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metagross
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Metagross

Iron Leg Pokémon

SteelPsychic

With four linked brains, it’s more intelligent than a supercomputer, and it uses calculations to analyze foes.

Base Stats

HP 80
Attack 135
Defense 130
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 90
Speed 70
Total 600

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

metang Metang Lv. 20
metagross Metagross Lv. 45

Moves

Details

Category Iron Leg Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 550.0 kg
Base Exp 270
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 3
Base Happiness 35
Gender Genderless
Habitat Rough Terrain
Egg Groups Mineral

Sprites

metagross Front Front
metagross Back Back
metagross Front Shiny Front Shiny
metagross Back Shiny Back Shiny
metagross Official Art Official Art
metagross Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

All-Out Attacker
Moves
Bullet Punch / Grass Knot / Ice Punch
Hammer Arm / Earthquake
Item
Metagrossite
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Rock Polish
Moves
Hammer Arm / Earthquake / Ice Punch
Item
Metagrossite
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Mega Metagross is one of the most fearsome threats in the CAP metagame. Its wonderful defensive typing gives it a massive nine resistances, including Fairy, as well as an immunity to Poison. Furthermore, its monstrous base 150 Defense and 110 Special Defense stats give it a major amount of bulk. Its offensive STAB combination is great, with Steel and Psychic working well together and threatening Fairy-types. In addition to this, Mega Metagross has a huge base 145 Attack stat and a good base 110 Speed stat. Its movepool perfectly complements its great power, and Tough Claws boosts the power of many of its moves. Mega Metagross can serve two roles on a team; it can be used as a strong wallbreaker or a speedy late-game sweeper. Either way, it can take down many powerful threats in the CAP metagame, such as Mega Altaria and Clefable, and it also can use its amazing movepool to deal with potential threats, such as Colossoil and Heatran. However, Mega Metagross is greatly hampered by four-moveslot syndrome, as it wants to fit all of its moves to take on all of its checks, but it simply cannot. For example, if Mega Metagross does not run Hammer Arm, Ferrothorn can severely wall it, and if Grass Knot is not there, then Mega Slowbro can also completely wall Mega Metagross.

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc