Competitive Information for Meltan [Sword/Shield]
Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Meltan? 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.
Meltan is popular Steel-typed Pokemon. It's usual to find yourself dealing with Meltan when battling in the 8th generation meta. Meltan is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 Atk / 136 SpD
Moveset:
- Headbutt / Facade
- Gyro Ball
- Acid Armor
- Thunder Wave
Physical Sweeper Meltan (Magnet Pull)
Meltan is a legendary Physical Sweeper for single battles. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Silk Scarf equipped to it, Meltan's normal-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Meltan is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Gyro Ball is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Meltan than 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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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 SpA / 136 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Steel Beam / Flash Cannon
- Thunderbolt / Thunder Shock
- Round / Snore
- Acid Armor
Special Sweeper Meltan (Magnet Pull)
Meltan is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and increases Meltan's special attack stat by 2 stages. 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.
◆ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ 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).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Meltan must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Acid Armor is a status move (raises your Meltan's defense by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Meltan? 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: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 Atk / 136 SpD
Moveset:
- Headbutt / Facade
- Gyro Ball
- Acid Armor
- Thunder Wave
Doubles Physical Sweeper Meltan (Magnet Pull)
Meltan is a legendary Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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. Facade's damage doubles when the user has a status affliction. With a Silk Scarf equipped to it, Meltan's normal-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ Facade is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if Meltan is burn/poison/paralyzed).
◆ Gyro Ball is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Steel-type move (more power the slower your Meltan than 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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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 120 Hp / 252 SpA / 136 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Steel Beam / Flash Cannon
- Thunderbolt / Thunder Shock
- Round / Snore
- Acid Armor
Doubles Special Sweeper Meltan (Magnet Pull)
Meltan is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and increases Meltan's special attack stat by 2 stages. 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.
◆ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ 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).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Meltan must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Acid Armor is a status move (raises your Meltan's defense by 2 stages).
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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 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 Meltan
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Meltan's stats
- Acid Armor
- Harden
- Iron Defense
Most notable and possible best moves for Meltan
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Meltan in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Meltan's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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