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Melmetal
Hex Nut Pokémon
Centrifugal force is behind the punches of Melmetal’s heavy hex-nut arms. Melmetal is said to deliver the strongest punches of all Pokémon.
Details
Height2.5 m
Weight800.0 kg
GenderGenderless
Catch rate3
Base friendship0
Growth rateslow
Abilities
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
135
Attack
143
Defense
143
Sp. Atk
80
Sp. Def
65
Speed
34
Total
600
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Choice Band
- Item
- Choice Band
- Nature
- Brave
- EVs
- 56 HP / 248 Atk / 16 Def / 188 SpD
- Tera
- Steel
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Melmetal can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
8 sprites & renders for Melmetal.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Thunder Punch | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Headbutt | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Tail Whip | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Thunder Shock | Electric | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 24 | Thunder Wave | Electric | Status | — | 90 | 20 |
| 32 | Acid Armor | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 40 | Flash Cannon | Steel | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| 48 | Mega Punch | Normal | Physical | 80 | 85 | 20 |
| 56 | Protect | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 64 | Discharge | Electric | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 72 | Dynamic Punch | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 50 | 5 |
| 80 | Superpower | Fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 | 5 |
| 88 | Double Iron Bash | Steel | Physical | 60 | 100 | 5 |
| 96 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Special | 150 | 90 | 5 |