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How powerful will meteor mash be?

-Niantic will troll us by making it as bad as psycho boost. Don't TM that exclusive move!
-Meh. A steel version of psychic. Wait, flash cannon is a steel version of psychic. And metagross learns both moves! Oh dear.
-Decent. On par with future sight
-Excellent. Will be the steel version of dynamic punch, shooting Metagross high up the DPS charts.
-Overpowered. Gonna be like blast burn.

I'm looking forward to this community day, hoping to catch a 100% shiny. Aren't we all?

Asked by harrytipper26 years 8 months ago
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Steel types is only effective against Ice, Rock, & none existent presence of fairly types. Even if it is the best steel type move ever created it will have limited use.

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With the current gym system, if Meteor Mash is as good as the starter-exclusive moves, Metagross would have better neutral DPS than Dragonite and ridiculously high TDO against Blissey.

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Newsflash, but most types are of limited use. Being the supreme counter to 3 types with a good enough move would certainly make Metagross meta-relevant.

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Best case scenario: it's the steel version of Frenzy Plant. Worst case scenario: it's the steel version of Psycho Boost. I'm honestly hoping it's a two-bar move (Metagross doesn't need any more one-bar moves) that at least outperforms Heavy Slam.

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hoping it's a two-bar move that at least outperforms Heavy Slam.

Seems like a reasonable possibility; no need to make it supremely powerful because stat-wise, Metagross is already a monster.

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Pretty sure a copy of Hydro Cannon is the best case scenario. But I agree 100% on hoping it's a 2-bar that outperforms HS.

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Best case senario- New gym defender with the CP rebalance and best counter for Xerneas and Tapu lele down the line

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Steel licks. Question answered.

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I expect whatever it ends up with will be enough to make him meta-relevant but only of occasional use. His stats are ridiculous, his typing is pretty cool, but they can't OP him too much because he resists 10 types, 2 of them double. I expect a steel Future Sight-level. Strong enough to be useful, but hampered by a single bar to compensate for how hard it will hit.

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There was this article, sizing up its performance in any case where Meteor Mash becomes better than Flash Cannon: https://pokemongo.gamepress.gg/october-2018-community-day-metagross-time-shine

My hundo is itching to be evolved and I have a healthy supply of Pinaps to burn through. An hour of trades after for lucky rolls and I hope to have at least a few of these monsters worth dusting once all is said and done.

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