Competitive Information for Meltan [Sun/Moon]
Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Meltan? 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.
Meltan is a wonderful Steel-typed Pokemon. It's frequent to find yourself dealing with Meltan when battling in the 7th generation meta. Meltan is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 Atk / 136 SpD
Moveset:
- Headbutt
- Acid Armor
- Thunder Wave
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Meltan (Magnet Pull)
Meltan is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Meltan from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Magnet Pull, prevents adjacent steel-type foes from choosing to switch.
♦ Acid Armor is a status move (raises your Meltan's defense by 2 stages).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Meltan this turn).
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Item: Steelium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 SpA / 136 SpD
Moveset:
- Flash Cannon
- Thunderbolt / Thunder Shock
- Acid Armor
- Thunder Wave
Special Sweeper Meltan (Magnet Pull)
Meltan is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Meltan's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magnet Pull, prevents adjacent steel-type foes from choosing to switch.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Thunder Shock is a special 40-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Acid Armor is a status move (raises your Meltan's defense by 2 stages).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Meltan? 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.
Item: Normalium Z / Focus Sash
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 Atk / 136 SpD
Moveset:
- Headbutt
- Acid Armor
- Thunder Wave
- Protect
Doubles Physical Sweeper Meltan (Magnet Pull)
Meltan is a legendary Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Meltan from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Magnet Pull, prevents adjacent steel-type foes from choosing to switch.
♦ Acid Armor is a status move (raises your Meltan's defense by 2 stages).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Meltan this turn).
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Item: Steelium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 SpA / 136 SpD
Moveset:
- Flash Cannon
- Thunderbolt / Thunder Shock
- Acid Armor
- Thunder Wave
Doubles Special Sweeper Meltan (Magnet Pull)
Meltan is a legendary Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Meltan's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magnet Pull, prevents adjacent steel-type foes from choosing to switch.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Thunder Shock is a special 40-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Acid Armor is a status move (raises your Meltan's defense by 2 stages).
♦ Thunder Wave is a status move (paralyzes the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Meltan 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.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Meltan 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 Meltan
- Moves with Priority: Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Meltan's stats
- Acid Armor
- Harden
Most notable and possible best moves for Meltan
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Meltan in Sun and Moon
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