Grass							48
	Iron Moth	fire/poison	Undiscovered							91
	Chi-Yu	dark/fire	Undiscovered							75
	Miraidon	electric/dragon	Undiscovered							91
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
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Charmander	fire	Monster/Dragon	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Charmeleon	fire	Monster/Dragon	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Charizard	fire/flying	Monster/Dragon	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Vulpix	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Ninetales	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Mankey	fighting	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Primeape	fighting	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Growlithe	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Growlithe	fire/rock	Field							TM157
	Arcanine	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Arcanine	fire/rock	Field							TM157
	Ponyta	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP
	Rapidash	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP
	Weezing	poison/fairy	Amorphous						TR43^SwSh	TM157
	Magmar	fire	Human-Like		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Tauros	fighting/fire	Field							TM157
	Flareon	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Moltres	fire/flying	Undiscovered	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Cyndaquil	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Quilava	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Typhlosion	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Typhlosion	fire/ghost	Field							TM157
	Snubbull	fairy	Field/Fairy	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Granbull	fairy	Field/Fairy	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Slugma	fire	Amorphous	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Magcargo	fire/rock	Amorphous	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Houndour	dark/fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Houndoom	dark/fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Magby	fire	Undiscovered		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Entei	fire	Undiscovered		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Ho-Oh	fire/flying	Undiscovered	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Torchic	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Combusken	fire/fighting	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Blaziken	fire/fighting	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Loudred	normal	Monster/Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP
	Exploud	normal	Monster/Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP
	Manectric	electric	Field		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP
	Numel	fire/ground	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Camerupt	fire/ground	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Torkoal	fire	Field	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Solrock	rock/psychic	Mineral	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP
	Groudon	ground	Undiscovered	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Rayquaza	dragon/flying	Undiscovered	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Chimchar	fire	Field/Human-Like		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Monferno	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Infernape	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Magmortar	fire	Human-Like		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Dialga	steel/dragon	Undiscovered		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Heatran	fire/steel	Undiscovered		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43^SwSh TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Arceus	normal	Undiscovered		TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50	TM50^BDSP	TM157
	Victini	psychic/fire	Undiscovered			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43
	Tepig	fire	Field			TM50	TM50	TM50		TM157
	Pignite	fire/fighting	Field			TM50	TM50	TM50		TM157
	Emboar	fire/fighting	Field			TM50	TM50	TM50		TM157
	Pansear	fire	Field			TM50	TM50	TM50
	Simisear	fire	Field			TM50	TM50	TM50
	Zebstrika	electric	Field			TM50	TM50	TM50		TM157
	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	TM157
	Lampent	ghost/fire	Amorphous			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43	TM157
	Chandelure	ghost/fire	Amorphous			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43	TM157
	Heatmor	fire	Field					TM50	TR43
	Larvesta	bug/fire	Bug			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43	TM157
	Volcarona	bug/fire	Bug			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43	TM157
	Reshiram	dragon/fire	Undiscovered			TM50	TM50	TM50	TR43	TM157
	Fennekin	fire	Field				TM50	TM50		TM157
	Braixen	fire	Field				TM50	TM50		TM157
	Delphox	fire/psychic	Field				TM50	TM50		TM157
	Fletchling	normal/flying	Flying				TM50	TM50	TR43	TM157
	Fletchinder	fire/flying	Flying				TM50	TM50	TR43	TM157
	Talonflame	fire/flying	Flying				TM50	TM50	TR43	TM157
	Litleo	fire/normal	Field				TM50	TM50		TM157
	Pyroar	fire/normal	Field				TM50	TM50		TM157
	Volcanion	fire/water	Undiscovered				TM50	TM50	TR43	TM157
	Litten	fire	Field					TM50	TR43	TM157
	Torracat	fire	Field					TM50	TR43	TM157
	Incineroar	fire/dark	Field					TM50	TR43	TM157
	Toucannon	normal/flying	Flying					TM50		TM157
	Salandit	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon					TM50	TR43	TM157
	Salazzle	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon					TM50	TR43	TM157
	Turtonator	fire/dragon	Monster/Dragon					TM50	TR43
	Blacephalon	fire/ghost	Undiscovered					TM50^USUM	TR43
	Scorbunny	fire	Field/Human-Like						TR43	TM157
	Raboot	fire	Field/Human-Like						TR43	TM157
	Cinderace	fire	Field/Human-Like						TR43	TM157
	Carkol	rock/fire	Mineral						TR43	TM157
	Coalossal	rock/fire	Mineral						TR43	TM157
	Centiskorch	fire/bug	Bug						TR43
	Fuecoco	fire	Field							TM157
	Crocalor	fire	Field							TM157
	Skeledirge	fire/ghost	Field							TM157
	Charcadet	fire	Human-Like							TM157
	Armarouge	fire/psychic	Human-Like							TM157
	Ceruledge	fire/ghost	Human-Like							TM157
	Scovillain	grass/fire	Grass							TM157
	Revavroom	steel/poison	Mineral							TM157
	Cyclizar	dragon/normal	Field							TM157
	Annihilape	fighting/ghost	Field							TM157
	Iron Moth	fire/poison	Undiscovered							TM157
	Chi-Yu	dark/fire	Undiscovered							TM157
	Koraidon	fighting/dragon	Undiscovered							TM157
	Miraidon	electric/dragon	Undiscovered							TM157
	Gouging Fire	fire/dragon	Undiscovered							TM157
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Form change[]

