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steelix
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Steelix

Iron Snake Pokémon

SteelGround

It is thought its body transformed as a result of iron accumulating internally from swallowing soil.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 85
Defense 200
Sp. Atk 55
Sp. Def 65
Speed 30
Total 510

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Iron Snake Pokémon
Height 9.2 m
Weight 400.0 kg
Base Exp 179
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 25
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Cave
Egg Groups Mineral

Sprites

steelix Front Front
steelix Back Back
steelix Front Shiny Front Shiny
steelix Back Shiny Back Shiny
steelix Front ♀ Front ♀
steelix Back ♀ Back ♀
steelix Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
steelix Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
steelix Official Art Official Art
steelix Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 0.7%
Offensive Stealth Rock
Item
Steelixite
Ability
Sturdy
Nature
Brave
EVs
HP 252
Atk 208
SpD 48

Strategy Overview

Mega Steelix is a great tank that takes advantage of its great bulk, good typing, and high Attack to check prominent threats like Latias, Heal Bell Togekiss, and Mega Altaria. Coupled with access to Stealth Rock, these traits differentiate Mega Steelix from other Stealth Rock setters such as Nihilego and Hippowdon. Mega Steelix's Ground typing allows it to block Volt Switch, which gives it leverage over other Steel-types like Cobalion and Stakataka. That said, Mega Steelix still suffers from heavy competition with Mega Aggron, which has access to Filter and has more resistances. Furthermore, despite having eight resistances, Mega Steelix suffers from a weakness to common types including Fighting, Water, and Ground, which leaves it weak to other prominent threats, including Terrakion, Primarina, and Hippowdon. Mega Steelix's lack of reliable recovery also lessens its reliability, as it is forced to be paired with Wish support if it desires to reach its full potential as a wall. While Mega Steelix's low Speed increases Gyro Ball's damage output, it also leaves Mega Steelix outsped by the vast majority of the metagame, which means it'll have to take a hit before moving in most cases. Finally, despite its Ground typing, Mega Steelix struggles to reliably check common Electric-types like Mega Manectric and Rotom-H because they can hit it super effectively. Hence, other Ground-types like Hippowdon and Swampert outperform Mega Steelix in this role.

Most Used Moves

Toxic
54.5%
Gyro Ball
44.1%
Roar
43.7%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
98.4%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc