Overheat

Overheat

オーバーヒート Overheat

Generation:	III

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	140
Accuracy:	90
PP:	5
Affects:
Secondary Effect:
Priority:
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:
Bright Powder:	No
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:
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:

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	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
				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.

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

• Overheat depicted in X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

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Main series

• Overheat being used by Flannery's Torkoal
• Overheat being used by Ash's Torkoal
• Overheat being used by Ash's Charizard
• Overheat being used by May's Combusken
• Overheat being used by May's Blaziken
• Overheat being used by a wild Entei
• Overheat being used by Flint's Infernape
• Overheat being used by a wild Rotom
• Overheat being used by a wild Pyroar
• 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
• Overheat being used by Diamond's Rotom

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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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