Metagross

Metagross has 600 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (135) and a Speed of 70. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 300, which makes it a bulky physical attacker.

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What Metagross is weak to

Weak to: Fire, Ground, Ghost, Dark. Resists: Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying, Psychic (×0.25), Rock, Dragon, Steel, Fairy. Immune to: Poison (×0).

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Best teammates for Metagross

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

1. Scizor BugSteel

   Hits grass, psychic, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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2. Escavalier BugSteel

   Hits grass, psychic, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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3. Durant BugSteel

   Hits grass, psychic, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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4. Forretress BugSteel

   Hits grass, psychic, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire.

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5. 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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6. Tinkaton FairySteel

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

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Counters to Metagross

1. Houndoom

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

2. Incineroar

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

3. Blacephalon

   Fire and Ghost STAB hits Metagross super effectively.

4. Chandelure

   Ghost and Fire STAB hits Metagross super effectively.

5. Ceruledge

   Fire and Ghost STAB hits Metagross super effectively.

6. Krookodile

   Ground and Dark STAB hits Metagross super effectively.

Where you can use Metagross

Metagross is in the regional Pokédex of 4 games we cover: