Overheat (move)

Overheat オーバーヒート Overheat

The user attacks the foe at full power. The attack's recoil sharply reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.

Battles Type  Fire Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  140 Accuracy  90% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III TM50 in Generation III TM50 in Generation IV

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jam  0 After this move, the user is more easily startled.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Overheat on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Overheat on Eevee's Movedex

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

Effect

Overheat deals damage, and lowers the user's Special Attack by two stages afterward.

Learnset

Generation III

By TM50

#		Pokémon	Type
004		Charmander	Fire
005		Charmeleon	Fire
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying
037		Vulpix	Fire
038		Ninetales	Fire
056		Mankey	Fighting
057		Primeape	Fighting
058		Growlithe	Fire
059		Arcanine	Fire
077		Ponyta	Fire
078		Rapidash	Fire
136		Flareon	Fire
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying
151		Mew	Psychic
155		Cyndaquil	Fire
156		Quilava	Fire
157		Typhlosion	Fire
209		Snubbull	Normal
210		Granbull	Normal
218		Slugma	Fire
219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire
250		Ho-Oh	Fire	Flying
255		Torchic	Fire
256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting
294		Loudred	Normal
295		Exploud	Normal
322		Numel	Fire	Ground
323		Camerupt	Fire	Ground
324		Torkoal	Fire
338		Solrock	Rock	Psychic
383		Groudon	Ground
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By TM50

#		Pokémon	Type
004		Charmander	Fire
005		Charmeleon	Fire
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying
037		Vulpix	Fire
038		Ninetales	Fire
056		Mankey	Fighting
057		Primeape	Fighting
058		Growlithe	Fire
059		Arcanine	Fire
077		Ponyta	Fire
078		Rapidash	Fire
126		Magmar	Fire
136		Flareon	Fire
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying
151		Mew	Psychic
155		Cyndaquil	Fire
156		Quilava	Fire
157		Typhlosion	Fire
209		Snubbull	Normal
210		Granbull	Normal
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
294		Loudred	Normal
295		Exploud	Normal
310		Manectric	Electric
322		Numel	Fire	Ground
323		Camerupt	Fire	Ground
324		Torkoal	Fire
338		Solrock	Rock	Psychic
383		Groudon	Ground
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying
390		Chimchar	Fire
391		Monferno	Fire	Fighting
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting
467		Magmortar	Fire
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel
493		Arceus	???
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#		Pokémon	Type		Obtained in
479		Rotom Heat Rotom	Electric	Ghost	Pokémon Platinum
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

Rotom	Ash's Torkoal	May's Blaziken	Magcargo
The user glows red and then releases an extremely powerful blast of orange-yellow fire. As the attack is used successively, it becomes less powerful.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Charizard	Charizard glows red and then releases an extremely powerful blast of orange-yellow fire. As the attack is used successively, it becomes less powerful.
Ash's Charizard	The Symbol Life		None
Magcargo	The inside of Magcargo's shell glows red. It then releases an extremely powerful blast of orange-yellow fire. As the attack is used successively, it becomes less powerful.
Magcargo	Another One Gabites the Dust!		The inside of its shell glows.
Combusken	Combusken glows red and then releases an extremely powerful blast of orange-yellow fire. As the attack is used successively, it becomes less powerful.
May's Combusken	Channeling the Battle Zone!		None
Blaziken	Blaziken glows red and then releases an extremely powerful blast of orange-yellow fire. As the attack is used successively, it becomes less powerful.
May's Blaziken	Once More with Reeling!		None
Torkoal	The inside of Torkoal's shell glows red. It then releases an extremely powerful blast of orange-yellow fire. As the attack is used successively, it becomes less powerful.
Flannery's Torkoal	Going, Going, Yawn!		The inside of its shell glows.
Ash's Torkoal	All Torkoal, No Play!		The inside of its shell glows.
Rotom	Rotom opens itself and releases an extremely powerful blast of orange-yellow fire. As the attack is used successively, it becomes less powerful.
Rotom	Get Your Rotom Running!		Rotom does not glow and opens itself to utilize the move.

In other languages

• Dutch: Oververhitting
• French: Surchauffe
• German: Hitzekoller
• Italian: Vampata
• Spanish: Sofoco
  • Latin american Dub: Supercalor
• Portuguese (animé only): Superaquecimento

Variations on the move Overheat
	Overheat | Psycho Boost | Draco Meteor | Leaf Storm

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