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Melmetal (Pokémon GO)

Melmetal Pokemon GO

Melmetal

#809 (Alola)

Best moveset for Melmetal

The best moves for Melmetal are Thunder Shock and Hyper Beam when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS and is also the best moveset for PVP battles.

Offense

  Thunder Shock 8.3 dps
  Hyper Beam 39.5 dps

Defense

  Thunder Shock 8.3 dps
  Thunderbolt 32 dps

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Pokémon type

Steel
Vulnerable to…
Fighting deals 160% damage.
Ground deals 160% damage.
Fire deals 160% damage.
Resistant to…
Normal deals 63% damage.
Flying deals 63% damage.
Rock deals 63% damage.
Bug deals 63% damage.
Steel deals 63% damage.
Grass deals 63% damage.
Psychic deals 63% damage.
Ice deals 63% damage.
Dragon deals 63% damage.
Fairy deals 63% damage.
Poison deals 39% damage.

Evolution

There are currently a total of 2 Pokémon in the Meltan family. Melmetal evolves from Meltan which costs 400 Candy.

Standard game images

Melmetal - Male & Female

There is a very low chance that you can get a shiny Melmetal, which has the following appearance:

Summary

Melmetal is a mythical Steel Pokémon which evolves from Meltan. It is vulnerable to Fighting, Ground and Fire moves. Melmetal's strongest moveset is Thunder Shock & Hyper Beam and it has a Max CP of 3,599.

About

"Revered long ago for its capacity to create iron from nothing, for some reason it has come back to life after 3,000 years."

Best moveset for Melmetal

The best moves for Melmetal are Thunder Shock and Hyper Beam when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS and is also the best moveset for PVP battles.

Offense

  Thunder Shock 8.3 dps
  Hyper Beam 39.5 dps

Defense

  Thunder Shock 8.3 dps
  Thunderbolt 32 dps

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What counters Melmetal?

Melmetal is a Steel type Pokémon, which makes it weak against Fighting, Ground and Fire moves.

The 5 strongest Pokémon you can use to beat Melmetal are:

  • Reshiram,
  • Terrakion,
  • Pheromosa,
  • Lucario,
  • Chandelure.
Pokémon Quick move Main move Effective damage
Reshiram   Fire Fang   Fusion Flare 100%
Terrakion   Double Kick   Sacred Sword 94%
Reshiram   Fire Fang   Overheat 93%
Pheromosa   Low Kick   Focus Blast 93%
Lucario   Counter   Aura Sphere 90%
Chandelure   Fire Spin   Overheat 89%
Darmanitan (Standard)   Fire Fang   Overheat 89%
Chandelure   Incinerate   Overheat 89%
Volcarona   Fire Spin   Overheat 88%
Pheromosa   Low Kick   Close Combat 87%

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These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Most vulnerable to Melmetal

These are the Pokémon most vulnerable to the above moveset.
Pokémon Effective damage

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