Competitive Information for Melmetal (gmax) [Sword/Shield]
Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Melmetal-gmax? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Melmetal is pretty popular Steel-typed Pokemon. It's common to see Melmetal show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Melmetal is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Double Iron Bash / Steel Roller
- Superpower
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Thunder Punch
Physical Sweeper Melmetal-Gmax (Iron Fist)
Melmetal is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Melmetal's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Iron Fist, Melmetal's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. Sucker punch is not boosted. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Melmetal's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Steel Roller is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Steel-type move (fails if there is no terrain active. Ends the terrain).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Melmetal's attack and defense by 1 stage).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
◆ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Melmetal-gmax? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Band
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Double Iron Bash / Steel Roller
- Earthquake / High Horsepower
- Rock Slide
- Superpower
Doubles Physical Sweeper Melmetal-Gmax (Iron Fist)
Melmetal is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Choice Band will increase the damage of Melmetal's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Iron Fist, Melmetal's punch-based attacks have 1.2x power. Sucker punch is not boosted. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Melmetal's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Steel Roller is a physical STAB-boosted 130-base power Steel-type move (fails if there is no terrain active. Ends the terrain).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Melmetal's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Melmetal-gmax 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 Melmetal-gmax can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Melmetal-gmax
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Moves: Body Press + Acid Armor
- Moves: Body Press + Harden
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Ability: Iron fist + Item: Punching glove
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Ice Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Mega Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Thunder Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Dynamic Punch
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Ability: Iron Fist + Punching Move: Double Iron Bash
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Melmetal-gmax's stats
- Acid Armor
- Harden
- Iron Defense
Most notable and possible best moves for Melmetal-gmax
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Melmetal-gmax in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Melmetal-gmax's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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