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Melmetal, a Steel type Pokémon, official artwork

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Melmetal: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Melmetal is a bulky attacker, led by its Attack (143) and Defense (143), with a base stat total of 600.

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What is Melmetal weak to?

How much damage Melmetal takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFightingFireGround
0.5×ResistsBugDragonFairyFlyingGrassIceNormalPsychicRockSteel
0×Immune toPoison

Melmetal takes super-effective damage from Fighting, Fire, Ground. It resists Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Grass, Ice, Normal, Psychic, Rock, Steel and is immune to Poison.

Best moveset for Melmetal

Melmetal has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Self-DestructNormal200
  • Steel BeamSteel140
  • Solar BeamGrass120
  • SuperpowerFighting120

Best nature for Melmetal

Adamant. Melmetal is a physical attacker (143 Attack vs 80 Special Attack) that won't outspeed much anyway, so Adamant (+Attack, −Sp. Atk) gets the most damage.

Abilities

  • Iron FistThis Pokemon's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. Sucker Punch is not boosted.
Full learnset (47 moves; tap to expand)

Melmetal is not obtainable in Scarlet/Violet, so this is its National Dex movepool.

MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Self-DestructNormal200100%Physical
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Steel RollerSteel130100%Physical
Mega KickNormal12075%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
SuperpowerFighting120100%Physical
ThunderElectric11070%Special
Dynamic PunchFighting10050%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
Ice BeamIce90100%Special
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Darkest LariatDark85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
DischargeElectric80100%Special
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Mega PunchNormal8085%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Ice PunchIce75100%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
HeadbuttNormal70100%Physical
Brutal SwingDark60100%Physical
Double Iron BashSteel60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
RoundNormal60100%Special
SnoreNormal50100%Special
Thunder ShockElectric40100%Special
Gyro BallSteel?100%Physical
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
Acid ArmorPoison--Status
Electric TerrainElectric--Status
EndureNormal--Status
HardenNormal--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Tail WhipNormal-100%Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status
ToxicPoison-90%Status