Steel type

The  type (はがねタイプ Hagane taipu in Japanese) is one of the eighteen Pokémon elemental types.

It was introduced in Generation II, along with the type, to balance the other types. It was added to the typing of two Pokémon, Magnemite and Magneton, which were only -type.

Steel-type Pokémon stand out for having the best defense. They tend to be heavy and thus have low Speed. Steel-types are mainly inorganic in nature, some of them representing robots and machines.

Along with the and  types, Steel represents part of the Earth's minerals as types.

Famous Steel-type Pokémon Trainers include Jasmine, the sixth Johto Gym Leader; Steven Stone, the Hoenn Champion; Byron, the sixth Gym Leader of Sinnoh; and Wikstrom, a member of the Kalos Pokémon League. Also, Colress, who is part of the new Team Plasma, uses Pokémon of this type as well.

Steel-type moves

 * There are 19 Steel-type moves.
 * In Generation II, 3 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation III, 4 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation IV, 7 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation V, 4 moves were introduced.
 * In Generation VI, 1 move has been introduced.
 * No moves were introduced in Generation I.
 * In battles: Physical moves stand out.
 * 11 moves are of the Physical type.gif type.
 * 3 moves are of the Special type.gif type.
 * 5 moves are of the Other type.gif type.
 * In contests: Cool moves stand out.
 * 8 moves are of the [[File:Cool type.png]] type.
 * 4 moves are of the [[File:Beautiful type.png]] type.
 * 4 moves are of the [[File:Tough type.png]] type.
 * 3 moves are of the [[File:Clever type.png]] type.
 * There are no moves of the [[File:Cute type.png]] type.

Effectiveness of Steel-type moves
Super effective against Pokémon of the types:, and.

Not very effective against Pokémon of the types:, , and.

Weaknesses and resistances of the Steel type
A type chart displaying the weaknesses and resistances of a Pokémon when damaged by a move. Empty fields are moves that do normal damage.

Steel-type Pokémon
42 Pokémon are Steel type. (5.85% of all Pokémon)

Pure Steel-type Pokémon
4 Pokémon are pure Steel type. (11.90% of the Steel-type Pokémon)

Primary Steel-type Pokémon
18 Pokémon are primary Steel type. (42.86% of the Steel-type Pokémon)

Secondary Steel-type Pokémon
20 Pokémon are secondary Steel type. (47.62% of the Steel-type Pokémon)