Heliolisk
This species appears on the Regulation Set M-C eligible list. Check the exact form, moves and held item in-game.
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Base stats
Abilities
Causes 1/8 max HP in damage each turn during strong sunlight, but heals for 1/8 max HP during rain. Increases damage from Fire moves to 1.25×, but absorbs Water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.
Increases evasion to 1.25× during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.
Increases Special Attack to 1.5× but costs 1/8 max HP after each turn during strong sunlight.
Competitive usage
Showdown ladder · Sep 2026
Moves
- Hyper Voice13.9%
- Protect12.8%
- Thunderbolt12.7%
- Weather Ball10.6%
- Volt Switch9.0%
- Thunder5.5%
- Shed Tail4.3%
- Ally Switch3.7%
- Rising Voltage3.6%
- Electroweb3.5%
Items
- Life Orb27.6%
- Choice Scarf27.0%
- Focus Sash21.1%
- Magnet9.4%
- Iron Ball4.7%
- Sitrus Berry3.3%
- Bright Powder2.9%
- Leftovers1.2%
Abilities
- Dry Skin61.1%
- Solar Power34.6%
- Sand Veil4.3%
Natures
- Timid76.9%
- Modest17.0%
- Quiet4.6%
- Bold0.8%
- Hasty0.3%
Common teammates
- Pelipper8.7%
- Golisopod-Mega6.2%
- Farigiraf5.6%
- Sneasler4.4%
- Archaludon4.3%
- Torkoal3.8%
- Basculegion3.5%
- Incineroar2.8%
Stat-Point spreads
- Timid · 2/0/0/32/0/32 SP69.1%
- Modest · 2/0/0/32/0/32 SP9.7%
- Quiet · 32/0/0/32/2/0 SP4.6%
- Modest · 7/0/0/32/0/27 SP1.9%
- Modest · 0/0/0/32/2/32 SP1.5%
- Timid · 11/0/0/31/0/24 SP1.3%
Ladder spreads in Champions Stat Points (stat order HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe) — the ladder's Champions formats use SP natively.
Source: Smogon / Pokémon Showdown usage statistics (Champions ladder) · Showdown ladder · Sep 2026. About these stats
Notable moves
Hard-hitting attacks, one per type, from 83 indexed learnset moves. This list is not an M-C legality check.