Melmetal

Movesets

Type Chart

Min/Max CP

How Shiny is Acquired

Evolution

Original
Shiny

Pokemon Ratings

PvE Attacker Rating 0 / 5

Great League PVP Rating See all 3.5 / 5

Ultra League PVP Rating See all 3.5 / 5

Master League PVP Rating See all 4 / 5

Pokemon Stats

Steel

Type

800.00 kg Weight

2.50 m Height

Pokemon Max CP

Level 50: 4,069

Level 40: 3,599

Level 25: 2,571 (Raid + Weather)

Level 20: 2,056 (Raid)

Level 15: 1,542 (Research Tasks)

ATK 226

DEF 190

STA 264

Pokemon Family

PVE Movesets Grades

Quick	Charge	ATK	DEF
Thunder Shock	Flash Cannon	B	X
Thunder Shock	Thunderbolt	A-	A-
Thunder Shock	Rock Slide	B-	C
Thunder Shock	Superpower	B-	B
Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash*	A	A

Show Suboptimal/Unranked Movesets

Quick	Charge	ATK	DEF
Thunder Shock	Hyper Beam	X	X

PVE Offensive Moves Explanation

Thunder Shock is Melmetal's only fast move.
Thunderbolt and Rock Slide pair well with Thunder Shock.
Double Iron Bash* is an excellent move, but Melmetal lacks the Attack stat and Fast Attack synergy to make good use of it.
Flash Cannon provides STAB damage but does poor damage.
Hyper Beam does little to help Melmetal.
Superpower doesn't have much use here.

PVE Defensive Moves Explanation

Thunderbolt is Melmetal's best option for neutral coverage against its counters.
Double Iron Bash* is a 3 bar move with a fairly early damage window and decent power, making it an excellent move on defense.
Superpower is decent as an alternative move, but is easily dodged.
Rock Slide is very likely going to be resisted by common Fighting-type attackers.
Flash Cannon and Hyper Beam are one-bar moves that are too slow to access.

PVE Overview

Melmetal has the unique honors of being the first Pokemon from the main series generation 8 to be featured in Go, the first legendary/mythic to debut outside of the main series, the first Mythic pokemon to actually evolve, and the first legendary/mythic that can be placed as a defender as a gym alongside its pre-evolution, Meltan. Despite all of these honors, just how does Melmetal stack up in the Pokemon Go metagame? Not very well. With Melmetal's pure Steel-typing and lack of a Steel-type fast move, paired with Thunderbolt or the awful Flash Cannon, make it a poor option for raids.

Double Iron Bash has finally been released, and it has excellent parameters. However, Melmetal's average ATK stat and access to only Thunder Shock as a fast attack diminishes its potential as a Steel attacker. It can work as a budget option for those without Metagross, but the performance difference between the two Steel titans is rather overwhelming.

PVP Movesets Grades

Quick	Charge	ATK
Thunder Shock	Rock Slide Superpower	A
Thunder Shock	Rock Slide Thunderbolt	B
Thunder Shock	Thunderbolt Superpower	B-
Thunder Shock	Double Iron Bash* Superpower	A

PvP Moveset Explanation

Thunder Shock + Rock Slide or Double Iron Bash* and Superpower

Thunder Shock is the one and only fast move available to Melmetal.

Rock Slide is Melmetal's primary move of choice. It's cheap, spammy, and has great offensive coverage. Double Iron Bash is an alternate option, providing STAB and even more spamminess at the expense of some coverage. Pair either move with Superpower for a big hit against other Steel-types.

Thunderbolt, Flash Cannon, and Hyper Beam are all outclassed by those moves, although Flash Cannon can be used to land a surprise, extremely heavy hit against Zacian. If you were to use Rock Slide/Thunderbolt, you should use Probopass instead. Flash Cannon and Hyper Beam just aren't that valuable.

PvP Rating Explanation

Great League: 3.5 / 5

Melmetal held an incredibly strong niche early in PvP. However, with the release of more and more powerful Steel-types, it has fallen out of favor. Still, though, the combination of Rock Slide and Superpower gives it solid coverage against relevant meta Pokémon. Other Pokémon can just do Melmetal better in open format.

Ultra League 3.5 / 5

Melmetal is better in Ultra League than Great League. It's a powerful Steel-type, often functioning like Budget Registeel. However, unlike Registeel, Melmetal can hit Pokémon like Charizard and Gyarados for Super Effective damage with Rock Slide.

Master League 4 / 5

Melmetal's Steel-typing and solid bulk allows it to be a stalwart backbone to many teams in the Master League. It primarily functions as an answer to Dialga, Lugia, and Togekiss. Melmetal is also no slouch offensively, having slightly higher ATK than Togekiss and Giratina-O, alongside extremely spammy charge moves that have great coverage combined. Although Melmetal may not exactly win some of these matchups, it can threaten Ho-Oh, Yveltal, Excadrill, Snorlax, and Zarude super effectively, allowing it to function as a check when combined with its spamminess. Melmetal's excellent bulk and numerous resistances grants it a lot of freedom when it comes to overcharging, and can easily store charge moves while switching out to search for better targets to unleash them on.

