Overheat (move)

Overheat
オーバーヒート Overheat

Battles

Type	Fire
Category	Special
PP	5 (max. 8)
Power	130
Accuracy	90%
Priority	0
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range

Opponent	Opponent	Opponent
Self	Ally	Ally
Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation III
TM50 in Generation III TM50 in Generation IV TM50 in Generation V TM50 in Generation VI

Contests

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

Super Contests

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

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jamming	0
A very appealing move, but after using this move, the user is more easily startled.

On Smogon's Movedex:

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

Generation III

Overheat deals damage and lowers the user's Special Attack by two stages. Overheat makes contact with the opponent in this generation.

Generations IV and V

Overheat no longer makes contact with the opponent.

Generation VI

Overheat's power was lowered from 140 to 130.

Description

Games	Description
RS E	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.
ColoXD	Allows a full-power attack, but sharply lowers Sp.Atk.
DP Pt HGSS	The user attacks the foe at full power. The attack's recoil sharply reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.* The user attacks the foe at full power using fiery energy. It also sharply reduces the user's Sp. Atk.*
BW B2W2	The user attacks the target at full power. The attack's recoil harshly reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.
XY ORAS	The user attacks the target at full power. The attack's recoil harshly lowers the user's Sp. Atk stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
#	Pokémon		Type		I	II	III	IV		V	VI
494		Victini	Psychic	Fire					97		97
554		Darumaka	Fire		Fire					42		42
555		Darmanitan	Fire		Fire					54		54
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire					61		61
608		Lampent	Ghost	Fire					69		69
667		Litleo	Fire	Normal							50
668		Pyroar	Fire	Normal							57
721		Volcanion	Fire	Water							65
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
#	Pokémon		Type		I [[\|]]		II [[\|]]		III TM50	IV TM50		V TM50		VI TM50
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
005		Charmeleon	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
038		Ninetales	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
057		Primeape	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
059		Arcanine	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
077		Ponyta	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
078		Rapidash	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
126		Magmar	Fire		Fire				✔			✔		✔	✔
136		Flareon	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
155		Cyndaquil	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
156		Quilava	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
157		Typhlosion	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
209		Snubbull	Fairy		Fairy	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
210		Granbull	Fairy		Fairy	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
218		Slugma	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
240		Magby	Fire		Fire				✔			✔		✔	✔
244		Entei	Fire		Fire				✔			✔		✔	✔
250		Ho-Oh	Fire	Flying	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
255		Torchic	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
294		Loudred	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
310		Manectric	Electric		Electric				✔			✔		✔	✔
322		Numel	Fire	Ground	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
323		Camerupt	Fire	Ground	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
324		Torkoal	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
338		Solrock	Rock	Psychic	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔			✔		✔	✔
390		Chimchar	Fire		Fire				✔			✔		✔	✔
391		Monferno	Fire	Fighting				✔			✔		✔	✔
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting				✔			✔		✔	✔
467		Magmortar	Fire		Fire				✔			✔		✔	✔
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon				✔			✔		✔	✔
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel				✔			✔		✔	✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal				✔			✔		✔	✔
494		Victini	Psychic	Fire							✔		✔	✔
498		Tepig	Fire		Fire							✔		✔	✔
499		Pignite	Fire	Fighting							✔		✔	✔
500		Emboar	Fire	Fighting							✔		✔	✔
513		Pansear	Fire		Fire							✔		✔	✔
514		Simisear	Fire		Fire							✔		✔	✔
523		Zebstrika	Electric		Electric							✔		✔	✔
554		Darumaka	Fire		Fire							✔		✔	✔
555		Darmanitan	Fire		Fire							✔		✔	✔
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire							✔		✔	✔
608		Lampent	Ghost	Fire							✔		✔	✔
609		Chandelure	Ghost	Fire							✔		✔	✔
636		Larvesta	Bug	Fire							✔		✔	✔
637		Volcarona	Bug	Fire							✔		✔	✔
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire							✔		✔	✔
653		Fennekin	Fire		Fire									✔	✔
654		Braixen	Fire		Fire									✔	✔
655		Delphox	Fire	Psychic									✔	✔
661		Fletchling	Normal	Flying									✔	✔
662		Fletchinder	Fire	Flying									✔	✔
663		Talonflame	Fire	Flying									✔	✔
667		Litleo	Fire	Normal									✔	✔
668		Pyroar	Fire	Normal									✔	✔
721		Volcanion	Fire	Water									✔	✔
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.

