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Heatran Raid Guide
Heatran– Lava Dome Pokémon
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Heatran is a dual-type Fire/Steel Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.
Heatran is weak to the following types: Ground (x2), Fighting,  and Water.
Generally speaking, the best counters for it are: Groudon, Rhyperior, and Landorus.
Heatran can be beaten by 2 players in optimal weather, with max friendship and perfect level 40 counters or by 3 unfriended players using level 20 counters from this guide. When caught, Heatran will be between 2058 and 2145 cp without a weather boost. In Clear weather, Heatran will be between 2573 and 2681 when caught.

Release History:

• 12/18/2018 for 28 days
• 1/7/2020 for 28 days
• Aug 21 – Sep 10

Movesets

Sorted Easiest to Hardest.

• Stone Edge:

  • Ground-Types are hit for 🛡️ Resistance
  • Fighting-Types are hit for 🛡️ Resistance

• Iron Head:

  • Water-Types are hit for 🛡️ Resistance

• Fire Blast:

  • Water-Types are hit for 🛡️ Resistance

• Flamethrower:

  • Water-Types are hit for 🛡️ Resistance

Top Raid Counters

Groudon

Best Moveset:Mud Shot / Earthquake

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Groudon is a Legendary Pokemon and thus can only be gotten in time limited ways, by being featured in Event Raids or Field Research Breakthroughs. They are the a pretty safe investment to power up, but might get Precipital Blade someday. Mud-shot and Earthquake got buffed December 2019.
With Level 35 Groudon you need 2 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Best Ranking VS: Bug Bite/Flamethrower
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Rock

Rhyperior

Best Moveset:Mud Slap / Earthquake

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Rhyhorn is very common and boosted in the common Sunny, but Rhyperior is a Sinnoh Stone evolution Pokemon. Rhydon is a pretty good Ground-Type as well, so if you get a good moveset on it and don’t have the candy or stone to evolve, it’s not that bad. It’s also great as a Rock-Type attacker with different moves. Rhyhorn currently can be found in nests.
With Level 35 Rhyperior you need 2 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Iron Head
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Fire Blast
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Fire, Rock
  • 1× Weak: Steel

Landorus

Best Moveset:Mud Shot / Earth Power

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

With Level 35 Landorus you need 2 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Fire Spin/Stone Edge
• Best Ranking VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Type Interactions:
  • Canceled Out: Rock

Garchomp

Best Moveset:Mud Shot / Earthquake

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Garchomp, while a great Dragon AND Ground-Type attacker (and one with resistance to Rock and triple resistance to Electric) is very difficult to acquire for now. No nests, no events, very rare, very new. Gible are exceedingly rare in the wild. It’s likely he will someday get a community day however.
With Level 35 Garchomp you need 2 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Iron Head
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Fire Blast
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Fire, Rock

Excadrill

Best Moveset:Mud Slap / Drill Run

Alternative Charge Moves: EARTHQUAKE

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Excadrill is a new pokemon, but Drilbur are not rare, and it is boosted in sunny weather! It doesn’t look it, but Excadrill is a phenomental ground-Type attacker, and it’s Steel duel typing ussually help it more than it hurts.
With Level 35 Excadrill you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Iron Head
• Type Interactions:
  • 2× Resists: Rock
  • 1× Resists: Steel
  • 1× Weak: Fire

Rhydon

Best Moveset:Mud Slap / Earthquake

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rhyhorn is very common and boosted in the common Sunny. It’s evolution is better in this role, but we were already using Rhydons before Rhyperior came out. Rhyhorn currently can be found in nests.
With Level 35 Rhydon you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Iron Head
• Best Ranking VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Fire, Rock
  • 1× Weak: Steel

Weather

Here is a list of Pokemon that can perform similar or better than the typical #1 option (in this case, Groudon) with weather bonuses:

Pokemon	Weather	Fast Move	Charge Move	Estimator
Garchomp	Clear	Mud Shot	Earthquake	1.6
Rhyperior	Clear	Mud Slap	Earthquake	1.6
Groudon	Clear	Mud Shot	Earthquake	1.6
Landorus	Clear	Mud Shot	Earth Power	1.6
Excadrill	Clear	Mud Slap	Drill Run	1.7
Rhydon	Clear	Mud Slap	Earthquake	1.7

Alternate Pokemon

Golurk

Best Moveset:Mud Slap / Earth Power

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Golurk is a brand new pokemon and incredibly rare in the wild. Goletts family are duel typed with Ghost.
With Level 35 Golurk you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Fire Spin/Iron Head
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Fire Blast
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Rock

Donphan

Best Moveset:Mud Slap / Earthquake

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Donphan has not had much chance to shine in this game, but now that Earthquake has been buffed he is more useful! Phanphy are uncommon but not exceedingly rare however. Phanpy currently can be found in nests.
With Level 35 Donphan you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Fire Spin/Fire Blast
• Best Ranking VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Rock

Golem

Best Moveset:Mud Slap / Earthquake

Alternative Fast Moves: Mud Shot

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Geodude are not too much of a pain to acquire for most people and exist in research rewards as well. Hunt down a nest or play in partly cloudy will be enough for many to get Golem. Geodude can be in “Make 5 Nice Throws” quests.
With Level 35 Golem you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Fire Spin/Iron Head
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Fire Blast
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Fire, Rock
  • 1× Weak: Steel

Flygon (Elite TM Moveset)

Best Moveset:Mud Shot / Earth Power(legacy)

