Level 20To Metang

Level 45To Metagross

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#0376 · GENERATION 3

Metagross Build Guide

SteelPsychic

Bulky physical attacker with priority

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMLeftovers

ABILITYClear Body

NATUREAdamant

Meteor Mash

Zen Headbutt

Earthquake

Bullet Punch

How to play

Use its resistances to find a favorable entry, then attack or finish a weakened eligible target with Bullet Punch. Clear Body prevents many opponent-induced stat drops.

Watch out for

Key risk. Clear Body does not prevent all ways of lowering stats or direct damage. Fire, Ground, Ghost and Dark attacks are super effective. Meteor Mash and Zen Headbutt can miss.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

Use its resistances to find a favorable entry, then attack or finish a weakened eligible target with Bullet Punch. Clear Body prevents many opponent-induced stat drops.

You want a switch-in turn

Poison cannot touch Metagross and it resists thirteen types, but the four that hit for 2× are Dark, Fire, Ghost and Ground — Ghost and Dark are exactly why a Dark teammate belongs next to it.

A target is faster but hurt

Bullet Punch moves first and still does not guarantee a knockout, and Steel attacks are resisted by Fire, Water and Electric. Earthquake is the move for those three, and it hits Fire, Electric, Poison, Rock and Steel targets for 2×.

A Flying type walls your Ground move

Earthquake does nothing to a Flying target, so the coverage chain runs through Bullet Punch or Zen Headbutt instead. Both can miss, which is a reason to keep the Earthquake slot for grounded switch-ins.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Metagross in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Clear Body prevents opponent-induced stat drops, so Intimidate and similar effects do not blunt Metagross’s attacks. Bullet Punch is the priority that finishes an eligible weakened target, while Meteor Mash and Zen Headbutt can both miss.

Watch the tradeoff. Clear Body does not prevent all ways of lowering stats or direct damage. Fire, Ground, Ghost and Dark attacks are super effective. Meteor Mash and Zen Headbutt can miss.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Metagross or Scizor?

Scizor provides Technician-boosted Steel priority and U-turn, with a different defensive profile.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Metagross	Scizor
HP	80	70
Attack	135	130
Defense	130	100
Sp. Attack	95	55
Sp. Defense	90	80
Speed	70	65

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A Flying teammate covers Ground. A Dark partner resists Ghost and Dark; a Water teammate helps cover Fire attacks.

Gyarados

Immune to Ground and resists Fire, complementing Steel typing.

Read Gyarados guide →Compare teammates →

Umbreon

Resists Ghost and Dark and can provide Wish support.

Read Umbreon guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

Compare computed teammate suggestions →

Alternative: Scizor

Scizor provides Technician-boosted Steel priority and U-turn, with a different defensive profile.

Read Scizor guide →

Try Scizor →

Type matchups

Weak to

Fire2×Ground2×Ghost2×Dark2×

Resistances and immunities

Normal0.5×Grass0.5×Ice0.5×Poison0×Flying0.5×Psychic0.25×Rock0.5×Dragon0.5×Steel0.5×Fairy0.5×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP80

Attack135

Defense130

Sp. Attack95

Sp. Defense90

Speed70

Evolution chain

Beldum#374
Level 20
Metang#375
Level 45
Metagross#376

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

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Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

SLOT 01#376

Metagross

SteelPsychic

SLOT 02

SLOT 03

SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense92

Defense73

Coverage28

Synergy17

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Dark attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Fire attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Your own types can hit 5 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.
No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Metagross	Weak	Resist
Normal	½×	0	1
Fire	2×	1	0
Water	1×	0	0
Electric	1×	0	0
Grass	½×	0	1
Ice	½×	0	1
Fighting	1×	0	0
Poison	0×	0	1
Ground	2×	1	0
Flying	½×	0	1
Psychic	¼×	0	1
Bug	1×	0	0
Rock	½×	0	1
Ghost	2×	1	0
Dragon	½×	0	1
Dark	2×	1	0
Steel	½×	0	1
Fairy	½×	0	1

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

NormalNeutral

FireNeutral

WaterNeutral

ElectricNeutral

GrassNeutral

Ice✓ Super effective

Fighting✓ Super effective

Poison✓ Super effective

GroundNeutral

FlyingNeutral

PsychicNeutral

BugNeutral

Rock✓ Super effective

GhostNeutral

DragonNeutral

DarkNeutral

SteelResisted

Fairy✓ Super effective

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.