Heat Wave move usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Heat Wave (Fire · Special) — competitive usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Base power, accuracy, PP, top users per format, monthly trends. Refreshed live from Pokémon Showdown's chaos JSON dump.
Heat Wave
- Power
- 95
- Accuracy
- 90%
- PP
- 10
Exhales a hot breath on the foe. May inflict a burn.
- SV National Dex Doubles106 mon
- SV Anything Goes81 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS80 mon
- SV National Dex79 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers78 mon
- SV Ubers72 mon
- SV Doubles OU67 mon
- SV OU55 mon
- SV DOUBLESUU51 mon
- SV MIXANDMEGA46 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXAAA45 mon
- SV Monotype44 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXMONOTYPE42 mon
- SV UU33 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESAAA28 mon
- SV REVELATIONMONS26 mon
- SV Almost Any Ability25 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUU24 mon
- SV LC21 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUBERSUU19 mon
- SV RU19 mon
- SV CONVERGENCE18 mon
- SV PU13 mon
- SV Balanced Hackmons13 mon
- SV PARTNERSINCRIME12 mon
- SV NU12 mon
- SV SHAREDPOWER11 mon
- SV ZU10 mon
- SV CAP8 mon
- SV GODLYGIFT8 mon
- SV STABMONS6 mon
- SV UBERSUU6 mon
- SV SKETCHMONS1 mon
About Heat Wave across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Heat Wave : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Heat Wave sees competitive play, from the Smogon singles ladders to Doubles OU and the live VGC regulations. The format tabs above jump straight to any of them, while this view answers the bigger question first : which metagames Heat Wave actually matters in, and how heavily it is leaned on in each.
Open a format and you get the full breakdown : the Pokémon that run Heat Wave and how often, the moves, items and abilities it pairs with, the EV spreads and sets built around it, and a month-over-month usage trend. Because the meta never sits still, Heat Wave can be a staple in one format and a niche pick in another, so the per-format split is where the real story lives, not a single blended number.
Every figure is derived from Smogon's public monthly usage statistics, built from millions of rated Pokémon Showdown battles and refreshed as soon as a new snapshot lands, no editorial picks, no curation, just what high-rated players are running right now. The data is free, needs no account, and is also available through Pokékipe's public read API for analysts and team-builders.
FAQ · XY VGC2015
What's the most-used Pokémon in XY VGC2015?
Landorus-Therian leads XY VGC2015 with a 69.4% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Heatran (53.5%) and Thundurus (50.9%).
How many battles inform these XY VGC2015 stats?
3,556 rated battles played on Pokémon Showdown ladder at ELO 1760+ during July 2026. Aggregated monthly from Smogon's public chaos JSON dump.
Where does the XY VGC2015 data come from?
Pokémon Showdown's monthly ladder snapshot (chaos JSON), refreshed each month. For VGC formats, official tournament results are also surfaced when available via Pokémon Company's Pokedata feed.
When was the XY VGC2015 data last updated?
The XY VGC2015 usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.