Alternative Charge Moves: Earthquake

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Trapinch have been uncommon spawns in a couple recent events but is overall pretty difficult to acquire and doesn’t nest. 50/50 on whether it will be getting a community day someday.
With Level 35 Flygon you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Iron Head
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Fire Blast
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Fire, Rock

Swampert

Best Moveset:Mud Shot / Earthquake

Alternative Charge Moves: Hydro Cannon

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Mudkip Community day way July 2019, but the moveset you want isn’t the community day move. Swampert as a Ground-Type is unfortunate, since it’s Water typing negates some of it’s resistances to Electric. It does give it a resistance to Steel and Fire however! Mudkip currently can be found in nests.
With Level 35 Swampert you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Fire Blast
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Fire, Rock, Steel

Mamoswine

Best Moveset:Mud Slap / Bulldoze

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Mamoswine evolves from Swinub which is a nesting species that has been in raids in the past. Swinub can also be found in Nests. It does however require a Sinnoh Stone to evolve which can be acquired randomly from your first trainer battle every day. Swinub has gotten a community day (February 2019) and was also featured in Christmas events. Finally, Swinub can also spawn in the pool of Pokemon from Glacial Lure Modules, which you can get from the shop for 200 coins. Swinub currently can be found in nests.
With Level 35 Mamoswine you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Best Ranking VS: Bug Bite/Stone Edge
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Weak: Fire, Steel
  • Canceled Out: Rock

Haxorus

Best Moveset:Counter / Earthquake

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

With Level 35 Haxorus you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Stone Edge
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Flamethrower
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Fire

Seismitoad

Best Moveset:Mud Shot / Earth Power

Alternative Fast Moves: BUBBLE_FAST

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

With Level 35 Seismitoad you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Iron Head
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Fire, Rock, Steel

Ho-Oh

Best Moveset:Hidden Power Ground / Earthquake

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

With Level 35 Ho-Oh you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Stone Edge
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Iron Head
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Fire, Steel
  • 2× Weak: Rock

Gastrodon-East

Best Moveset:Mud Slap / Earth Power

Alternative Fast Moves: HIDDEN_POWER_GROUND_FAST
Alternative Charge Moves: EARTHQUAKE

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Shellos while cosmetically region-locked, is still available globally otherwise. They aren’t too hard to find for the time being
With Level 35 Gastrodon-East you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Flamethrower
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Fire, Rock, Steel

Gastrodon-West

Best Moveset:Mud Slap / Earth Power

Alternative Fast Moves: HIDDEN_POWER_GROUND_FAST
Alternative Charge Moves: EARTHQUAKE

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Shellos while cosmetically region-locked, is still available globally otherwise. They aren’t too hard to find for the time being
With Level 35 Gastrodon-West you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Flamethrower
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Fire, Rock, Steel

Kyogre

Best Moveset:Waterfall / Surf

Alternative Charge Moves: HYDRO_PUMP

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐☆☆☆

Kyogre was first available January 2018. It is the premier Water-Type attacker and an incredibly powerful attacker. Someday it will likely be outclassed by itself if Niantic gives it the move Origin Pulse.
With Level 35 Kyogre you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Stone Edge
• Best Ranking VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Fire, Steel

Hippowdon

Best Moveset:Thunder Fang / Earth Power

Alternative Fast Moves: FIRE_FANG_FAST
ICE_FANG_FAST

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Hippowdon does not nest, and is slightly uncommon.
With Level 35 Hippowdon you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Fire Blast
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Rock

Kingler (Elite TM Moveset)

Best Moveset:Mud Shot(legacy) / Crabhammer

Alternative Fast Moves: BUBBLE_FAST

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Kingler received Crabhammer 9/2/19 making it a monster Water Type. Quests where its been a reward: “Water Festival: Catch 5 Water-type Pokemon.” Boosted spawns of Krabby during Water Festival 2019.
With Level 35 Kingler you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Stone Edge
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Fire Blast
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Fire, Steel

Conkeldurr

Best Moveset:Counter / Dynamic Punch

Alternative Charge Moves: FOCUS_BLAST

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

With Level 35 Conkeldurr you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Flamethrower
• Best Ranking VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Type Interactions:
  • 1× Resists: Rock

Regigigas

Best Moveset:Hidden Power Ground / Focus Blast

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Regigigas has only been available during the paid “A Colossas Discovery” event and has come to EX raids starting November 12th 2019. Hidden Power is a gamble moveset for typing and you can’t change it in your ownership.
With Level 35 Regigigas you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Best Ranking VS: Fire Spin/Fire Blast
• Type Interactions:
  • No Type Interactions

Lucario

Best Moveset:Counter / Aura Sphere

• ⚔️ Raw Damage: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
• 🛡️ Survival/Bulk: ⭐⭐☆☆☆
• 📉 Consistency: ⭐☆☆☆☆
• 🌐 Accessibility: ⭐☆☆☆☆

Riolu is an egg exclusive pokemon sadly, one of the absolute rarest and highly desired ones in fact. It was added October 2018th. It isn’t easy to power up and has a walking distance of 10k. There are increased chances of finding one in a 7k Alolan egg instead of normal 10ks. You also have better chances if you get difficult Adventure Sync eggs. if you collect your weekly adventure sync reward and have earned the 50k distance, AND have an available egg slot, you will get an egg with a skewed hatch pool.
With Level 35 Lucario you need 3 players.

• Best Estimator VS: Bug Bite/Fire Blast
• Best Ranking VS: Bug Bite/Iron Head
• Type Interactions:
  • 2× Resists: Rock
  • 1× Resists: Steel
  • 1× Weak: Fire

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