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Melmetal's Type

STEEL

Melmetal's Pokédex #s

National #: 809

Melmetal's Base Stats

HP:: 135

Attack:: 143

Defense:: 143

Sp. Atk:: 80

Sp. Def:: 65

Speed:: 34

Total:: 600

Misc. Info

Height:: 8'2" (2.5m)

Weight:: 1763.7 lbs. (800 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Undiscovered

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,250,000

EV Yield:: 3 Attack

Catch Rate:: 3

Melmetal's Abilities

Here is what ability Melmetal has, along with its effect.

Iron Fist: Raises the power of Melmetal's punching moves by 20%.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Melmetal's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: FIRE

FIGHTING

GROUND

½: NORMAL

GRASS

ICE

FLYING

PSYCHIC

BUG

ROCK

DRAGON

STEEL

FAIRY

immune: POISON

Melmetal's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Melmetal evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Meltan: starting form

Melmetal: Pokémon GO only (400 Meltan Candy)

Melmetal's Alternate Forms

Cosmetic Forms

Gigantamax Melmetal

Gigantamax

Melmetal's Moves in Sword & Shield

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Melmetal can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Melmetal learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
Evo.	Thunder Punch Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	75	100%	15	One Target
1	Thunder Punch Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	75	100%	15	One Target
1	Thunder Shock Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	40	100%	30	One Target
1	Harden Raises Melmetal's Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
1	Tail Whip Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
1	Headbutt Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	NORMAL	70	100%	15	One Target
24	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
32	Acid Armor Raises Melmetal's Defense by two stages.	POISON	--	--	20	User
40	Flash Cannon 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	STEEL	80	100%	10	One Target
48	Mega Punch Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	85%	20	One Target
56	Protect Protects Melmetal from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
64	Discharge Has a 30% chance to paralyze all nearby Pokémon.	ELECTRIC	80	100%	15	All But Self
72	Dynamic Punch Has a 100% chance of confusing the target.	FIGHTING	100	50%	5	One Target
80	Superpower Lowers Melmetal's Attack and Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	120	100%	5	One Target
88	Double Iron Bash Hits the target two times in a row.	STEEL	60	100%	5	One Target
96	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Melmetal can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM00	Mega Punch Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	85%	20	One Target
TM01	Mega Kick Damages the target.	NORMAL	120	75%	5	One Target
TM04	Ice Punch Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	75	100%	15	One Target
TM05	Thunder Punch Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	75	100%	15	One Target
TM08	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM09	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM11	Solar Beam Charges for a turn, attacks on the second turn. No charge time in the sun; half damage in the rain.	GRASS	120	100%	10	One Target
TM14	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
TM20	Self-Destruct Melmetal is knocked out after using Self-Destruct.	NORMAL	200	100%	5	All But Self
TM21	Rest Melmetal restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM22	Rock Slide Has a 30% chance of causing all nearby enemies to flinch.	ROCK	75	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Melmetal from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Melmetal is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM43	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM48	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM90	Electric Terrain Activates Electric Terrain for 5 turns, which prevents non-airborne Pokémon from falling asleep and powers up Electric-type moves by 50%.	ELECTRIC	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM97	Brutal Swing Damages all nearby Pokémon.	DARK	60	100%	20	All But Self

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Melmetal can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area and other locations.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR01	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
TR05	Ice Beam Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	90	100%	10	One Target
TR08	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TR09	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
TR10	Earthquake Does double damage against targets using Dig.	GROUND	100	100%	10	All But Self
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Melmetal's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Melmetal's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR39	Superpower Lowers Melmetal's Attack and Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	120	100%	5	One Target
TR46	Iron Defense Raises Melmetal's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
TR52	Gyro Ball Does more damage based on how much lower Melmetal's Speed is compared to the target's.	STEEL	varies	100%	5	One Target
TR70	Flash Cannon 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	STEEL	80	100%	10	One Target
TR74	Iron Head Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	STEEL	80	100%	15	One Target
TR79	Heavy Slam Power ranges from 40–120 based on Melmetal's weight vs. the target's weight.	STEEL	varies	100%	10	One Target
TR93	Darkest Lariat Ignores any stat modifiers on the target.	DARK	85	100%	10	One Target
TR94	High Horsepower Damages the target.	GROUND	95	95%	10	One Target
TR99	Body Press Does more damage based on how high Melmetal's Defense stat is.	FIGHTING	80	100%	10	One Target

Move Tutor Moves

Here are all of the moves that Melmetal can learn from Move Tutors. Most of these require the Expansion Pass and can be found in the Isle of Armor's Dojo, costing some Armorite Ore to teach. However, there are a few moves that can be taught aside from this.

	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target	Info
TUTOR	Steel Roller Steel Roller fails if used while there is no Terrain in effect. After doing damage, any active Terrain effect is removed.	STEEL		130	100%	5	One Target

Melmetal's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Melmetal's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Melmetal's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Melmetal is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	380	411	443	474	135
Attack	291	322	354	385	143
Defense	291	322	354	385	143
Sp. Atk	165	196	228	259	80
Sp. Def	135	166	198	229	65
Speed	73	104	136	167	34
Total					600

Where to Find Melmetal in Sword & Shield

If you're looking for where to find Melmetal, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Melmetal in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Special Ways to Get Melmetal

A special Gigantamax-capable Melmetal is given as a gift in Pokémon HOME for the first time a Pokémon is transferred to HOME from Pokémon GO. Can then be transferred to Pokémon Sword and Shield from Pokémon HOME.

Getting Melmetal By Evolution

Evolves from Meltan only in Pokémon GO, requiring 400 Meltan Candy in order to evolve it there.

Pokédex Entries for Melmetal

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Normal

Sword

At the end of its life-span, Melmetal will rust and fall apart. The small shards left behind will eventually be reborn as Meltan.

Shield

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

Gigantamax

Sword

In a distant land, there are legends about a cyclopean giant. In fact, the giant was a Melmetal that was flooded with Gigantamax energy.

Shield

It can send electric beams streaking out from the hole in its belly. The beams' tremendous energy can vaporize an opponent in one shot.