Form change

Generation IV

#		Pokémon	Type		Obtained with
0479		Rotom	Electric	Ghost	Upon changing into this form
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	Electric	Fire	Upon changing into this form
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 VI

#		Pokémon	Type		Obtained with
0479		Rotom	Electric	Fire	Upon changing into this form
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 other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Overheat damages all enemy Pokémon within one tile of the user and lowers the user's Special Attack. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Overheat's description erroneously states that it lowers the user's Special Defense instead of Special Attack. This error is not present in the TM description of Overheat.

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	Damages all foes around the user, but also lowers the user's Special Defense by two levels and thaws frozen Pokémon.

Pokkén Tournament

Overheat appears as one of Chandelure's Pokémon moves. Chandelure glows red and charges up, gaining armor against a variety of attacks until it releases a fiery tornado. After the attack, Chandelure falls over and has its Attack and Speed lowered, referencing the Special Attack reduction of the original move. If used again with lowered stats, it deals significantly less damage, while when used in a positive state, it deals significantly more damage while also removing the buffs Chandelure had.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
Rotom Torkoal Blaziken 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.
User	First Used In	Notes
	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, regardless of whether the opponent dodges it or not. 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'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
A wild Blaziken	Heated Battle	None
	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'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 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
A wild Rotom	To Catch a Rotom!	None
	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 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
	Slugma release a large stream of swirling fire from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Slugma	Heated Battle	None
	Rapidash release a large stream of swirling fire from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Rapidash	Heated Battle	None
	Magmortar release a large stream of swirling fire from its "arm cannon" at the opponent.
A wild Magmortar	Heated Battle	None
	Heatran release a large stream of swirling fire from its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Heatran	Heated Battle	None
	Moltres fires a large swirling ball of fire at the opponent.
A wild Moltres	Heated Battle	None
	Pyroar's body glows red and then fire surrounds its body. Pyroar then unleashes a big steam of fire from its body at the opponent.
A wild Pyroar	A Fiery Rite of Passage!	None

In the manga

In the Ash and Pikachu manga

Pokémon	Method
Charizard
The user attacks with powerful flames.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Charizard shoots powerful flames from its mouth at the opponent.
Ash's Charizard	Off To The Battle Frontier!!	Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Pokémon	Method
Charizard Infernape Heat Rotom Rapidash
The user attacks with powerful flames.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Camerupt releases a blast of fire from its body at the opponent.
Maxie's Camerupt	The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon X	Debut
	Rapidash releases a spiraling white fire from the fire on its mane at the opponent.
Crystal's Rapidash	Just My Luck...Shuckle	None
	The flame at the end of Charizard's tail grows larger and it points it at the opponent. The opponent's body then becomes surrounded in a powerful flame, hurting it.
Tucker's Charizard	A Cheeky Charizard Change-Up I	None
	Infernape crouches down and its body becomes covered in flames. It then flies through the air and slams into the opponent.
Pearl's Chimler	Great Gible	None
	Rotom opens up the front of its body and releases multiple powerful streams of fire from inside it at the opponent.
Diamond's Rotom	Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost)	None

In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga

Pokémon	Method
Vulpix
The user attacks with a glowing body.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Vulpix's body glows, then runs to the opponent.
Enta's Vulpix	Battle Between Student and Master	Debut

In the Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master manga

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Pokémon	Method
Entei

User	First Chapter Used In	Notes

Ryū's Entei	ABM10	Debut

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Pokémon	Method
Infernape
The user attacks with powerful flames.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Infernape's body becomes covered in flames. It then flies through the air and slams into the opponent.
Mitsumi's Infernape	A New Battle Begins!	Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

Overheat has the same descriptions as its former Psychic-type counterpart, Psycho Boost.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		過熱 Guòrè* 重擊 Zhòngjī*
Dutch		Oververhitting
Finnish		Ylikuumennus
French		Surchauffe
German		Hitzekoller
Greek		Υπερθέρμανση
Indonesian		Overheat
Italian		Vampata
Korean		오버히트 Overheat
Norwegian		Overoppheting
Polish		Przegrzanie
Portuguese		Superaquecer Sobreaquecer
Serbian		Pregrevanje
Spanish	Latin America	Supercalor (AG056-AG191) Sofoco (M07 DP180)
Spanish	Spain	Sofoco

Variations of the move Overheat

Formerly a variation
	Overheat • Draco Meteor • Leaf Storm • Fleur Cannon
	Psycho Boost

Generation III TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
Generation III HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08^RSE

Generation IV TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92
Generation IV HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08

Generation V TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95
Generation V HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06

Generation VI TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 (XY • ORAS) • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100
Generation VI HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06^ORAS • 07^ORAS

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