Overheat (move)

Overheat (Japanese: オーバーヒート Overheat) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation III. It has been TM50 since Generation III.

Generation III
Overheat deals damage and lowers the user's by two stages. Overheat makes contact with the target in this generation.

Overheat can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra six appeal points if the move was used in the prior turn.

Generations IV and V
Overheat no longer makes contact with the target.

Generation VI onwards
Overheat's power was lowered from 140 to 130.

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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
Overheat damages all enemy Pokémon within one tile of the user and lowers the user's. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Overheat's description erroneously states that it lowers the user's instead of Special Attack. This error is not present in the TM description of Overheat.

Pokkén Tournament
Overheat appears as one of 's Pokémon moves. Chandelure glows red and charges up, gaining armor against a variety of attacks until it releases a fiery tornado. After the attack, Chandelure falls over and has its Attack and Speed lowered, referencing the Special Attack reduction of the original move. If used again with lowered stats, it deals significantly less damage, while when used in a positive state, it deals significantly more damage while also removing the buffs Chandelure had.

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Trivia

 * Overheat has the same descriptions as its former counterpart,.

In other languages
Hitzekoller Sofoco Surchauffe Vampata オーバーヒート 过热（招式）