Generation IV[]

Generation V[]

Generation VI[]

Generation VII[]

Generation VIII[]

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[]

Main games

Main series

Pokémon Adventures

Other manga series

v · d · e List of Fire-type moves

Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX

A	Armor Cannon

B	Bitter Blade Blast Burn Blaze Kick Blazing Torque Blue Flare Burn Up Burning Bulwark Burning Jealousy

E	Ember Eruption

F	Fiery Dance Fire Blast Fire Fang Fire Lash Fire Pledge Fire Punch Fire Spin Flame Burst Flame Charge Flame Wheel Flamethrower Flare Blitz Fusion Flare

H	Heat Crash Heat Wave

I	Incinerate Inferno

L	Lava Plume

M	Magma Storm Mind Blown Mystical Fire

O	Overheat

P	Pyro Ball

R	Raging Fury

S	Sacred Fire Searing Shot Shell Trap Sizzly Slide Sunny Day

T	Temper Flare Torch Song

V	V-create

W	Will-O-Wisp

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Normal-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation III

Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type

A	Aerial Ace Air Cutter Arm Thrust Aromatherapy Assist Astonish

B	Blast Burn Blaze Kick Block Bounce Brick Break Bulk Up Bullet Seed

C	Calm Mind Camouflage Charge Cosmic Power Covet Crush Claw

D	Dive Doom Desire Dragon Claw Dragon Dance

E	Endeavor Eruption Extrasensory

F	Facade Fake Out Fake Tears Feather Dance Flatter Focus Punch Follow Me Frenzy Plant

G	Grass Whistle Grudge

H	Hail Heat Wave Helping Hand Howl Hydro Cannon Hyper Voice

I	Ice Ball Icicle Spear Imprison Ingrain Iron Defense

K	Knock Off

L	Leaf Blade Luster Purge

M	Magic Coat Magical Leaf Memento Metal Sound Meteor Mash Mist Ball Mud Shot Mud Sport Muddy Water

N	Nature Power Needle Arm

O	Odor Sleuth Overheat

P	Poison Fang Poison Tail Psycho Boost

R	Recycle Refresh Revenge Rock Blast Rock Tomb Role Play

S	Sand Tomb Secret Power Sheer Cold Shock Wave Signal Beam Silver Wind Skill Swap Sky Uppercut Slack Off Smelling Salts Snatch Spit Up Stockpile Superpower Swallow

T	Tail Glow Taunt Teeter Dance Tickle Torment Trick

U	Uproar

V	Volt Tackle

W	Water Pulse Water Sport Water Spout Weather Ball Will-O-Wisp Wish

Y	Yawn

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation III

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