Fire Charged move

Heat Wave

Raid and GO Battle League stats for Heat Wave, plus every Pokemon that can learn it.

Power

PvE base damage

Energy

−100

Cost per use

Duration

3.0s

Animation time

DPS

31.7

Damage per second

Raid & Gym stats (PvE)

Power: 95
Energy: −100
Duration: 3.0s
DPS: 31.7 dmg/s
DPE: 0.95 dmg/energy
Damage window start: 1.70s
Damage window end: 2.80s

GO Battle League stats (PvP)

Power: 75
Energy: −45
Turns: 1 (instant)
DPE: 1.67 dmg/energy

Editor's notes

Heat Wave is best judged by its GO Battle League profile. In PvP it deals 1.67 damage per energy.

Hits for 95 base power and costs 100 energy.

Toni Ramón

Founder & lead editor

What these stats mean

Power, energy, duration, DPS and the PvP numbers

Power: Base damage each use deals before type and stat multipliers.
Energy: Energy the move costs to fire.
Duration: Animation time. You cannot dodge or attack during it.
DPS: Damage per second — power × 1000 / duration.
PvP stats: GO Battle League runs on 0.5s turns with its own power and energy values, so they differ from the raid numbers.

Top Pokemon with Heat Wave

Released Pokemon that learn this move, ranked by base attack. Max CP is at level 50 with 15/15/15 IVs.

#	Pokemon	Max CP	ATK	DEF	STA
1	Zapdos ElectricFlying	3,987	253	185	207
2	Moltres FireFlying	3,918	251	181	207
3	FlareonElite TM Fire	3,425	246	179	163
4	Ceruledge FireGhost	3,586	239	189	181
5	Emboar FireFighting	3,372	235	127	242
6	Armarouge FirePsychic	3,629	234	185	198
7	Staraptor NormalFlying	3,195	234	140	198
8	Braviary NormalFlying	3,492	232	152	225
9	Unfezant NormalFlying	3,092	226	146	190
10	Centiskorch FireBug	3,381	220	158	225
11	Rapidash Fire	2,782	207	162	163
12	Noivern FlyingDragon	3,125	205	175	198
13	Chatot NormalFlying	2,025	183	91	183
14	Ninetales Fire	2,578	169	190	177
15	Lampent GhostFire	1,931	169	115	155
16	Pidgeot NormalFlying	2,408	166	154	195
17	Fletchinder FireFlying	1,661	145	110	158
18	Tranquill NormalFlying	1,631	144	107	158
19	Staravia NormalFlying	1,469	142	94	146
20	Magcargo FireRock	1,924	139	191	137
21	Togetic FairyFlying	1,932	139	181	146
22	Numel FireGround	1,196	119	79	155
23	Sizzlipede FireBug	1,186	118	90	137
24	Litwick GhostFire	1,138	108	98	137
25	Pidove NormalFlying	959	98	80	137
26	Fletchling NormalFlying	905	95	80	128
27	Charcadet Fire	828	92	74	120
28	Noibat FlyingDragon	754	83	73	120

FAQ

Is Heat Wave a good move?

Heat Wave deals 95 base damage over 3.0 seconds, which works out at 31.7 DPS and 0.95 damage per energy spent. Compare it with the rest of the Fire moves to see where it ranks.

Which Pokemon learn Heat Wave?

The table above lists the 28 strongest by base attack, led by Zapdos, Moltres, Flareon.

Is Heat Wave better in PvE or PvP?

In raids and gyms the move has 95 power for 100 energy over 3.0s. In GO Battle League it uses 75 power for 45 energy. The two sets of numbers are independent, so read the PvE block for raids and the PvP block for GO Battle League.

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