What is a good competitive moveset for Melmetal? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Melmetal is an interesting Steel-typed Pokemon. Melmetal are common Pokemon to see in the SM metagame. Melmetal is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Species: Melmetal Item: Steelium Z / Life Orb Ability: Iron Fist / Iron Fist Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 SpD Moveset: - Double Iron Bash - Superpower / Brick Break - Earthquake - Ice Punch
Physical Sweeper Melmetal (Iron Fist)
Melmetal is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Melmetal's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Iron Fist, Melmetal's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.
♦ Double Iron Bash is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Steel-type move (hits twice. 30% chance to flinch). ♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Melmetal's attack and defense by 1 stage). ♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune). ♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Melmetal? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Species: Melmetal Item: Steelium Z / Life Orb Ability: Iron Fist / Iron Fist Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 SpD Moveset: - Double Iron Bash - Earthquake - Rock Slide - Superpower / Brick Break
Doubles Physical Sweeper Melmetal (Iron Fist)
Melmetal is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Melmetal's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Iron Fist, Melmetal's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. sucker punch is not boosted.
♦ Double Iron Bash is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Steel-type move (hits twice. 30% chance to flinch). ♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Melmetal's attack and defense by 1 stage). ♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Melmetal 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 Melmetal can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Melmetal
Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
Ability: Iron fist + Item: Punching glove
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Double Iron Bash
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