Melmetal's primary counters are Ground-types like Groudon and both formes of Landorus. It also struggles heavily against Giratina-O, who simply deals much more damage to it thanks to Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball being very powerful moves. Zacian is also a major threat as it threatens both Melmetal and the Dragon- or Dark-type Pokemon that Melmetal likes to partner with.

Fast Moves

Thunder Shock

More Info

Electric

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.51xDamage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	EPU	DPS	DPS w/STAB	True DPS
0.60	0.30	13.33		8.33	10.42

Charge Moves

100

Flash Cannon

1 Energy

More Info

Steel

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
2.70	0.90	0.00	1.00	37.04	46.30		37.04

Thunderbolt

2 Energy

More Info

Electric

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.51xDamage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
2.50	0.50	0.00	1.60	32.00	40.00		51.20

150

Hyper Beam

1 Energy

More Info

Normal

.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.51x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
3.80	0.30	0.00	1.50	39.47	49.34		59.21

Rock Slide

2 Energy

More Info

Rock

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
2.70	1.10	0.00	1.60	29.63	37.04		47.41

Superpower

2 Energy

More Info

Fighting

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.51x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
3.00	0.70	0.00	1.70	28.33	35.42		48.17

Elite Charge Moves

Double Iron Bash

3 Energy

More Info

Steel

1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
1.6x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
2.00	0.70	0.00	2.12	35.00	43.75		74.24

Secondary Charge Move Unlock Cost

Candy	100
Stardust	100,000

Other

Buddy Distance	20 km
Capture Rate	30.0 %

Pokemon Type Chart

Vulnerable

	160% damage
	160% damage
	160% damage

Resistant

	62.5% damage
	62.5% damage
	62.5% damage
	62.5% damage
	62.5% damage
	62.5% damage
	62.5% damage
	39.1% damage
	62.5% damage
	62.5% damage
	62.5% damage

Pokemon Min/Max CP Values

How to use: You need to know your Pokemon's exact level. To find exactly what level your Pokémon is, power up your Pokémon following this chart until you're certain of your level from Stardust cost changes.

A Pokémon's minimum level is 1.

Every time you power up, your Pokémon gains half a level.

Stardust	Level	Min CP	Max CP
200	1	44	50
200	1.5	92	105
200	2	140	159
200	2.5	187	213
400	3	235	268
400	3.5	283	322
400	4	330	376
400	4.5	378	431
600	5	426	485
600	5.5	474	539
600	6	521	594
600	6.5	569	648
800	7	617	702
800	7.5	664	757
800	8	712	811
800	8.5	760	865
1000	9	808	920
1000	9.5	855	974
1000	10	903	1028
1000	10.5	948	1080
1300	11	993	1131
1300	11.5	1038	1183
1300	12	1084	1234
1300	12.5	1129	1285
1600	13	1174	1337
1600	13.5	1219	1388
1600	14	1264	1440
1600	14.5	1309	1491
1900	15	1354	1542
1900	15.5	1400	1594
1900	16	1445	1645
1900	16.5	1490	1697
2200	17	1535	1748
2200	17.5	1580	1799
2200	18	1625	1851
2200	18.5	1670	1902
2500	19	1716	1954
2500	19.5	1761	2005
2500	20	1806	2056
2500	20.5	1851	2108
3000	21	1896	2159
3000	21.5	1941	2211
3000	22	1987	2262
3000	22.5	2032	2314
3500	23	2077	2365
3500	23.5	2122	2417
3500	24	2167	2468
3500	24.5	2212	2519
4000	25	2258	2571
4000	25.5	2303	2622
4000	26	2348	2674
4000	26.5	2393	2725
4500	27	2438	2777
4500	27.5	2484	2828
4500	28	2529	2880
4500	28.5	2574	2931
5000	29	2619	2982
5000	29.5	2664	3034
5000	30	2709	3085
5000	30.5	2732	3111
6000	31	2755	3137
6000	31.5	2777	3162
6000	32	2800	3188
6000	32.5	2822	3214
7000	33	2845	3239
7000	33.5	2867	3265
7000	34	2890	3291
7000	34.5	2913	3317
8000	35	2935	3342
8000	35.5	2958	3368
8000	36	2980	3394
8000	36.5	3003	3419
9000	37	3025	3445
9000	37.5	3048	3471
9000	38	3071	3497
9000	38.5	3093	3522
10000	39	3116	3548
10000	39.5	3138	3574
10000	40	3161	3599

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Melmetal

Table of Contents

Pokemon Ratings

Pokemon Stats

Pokemon Family

PVE Movesets Grades

PVE Offensive Moves Explanation

PVE Defensive Moves Explanation

PVE Overview

PVP Movesets Grades

PvP Moveset Explanation

Thunder Shock + Rock Slide or Double Iron Bash* and Superpower

PvP Rating Explanation

Great League: 3.5 / 5

Ultra League 3.5 / 5

Master League 4 / 5

Fast Moves

Charge Moves

Elite Charge Moves

Secondary Charge Move Unlock Cost

Other

Pokemon Type Chart

Vulnerable

Resistant

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