Is Heatran Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Stark Mountain at level 50 after the postgame Stark Mountain quest with Buck. Fire/Steel with AbilityFlash Fire absorbing Fire for immunity. In the rematches it handles Aaron and most of the E4. The postgame Fire legendary Sinnoh needed all along.
Heatran trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Heatran resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Heatran resists most of Fantina's coverage and hits back hard.
Heatran resists most of Maylene's coverage and hits back hard.
Heatran has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Heatran resists most of Byron's coverage and hits back hard.
Heatran resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Heatran has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Heatran resists most of Aaron's coverage and hits back hard.
Heatran has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Heatran trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Heatran has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Heatran resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Heatran resists most of Mars's coverage and hits back hard.
Heatran resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Heatran trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Heatran in Stark Mountain (interact, Lv 50, limited). Post-game: Interact with Heatran at the summit of Stark Mountain after Buck returns the Magma Stone.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM64NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Won at the Veilstone Game Corner after playing ten bonus rounds in a row on the slots
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- Post-Game
- TM50FireOverheatPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- LV 81FireHeat WavePower 150Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 96FireMagma StormPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
How to Get Heatran in Platinum
Heatran guards the heart of Stark Mountain, a one-time static catch at level 50 you reach after the story event there. The lava beast has a catch rate of 3 and no respawn, so do not let it faint.
1 location to catch Heatran
Badge 8How to Get Heatran in Platinum
How to Get Shiny Heatran in Platinum
Heatran waits deep in Stark Mountain, so save in front of it and soft reset the encounter until the shiny appears. Compare Shiny Heatran odds across every game
Shiny Heatran Evolution
Does Not EvolvePlatinum Shiny Heatran Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Soft Reset, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Heatran in the Platinum Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Heatran Weakness
Ground, Water, and Fighting moves hit Heatran for super-effective damage. Ground hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. The upside? Poison-type moves can't touch it at all. It resists 10 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely. Flash Fire grants an additional Fire immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Heatran's overall bulk (91/106/106) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ground |
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Fighting |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Flying, Psychic, Ghost, Dragon, Dark |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Heatran Weak Against
FortressBest Pokemon Against Heatran
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heatran View Marowak builds →Earthquake 4x109-128%KO Focus Punch 2x53-63% | ||
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heatran View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 4x162-191%KO Brick Break 2x41-48% Surf 2x34-40% | ||
 Palkia WaterDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSpear Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heatran View Palkia builds →Earth Power 4x110-129%KO Surf 2x86-102%KO Focus Punch 2x75-88% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heatran View Rhydon builds →Earthquake 4x162-191%KO Focus Punch 2x80-94% Surf 2x22-26% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heatran View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x100-118%KO Earthquake 4x89-105%KO | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heatran View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x117-138%KO Earthquake 4x104-122%KO | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heatran View Torterra builds →Earthquake 4x140-165%KO Rock Smash 2x19-23% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heatran View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 4x124-147%KO Brick Break 2x31-37% | ||
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heatran View Vaporeon builds →Surf 2x67-79% Dig 4x50-59% Rock Smash 2x13-16% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heatran View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x112-132%KO Earthquake 4x101-119%KO Surf 2x21-24% | ||
 Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heatran View Gastrodon builds →Earthquake 4x111-131%KO Surf 2x58-68% Rock Smash 2x15-18% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heatran View Sandslash builds →Earthquake 4x129-152%KO Focus Punch 2x64-76% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Heatran View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x117-138%KO Earthquake 4x104-122%KO | ||
Heatran Evolutions
A Fire/Steel-type legendary, Heatran doesn't evolve or breed. At 600 total stats, it's meant to stand on its own. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Pt Heatran Best Moveset
Only Ground hits super-effectively, and AbilityFlash Fire adds Fire immunity on top of Fire/Steel's 9 type resistances. The moveset sets MoveStealth Rock, controls with 30% burn chance MoveLava Plume, and fires 130 Sp. Atk special damage. 4x Ground is the one opening.
Best Build
Heatran best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Earth Power
- Explosion
- Fire Blast
- Stealth Rock
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Heatran's coverage across 7 types all comes from technical machines, built on top of Overheat and Fire Blast for same-type damage. Earth Power and Heat Wave are the payoff moves.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
38 of 41 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its body is made of rugged steel. However, it is partially melted in spots because of its own heat.
Heatran Event Distributions
In Platinum, Heatran has had only a single Mystery Gift event distribution to its name.
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Heatran Platinum Guide
Heatran is a static encounter at Stark Mountain in Platinum. Heatran appears at level 50. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
Yes. Heatran is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Heatran becomes available after the main story is complete in Platinum.
In Platinum, use Heatran as a wallbreaker. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling,
For Platinum, run Timid on Heatran. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Since Diamond & Pearl, Heatran has appeared in 14 games. Legendary Pokemon like Heatran are usually found through story events or special post-game areas rather than random encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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