Meltan

Meltan (shiny)

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Meltan

Hex Nut Pokémon

They live as a group, but when the time comes, one strong Meltan will absorb all the others and evolve.

In Pokémon GO · 1068 max CP 5 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height0.2 m

Weight8.0 kg

GenderGenderless

Catch rate3(1.6%)Very hard

Base friendship0None

Hatch time120 cycles · ~30,855 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP135

Abilities

Prevents Steel opponents from fleeing or switching out.

Egg groups: Undiscovered

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

HP

46

Attack

65

Defense

65

Sp. Atk

55

Sp. Def

35

Speed

34

Total

300

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Rock½×

Bug½×

Ice½×

Immune to

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

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

Generation

Magnet Pull

ZU

Moves

Item

Leftovers

NatureBold+Def/−Atk

EV spread

HP252

Def▲252

SpD4

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Evolution

This Pokémon does not evolve.

Notable moves

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

Flash CannonSTAB

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
1	Thunder Shock Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Electric	Special	40	100	30
8	Tail Whip Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	30
16	Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
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

Sprites & renders

8 sprites & renders for Meltan.

Official artwork

Pokémon HOME

Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Black · White

Menu Icons

More Steel-type Pokémon

Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.

All Steel-type Pokémon

Community notes

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Cite this page

“Meltan”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/meltan.

Species data from PokéAPI.