Melmetal

Melmetal has 600 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (143) and a Speed of 34. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 343, which makes it a bulky physical attacker. It is a legendary or mythical Pokémon, so it is rarely allowed in casual in-game teams.

Build a team with Melmetal

What Melmetal is weak to

Weak to: Fire, Fighting, Ground. Resists: Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Dragon, Steel, Fairy. Immune to: Poison (×0).

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Best teammates for Melmetal

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Melmetal: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

1. Gliscor GroundFlying

   Resists fighting, ground, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, grass super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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2. Camerupt FireGround

   Resists fire, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, grass super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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3. Tinkaton FairySteel

   Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire, ground.

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4. Klefki SteelFairy

   Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire, ground.

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5. Mawile SteelFairy

   Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire, ground.

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6. Kilowattrel ElectricFlying

   Resists fighting, ground, which your team is weak to. Hits water, grass, fighting super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Melmetal

1. Blaziken

   Fire and Fighting STAB hits Melmetal super effectively and it resists everything Melmetal can hit it with by type.

2. Infernape

   Fire and Fighting STAB hits Melmetal super effectively and it resists everything Melmetal can hit it with by type.

3. Emboar

   Fire and Fighting STAB hits Melmetal super effectively and it resists everything Melmetal can hit it with by type.

4. Camerupt

   Fire and Ground STAB hits Melmetal super effectively and it resists everything Melmetal can hit it with by type.

5. Great Tusk

   Ground and Fighting STAB hits Melmetal super effectively.

6. Blacephalon

   Fire STAB hits Melmetal super effectively and it resists everything Melmetal can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Melmetal

Melmetal is not in the regional Pokédex of any game we cover yet, so it only appears when you build with the latest type chart.