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Melmetal

steelHex Nut Pokémon

Revered long ago for its capacity to create iron from nothing, for some reason it has come back to life after 3,000 years.

Height: 2.5 m
Weight: 800 kg
Generation: 7

Defensive matchups

Weaknesses

fire2×

fighting2×

ground2×

Resistances

normal0.5×

grass0.5×

ice0.5×

flying0.5×

psychic0.5×

bug0.5×

rock0.5×

dragon0.5×

steel0.5×

fairy0.5×

Immunities

poison0×

Based on typing; abilities and battle effects are not included.

Base Stats

Hp135

Attack143

Defense143

Sp. Atk80

Sp. Def65

Speed34

Total600

Abilities

Iron Fist

Training

Catch Rate	3 (1.2%)
Base Exp	270
Base Happiness	0
Growth Rate	Slow

Breeding

Egg Groups	No Eggs
Gender	Genderless
Egg Cycles	120 (30840 steps)

Compare evolutions and forms

Compare Melmetal with its evolution family and other forms of the same species. Parentheses show the difference from Melmetal.

Base stats and differences
Pokémon	HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed	Total
Melmetal	135	143	143	80	65	34	600
Melmetal Gmax	135 (0)	143 (0)	143 (0)	80 (0)	65 (0)	34 (0)	600 (0)

These are base stats, not in-battle values. Level, nature, IVs and EVs change the final stats. Forms are not available in every game; an alternate form is not necessarily an evolution.

Data: PokéAPI. Differences calculated from the records shown.

Pokédex Entries

lets go pikachu

Revered long ago for its capacity to create iron from nothing, for some reason it has come back to life after 3,000 years.

sword

At the end of its life-span, Melmetal will rust and fall apart. The small shards left behind will eventually be reborn as Meltan.

shield

Centrifugal force is behind the punches of Melmetal’s heavy hex-nut arms. Melmetal is said to deliver the strongest punches of all Pokémon.

Moves Learned

Game Version:

Moves learned by level up

Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Headbutt	normal	Physical	70	100%
1	Tail Whip	normal	Status	—	100%
1	Thunder Shock	electric	Special	40	100%
1	Harden	normal	Status	—	—
32	Acid Armor	poison	Status	—	—
64	Discharge	electric	Special	80	100%
72	Dynamic Punch	fighting	Physical	100	50%
88	Double Iron Bash	steel	Physical	60	100%

Moves learned by TM/HM

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Body Press	fighting	Physical	80	100%
Body Slam	normal	Physical	85	100%
Brick Break	fighting	Physical	75	100%
Brutal Swing	dark	Physical	60	100%
Darkest Lariat	dark	Physical	85	100%
Earthquake	ground	Physical	100	100%
Electric Terrain	electric	Status	—	—
Endure	normal	Status	—	—
Facade	normal	Physical	70	100%
Flash Cannon	steel	Special	80	100%
Giga Impact	normal	Physical	150	90%
Gyro Ball	steel	Physical	—	100%
Heavy Slam	steel	Physical	—	100%
High Horsepower	ground	Physical	95	95%
Hyper Beam	normal	Special	150	90%
Ice Beam	ice	Special	90	100%
Ice Punch	ice	Physical	75	100%
Iron Defense	steel	Status	—	—
Iron Head	steel	Physical	80	100%
Mega Kick	normal	Physical	120	75%
Mega Punch	normal	Physical	80	85%
Protect	normal	Status	—	—
Rest	psychic	Status	—	—
Rock Slide	rock	Physical	75	90%
Rock Tomb	rock	Physical	60	95%
Round	normal	Special	60	100%
Self Destruct	normal	Physical	200	100%
Sleep Talk	normal	Status	—	—
Snore	normal	Special	50	100%
Solar Beam	grass	Special	120	100%
Substitute	normal	Status	—	—
Superpower	fighting	Physical	120	100%
Thunder	electric	Special	110	70%
Thunder Punch	electric	Physical	75	100%
Thunder Wave	electric	Status	—	90%
Thunderbolt	electric	Special	90	100%