What is a good competitive moveset for Metang? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Metang is an extraordinary Steel and Psychic-typed Pokemon. Metang is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Metang's only type-related weaknesses are Fire and Ground.
Species: Metang Item: Razor Fang / Life Orb Ability: Clear Body Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Moveset: - Iron Head - Ice Punch / Double-Edge - Zen Headbutt - Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Metang (Clear Body)
Metang is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Metang's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Metang's stat stages. Ice Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil). ♦ Zen Headbutt is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Psychic-type move (20% chance to flinch the target). ♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Metang? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Species: Metang Item: Razor Fang / Life Orb Ability: Clear Body Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 252 Hp / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Moveset: - Earthquake - Rock Slide - Ice Punch / Double-Edge - Iron Head
Doubles Physical Sweeper Metang (Clear Body)
Metang is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Metang's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Clear Body, prevents other pokemon from lowering Metang's stat stages. Ice Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil). ♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Metang learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation. Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Metang can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Metang
Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Swagger + Psych up
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Bullet Punch
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Metang's stats
Agility
Defense Curl
Iron Defense
Metal Claw
Meteor Mash
Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Metang
Earthquake
Light Screen
Protect
Reflect
Rest
Stealth Rock
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Metang in Diamond and Pearl
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