Heat Wave (move)

Heat Wave ねっぷう Hot Wind

The user exhales a heated breath on the foe to attack. It may also leave the target with a burn.

Battles Type  Fire Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  100 Accuracy  90% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects both foes

Availability Introduced  Generation III Move tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Heat Wave on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Heat Wave on Eevee's Movedex

Heat Wave (Japanese: ねっぷう Hot Wind) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Heat Wave inflicts damage and has a 10% chance of burning the target. Heat Wave hits both opposing Pokémon in double battles.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 006 Charizard Fire Flying --FRLG 146 Moltres Fire Flying 73 324 Torkoal Fire 46 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 037 Vulpix Fire Growlithe, Arcanine Torkoal 058 Growlithe Fire Vulpix, Ninetales Torkoal 218 Slugma Fire Magcargo Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 006 Charizard Fire Flying 59 058 Growlithe Fire 45 146 Moltres Fire Flying 64 324 Torkoal Fire 55 485 Heatran Fire Steel 81 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 037 Vulpix Fire Growlithe, Arcanine Numel, Camerupt Torkoal Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape 058 Growlithe Fire Vulpix, Ninetales Numel, Camerupt Torkoal Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape 218 Slugma Fire Magcargo 322 Numel Fire Ground Vulpix, Ninetales Growlithe, Arcanine Torkoal Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape 390 Chimchar Fire Vulpix, Ninetales Growlithe, Arcanine Numel, Camerupt Torkoal Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

By move tutor

In Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 004 Charmander Fire 005 Charmeleon Fire 006 Charizard Fire Flying 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 021 Spearow Normal Flying 022 Fearow Normal Flying 037 Vulpix Fire 038 Ninetales Fire 041 Zubat Poison Flying 042 Golbat Poison Flying 058 Growlithe Fire 059 Arcanine Fire 077 Ponyta Fire 078 Rapidash Fire 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 126 Magmar Fire 136 Flareon Fire 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 145 Zapdos Electric Flying 146 Moltres Fire Flying 149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 151 Mew Psychic 155 Cyndaquil Fire 156 Quilava Fire 157 Typhlosion Fire 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 164 Noctowl Normal Flying 169 Crobat Poison Flying 176 Togetic Normal Flying 177 Natu Psychic Flying 178 Xatu Psychic Flying 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 218 Slugma Fire 219 Magcargo Fire Rock 228 Houndour Dark Fire 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 240 Magby Fire 244 Entei Fire 250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 255 Torchic Fire 256 Combusken Fire Fighting 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 276 Taillow Normal Flying 277 Swellow Normal Flying 322 Numel Fire Ground 323 Camerupt Fire Ground 324 Torkoal Fire 329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 330 Flygon Ground Dragon 333 Swablu Normal Flying 334 Altaria Dragon Flying 373 Salamence Dragon Flying 390 Chimchar Fire 391 Monferno Fire Fighting 392 Infernape Fire Fighting 396 Starly Normal Flying 397 Staravia Normal Flying 398 Staraptor Normal Flying 430 Honchkrow Dark Flying 441 Chatot Normal Flying 467 Magmortar Fire 468 Togekiss Normal Flying 485 Heatran Fire Steel 493 Arceus Poison Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

	Charizard	Torkoal
The user exhales a powerful heated breath.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Charizard	A red-orange ball appears in Charizard's mouth, and it releases a wind of flames at the opponent from the ball.
Clark's Charizard	Shocks and Bonds		Debut
Arcanine	Arcanine opens its mouth and a white flame is created in it. Arcanine then releases a round orange flame at the opponent.
A wild Arcanine	On Cloud Arcanine		None
Torkoal	Torkoal opens its mouth and creates a ball of orange fire in its mouth. It then releases a wind of flames at the opponent from the ball.
Ash's Torkoal	Overjoyed!		None

Trivia

• Unusually, many Flying-type Pokémon can learn Heat Wave by Platinum move tutor, despite it being a Fire-type move. However, this may be because Heat Wave's Japanese name contains the word "wind".
• With the exception of Mew, Arceus and Smeargle, Vibrava and Flygon are the only Pokémon who can learn this move by tutoring that are not Flying- nor Fire-type.
• Because its animation consist of a colored wind blowing at the foe, it may be confused with Ominous Wind and Silver Wind.

In other languages

• French: Canicule
• German: Hitzewelle
• Chinese: 热风
• Italian: Ondacalda
• Spanish: Onda ignea
• Hindi: Garmi Ki Lehr
• Brazilian Portuguese: Onda de Calor
• Dutch: Hittegolf

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.