Move card

Overheat

Stats and effect
Fire Special
Power 130
Accuracy 90%
PP 5
Priority 0
Effect

Lowers the user’s Special Attack by two stages after inflicting damage.

Target: Selected target Introduced: Generation III (Hoenn) Effect chance: 100% Learned by 133 Pokémon
Changes between games

Some moves had different values in earlier games. Below you can see what changed and from which game the value you see now applies.

Changes to move values between game releases.
Game Prop­erty Before
X/Y Power 140
  • Power 130 now

Each row is one change in one game. The Property column says what changed, Before shows the value that applied before that game, and Now is the value today. In X/Y, “Power” was 140; it is now 130.

Machines that teach this move
  • TM50 Ruby/Sapphire, Colosseum, FireRed/LeafGreen, Emerald, XD: Gale of Darkness, Diamond/Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold/SoulSilver, Black/White, Black 2/White 2, X/Y, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Sun/Moon, Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, Legends: Z-A
  • TR43 Sword/Shield
  • TM157 Scarlet/Violet, Scarlet/Violet: The Indigo Disk

The same move has different numbers in different games — check the number for your version before going after the machine.

Pokémon that learn this move (133)

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The tiles cover all games at once. “From Lv.” is the level from the latest game in which that species learns this move by level-up — hover over the number to see which game. No number means it never learns the move by level-up.