Overheat (move)

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Overheat
オーバーヒート Overheat
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Type  Fire
Category  Special
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  140
Accuracy  90%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jam  0  
After this move, the user is more easily startled.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Overheat (Japanese: オーバーヒート Overheat) is a damage-dealing Fire-type move introduced in Generation III. It has been TM50 since Generation III.

Effect

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

Description

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Games Description
RSE Allows a full-power attack, but sharply lowers Sp.Atk.*
Enables full-power attack, but sharply lowers the Sp.Atk.*
FRLG An intense attack that also sharply reduces the user’s Sp. Atk stat.
The user attacks the foe at full power. The attack’s recoil sharply reduces the user’s Sp. Atk stat.
The user attacks the target at full power. The attack's recoil harshly reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
494 Victini Victini Psychic Fire     97 ''''
554 Darumaka Darumaka Fire Fire     42 ''''
555 Darmanitan Darmanitan Fire Fire     54 ''''
607 Litwick Litwick Ghost Fire     61 ''''
608 Lampent Lampent Ghost Fire     69 ''''
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By TM

# Pokémon Type Machine
I
[[|]]
II
[[|]]
III
TM50
IV
TM50
V
TM50
VI
TM08
004 Charmander Charmander Fire Fire
005 Charmeleon Charmeleon Fire Fire
006 Charizard Charizard Fire Flying
037 Vulpix Vulpix Fire Fire
038 Ninetales Ninetales Fire Fire
056 Mankey Mankey Fighting Fighting
057 Primeape Primeape Fighting Fighting
058 Growlithe Growlithe Fire Fire
059 Arcanine Arcanine Fire Fire
077 Ponyta Ponyta Fire Fire
078 Rapidash Rapidash Fire Fire
126 Magmar Magmar Fire Fire
136 Flareon Flareon Fire Fire
146 Moltres Moltres Fire Flying
151 Mew Mew Psychic Psychic
155 Cyndaquil Cyndaquil Fire Fire
156 Quilava Quilava Fire Fire
157 Typhlosion Typhlosion Fire Fire
209 Snubbull Snubbull Normal Normal
210 Granbull Granbull Normal Normal
218 Slugma Slugma Fire Fire
219 Magcargo Magcargo Fire Rock
228 Houndour Houndour Dark Fire
229 Houndoom Houndoom Dark Fire
240 Magby Magby Fire Fire
244 Entei Entei Fire Fire
250 Ho-Oh Ho-Oh Fire Flying
255 Torchic Torchic Fire Fire
256 Combusken Combusken Fire Fighting
257 Blaziken Blaziken Fire Fighting
294 Loudred Loudred Normal Normal
295 Exploud Exploud Normal Normal
310 Manectric Manectric Electric Electric
322 Numel Numel Fire Ground
323 Camerupt Camerupt Fire Ground
324 Torkoal Torkoal Fire Fire
338 Solrock Solrock Rock Psychic
383 Groudon Groudon Ground Ground
384 Rayquaza Rayquaza Dragon Flying
390 Chimchar Chimchar Fire Fire
391 Monferno Monferno Fire Fighting
392 Infernape Infernape Fire Fighting
467 Magmortar Magmortar Fire Fire
483 Dialga Dialga Steel Dragon
485 Heatran Heatran Fire Steel
493 Arceus Arceus Normal Normal
494 Victini Victini Psychic Fire
498 Tepig Tepig Fire Fire
499 Pignite Pignite Fire Fighting
500 Emboar Emboar Fire Fighting
513 Pansear Pansear Fire Fire
514 Simisear Simisear Fire Fire
523 Zebstrika Zebstrika Electric Electric
554 Darumaka Darumaka Fire Fire
555 Darmanitan Darmanitan Fire Fire
607 Litwick Litwick Ghost Fire
608 Lampent Lampent Ghost Fire
609 Chandelure Chandelure Ghost Fire
636 Larvesta Larvesta Bug Fire
637 Volcarona Volcarona Bug Fire
643 Reshiram Reshiram Dragon Fire
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0479 Rotom Rotom
Electric Ghost Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver
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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0479 Rotom Rotom
Electric Fire Black and White
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 Overheat.png
Rotom
Flannery Torkoal Overheat.png
Torkoal
May Blaziken Overheat.png
Blaziken
Flint Infernape Overheat.png
Infernape
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 Used In Notes
Torkoal Torkoal opens its mouth and its mouth glows white. Then it fires a white flame that has a red-orange flame spiraling around it at the opponent. The blast is most powerful when first used, and becomes weaker when used repeatedly. Sometimes when using the attack, the red spots on its shell light up, or its whole body will turn bright red.
Flannery's Torkoal Going, Going, Yawn Debut
Ash's Torkoal All Torkoal, No Play None
Blaziken Blaziken's body turns a faint red and it releases a white fire with a red-orange flame spiraling around it at the opponent. The blast is most powerful when first used, and becomes weaker when used repeatedly.
Rafe's Blaziken Destiny Deoxys None
May's Blaziken Once More with Reeling! None
Charizard Charizard's body turns red. It then releases a white fire with a red-orange flame spiraling around it from its mouth. The blast is most powerful when first used, and becomes weaker when used repeatedly.
Ash's Charizard The Symbol Life None
Combusken Combusken's body turns a shade of red and it releases a ball of white fire with a red-orange flame spiraling around it at the opponent. The blast is most powerful when first used, and becomes weaker when repeatedly.
May's Combusken Channeling the Battle Zone! None
Rotom Rotom opens the door on its body and releases a powerful red-orange flame from the inside of its body at the opponent. The blast is most powerful when first used, and becomes weaker when used repeatedly.
A wild Rotom Get Your Rotom Running! None
Infernape Infernape's body turns red and it releases a powerful orange-yellow fire with an orange flame spiraling around it from its mouth at the opponent. The blast is most powerful when first used, and becomes weaker when used repeatedly.
Flint's Infernape Four Roads Diverged in a Pokémon Port! None
Entei Entei opens its mouth and forms a ball of white fire with a red-orange stream of fire spiraling around it. It then fires a stream of white fire with red-orange fire around it from the orb at the opponent. As the attack gets weaker, the white fire turns into yellow.
Entei (M13) Zoroark: Master of Illusions None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga


In other generations

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 過熱 Guòrè*
重擊 Zhòngjī*
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Oververhitting
Finland Flag.png Finnish Ylikuumennus
France Flag.png French Surchauffe
Germany Flag.png German Hitzekoller
Greece Flag.png Greek Υπερθέρμανση
Indonesia Flag.png Indonesian Overheat
Italy Flag.png Italian Vampata
South Korea Flag.png Korean 오버히트 Overheat
Norway Flag.png Norwegian Overoppheting
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Super Aquecimento
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Onda de Calor
Super Aquecimento (anime)
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Pregrevanje
Spanish CELAC Flag.png Latin America Supercalor (Advanced Generation series)
Sofoco (Destiny Deoxys and DP Sinnoh League Victors - present)
Spain Flag.png Spain Sofoco


Variations of the move Overheat
SpecialIC HOME.png OverheatDraco MeteorLeaf StormFleur Cannon
Formerly a variation
SpecialIC HOME.png Psycho Boost


Generation III TMs
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26272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950
Generation III HMs
0102030405060708RSE
Generation IV TMs
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2425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
4748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869
7071727374757677787980818283848586878889909192
Generation IV HMs
01020304 • 05 (DPPtHGSS) • 060708
Generation V TMs
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20212223242526272829303132333435363738
39404142434445464748495051525354555657
58596061626364656667686970717273747576
77787980818283848586878889909192939495
Generation V HMs
010203040506
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