Melmetal

Template:PokéBoxPanelMelmetal (Japanese: メルメタル, Hepburn: Merumetaru) is a Steel-Type Mythical Pokémon and the evolved form of Meltan, and can only be obtained through the GO Park in Let's Go Pikachu! and Let's Go Eevee!. It can also Gigantamax into Gigantamax Melmetal.

Biology

Physiology

Although it retains the same gold hex nut, red cable-like tail, and metallic silver liquid body of its pre-evolved form, Melmetal has a muscular build, in addition of having another gold hex nut for a neck or look like a mask, and black hex nuts on its chest, and each two hands, shoulders, elbows and feet respectively.

As Gigantamax Melemtal, it has become a large cyclopean giant. The The dark grey hexagonal nuts are now embedded as fives fingers for its hands, two for the feet, two underneath the shoulder, and two connecting the shoulder to the large gold, golden, decagonal nut. A Sliver Hexagonal Nut is located between legs and and chest, which has large red tail resembling an electrical wire located behind it. The head is shaped like knight's helmet with a smaller golden hexagonal nut located inside, with a a glowing red grey sphere floating inside the head Three red clouds surround the heads.

Behavior

Melmetal was thought to be revered by humans many years ago because of its ability to manipulate and create metal from nothingness. However this was not shown in any media so far.

The liquid part of its body is rather flexible, as shown when using its signature move, Double Iron Bash.

Evolution

In the games, Melmetal evolves from Meltan with 400 Meltan candies. This evolution can only take place in Pokémon GO.

In the anime, Melmetal evolves from Meltan by combing with it own species.

Game info

Game locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!	Transfer from Pokémon GO after evolving Meltan	None
Sword and Shield	Transfer through Pokémon HOME	None

Pokédex entries

• Let's Go, Pikachu!

  Revered long ago for its capacity to create iron from nothing, for some reason it has come back to life after 3,000 years.

• Let's Go, Eevee!

  Revered long ago for its capacity to create iron from nothing, for some reason it has come back to life after 3,000 years.

• Sword

  At the end of its life-span, Melmetal will rust and fall apart. The small shards left behind will eventually be reborn as Meltan.
  Gigantamax: In a distant land, there are legends about a cyclopean giant. In fact, the giant was a Melmetal that was flooded with Gigantamax energy.

• Shield

  Centrifugal force is behind the punches of Melmetal's heavy hex-nut arms. Melmetal is said to deliver the strongest punches of all Pokémon.
  Gigantamax: It can send electric beams streaking out from the hole in its belly. The beams' tremendous energy can vaporize an opponent in one shot.

Stats

Stats
HP	135
Attack	143
Defense	143
Sp. Atk	1
Sp. Def	1
Speed	34
Total	457

Learnset

Leveling

• Generation VIII
• Generation VII

Generation VIII
Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Thunder Punch		Physical	40	100%	35
1	Thunder Shock		Special	40	100%	25
1	Harden		Status	—	—%	40
1	Tail Whip		Status	—	100%	40
1	Headbutt		Physical	40	100%	35
Evolve	Thunder Punch		Physical	40	100%	35
24	Thunder Wave		Status	—	100%	40
32	Acid Armor		Status	—	—%	40
40	Flash Cannon		Special	40	100%	25
48	Mega Punch		Physical	70	100%	15
56	Protect		Status	—	—%	30
64	Discharge		Special	40	100%	25
72	Dynamic Punch		Physical	—	100%	20
80	Superpower		Physical	85	85%	5
88	Double Iron Bash		Physical	60	100%	5
96	Hyper Beam		Special	40	100%	25
Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration VII
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
1	Thunder Punch	75	100%	15	Electric	Physical
1	Headbutt	70	100%	15	Normal	Physical
1	Harden	—	—%	30	Normal	Status
1	Tail Whip	—	100%	30	Normal	Status
1	Thunder Wave	—	90%	20	Electric	Status
9	Tail Whip	—	100%	30	Normal	Status
18	Thunder Wave	—	90%	20	Electric	Status
27	Thunder Shock	40	100%	30	Electric	Special
36	Acid Armor	—	—%	20	Poison	Status
45	Flash Cannon	80	100%	10	Steel	Special
54	Mega Punch	80	85%	20	Normal	Physical
63	Protect	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
72	Double Iron Bash	60	100%	5	Steel	Physical
81	Superpower	120	100%	5	Fighting	Physical
90	Hyper Beam	150	90%	5	Normal	Special
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

