Heatmor
Anteater Pokémon
A flame serves as its tongue, melting through the hard shell of Durant so that Heatmor can devour their insides.
Details
Abilities
Makes the Pokémon eat any held Berry triggered by low HP below 1/2 its max HP.
Protects against Fire moves. Once one has been blocked, the Pokémon's own Fire moves inflict 1.5× damage until it leaves battle.
Prevents stats from being lowered by other Pokémon.
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Heatmor
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Heatmor can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lick Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 5 | Fury Swipes Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 18 | 80 | 15 |
| 6 | Odor Sleuth Forces the target to have no Evade, and allows it to be hit by Normal and Fighting moves even if it’s a Ghost. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 10 | Incinerate Destroys the target’s held berry. | Fire | Special | 60 | 100 | 15 |
| 15 | Bug Bite If target has a berry, inflicts double damage and uses the berry. | Bug | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 20 | Spit Up Power is 100 times the amount of energy Stockpiled. | Normal | Special | — | 100 | 10 |
| 20 | Stockpile Stores energy up to three times for use with Spit Up and Swallow. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 20 | Swallow Recovers 1/4 HP after one Stockpile, 1/2 HP after two Stockpiles, or full HP after three Stockpiles. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 25 | Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 26 | Snatch Steals the target’s move, if it’s self-targeted. | Dark | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 30 | Bind Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 20 |
| 31 | Flame Burst Deals splash damage to Pokémon next to the target. | Fire | Special | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 35 | Fire Lash Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage after inflicting damage. | Fire | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 40 | Hone Claws Raises the user’s Attack and accuracy by one stage. | Dark | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 45 | Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 50 | Fire Spin Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns. | Fire | Special | 35 | 85 | 15 |
| 50 | Flamethrower Has a chance to burn the target. | Fire | Special | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 55 | Inferno Has a chance to burn the target. | Fire | Special | 100 | 50 | 5 |
| 60 | Flare Blitz User takes 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. Has a chance to burn the target. | Fire | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
Breeding & egg moves
Heatmor can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
12 sprites & renders for Heatmor.






Across the games






More Fire-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Heatmor”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/heatmor.
Species data from PokéAPI.