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Melmetal

Hex Nut Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Melmetal

Melmetal (shiny)

Height: 2.5 m
Weight: 800.0 kg

Alternate forms (2)

Melmetal Gmax Melmetal

Training & breeding details

GenderGenderless

Catch rate3(1.6%)Very hard

Base friendship0None

Hatch time120 cycles · ~30,855 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP270

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

In Pokémon GO · 3599 max CP 3 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

HP

135

Attack

143

Defense

143

Sp. Atk

80

Sp. Def

65

Speed

34

Total

600

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Strengthens punch-based moves to 1.2× their power.

Egg groups: Undiscovered

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Rock½×

Bug½×

Ice½×

Immune to

Competitive movesets

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Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Choice Band

National Dex Ubers

Moves

Item

Choice Band

NatureBrave+Atk/−Spe

TeraSteel

EV spread

HP56

Atk▲248

Def16

SpD188

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Evolution

Meltan

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Melmetal

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Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Melmetal can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Steel RollerSTAB

Flash CannonSTAB

Moves

Find a move15 of 15

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Thunder Punch Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Electric	Physical	75	100	15
1	Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
1	Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
1	Tail Whip Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Thunder Shock Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Electric	Special	40	100	30
24	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	Electric	Status	—	90	20
32	Acid Armor Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.	Poison	Status	—	—	20
40	Flash Cannon Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Steel	Special	80	100	10
48	Mega Punch Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	80	85	20
56	Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
64	Discharge Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Electric	Special	80	100	15
72	Dynamic Punch Has a chance to confuse the target.	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5
80	Superpower Lowers the user’s Attack and Defense by one stage after inflicting damage.	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
88	Double Iron Bash Hits twice in one turn.	Steel	Physical	60	100	5
96	Hyper Beam User foregoes its next turn to recharge.	Normal	Special	150	90	5

Sprites & renders

10 sprites & renders for Melmetal.

Official artwork

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Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Black · White

Menu Icons

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Menu Icons

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Cite this page

“Melmetal”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/melmetal.

Species data from PokéAPI.