TM

• Generation VIII
• Generation VII

Generation VIII
Machine	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
TM00	Mega Punch		Physical	120	75%	5
TM01	Mega Kick		Physical	120	75%	5
TM04	Ice Punch		Physical	120	75%	5
TM05	Thunder Punch		Physical	120	75%	5
TM08	Hyper Beam		Special	120	75%	5
TM09	Giga Impact		Physical	120	75%	5
TM11	Solar Beam		Special	120	75%	5
TM14	Thunder Wave		Status	—	75%	5
TM20	Self-Destruct		Physical	200	100%	5
TM21	Rest		Status	—	100%	10
TM22	Rock Slide		Physical	120	75%	5
TM24	Snore		Special	50	100%	15
TM25	Protect		Status	—	100%	10
TM39	Facade		Physical	70	100%	20
TM43	Brick Break		Special	60	100%	20
TM48	Rock Tomb		Physical	120	75%	5
TM76	Round		Special	60	100%	15
TM90	Electric Terrain		Status	—	75%	5
TM97	Brutal Swing		Physical	55	100%	15
Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation VII
TM/HM/TR	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
TM01	Headbutt	70	100%	15	Normal	Physical
TM05	Rest	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status
TM07	Protect	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM08	Substitute	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM12	Facade	70	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM13	Brick Break	75	100%	15	Fighting	Physical
TM16	Thunder Wave	—	90%	20	Electric	Status
TM22	Rock Slide	75	90%	10	Rock	Physical
TM23	Thunder Punch	75	100%	15	Electric	Physical
TM27	Toxic	—	90%	10	Poison	Status
TM35	Ice Punch	75	100%	15	Ice	Physical
TM36	Thunderbolt	90	100%	15	Electric	Special
TM38	Thunder	110	70%	10	Electric	Special
TM41	Earthquake	100	100%	10	Ground	Physical
TM42	Self-Destruct	200	100%	5	Normal	Physical
TM45	Solar Beam	200	100%	10	Grass	Special
TM48	Hyper Beam	150	90%	5	Normal	Special
TM49	Superpower	120	100%	5	Fighting	Physical
TM54	Flash Cannon	80	100%	10	Steel	Special
TM55	Ice Beam	90	100%	10	Ice	Special
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TR

Generation VIII
Machine	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
TR01	Body Slam		Special	90	100%	15
TR05	Ice Beam		Special	90	100%	15
TR08	Thunderbolt		Special	?	100%	10
TR09	Thunder		Special	?	100%	10
TR20	Substitute		Status	—	100%	10
TR26	Endure		Status	—	100%	10
TR27	Sleep Talk		Status	—	100%	10
TR39	Superpower		Physical	?	100%	20
TR46	Iron Defense		Status	—	—%	15
TR52	Gyro Ball		Physical	100	90%	5
TR70	Flash Cannon		Special	100	80%	10
TR74	Iron Head		Physical	130	90%	15
TR79	Heavy Slam		Physical	130	90%	10
TR93	Darkest Lariat		Physical	85	100%	10
TR94	High Horsepower		Physical	95	100%	10
TR99	Body Press		Physical	80	100%	10
Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Breeding

Melmetal learns no moves via breeding.

Tutoring

Tutoring Generation VII
Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Anime

Main article: Ash's Melmetal

Ash's Melmetal.

Ash's Meltan and its fellow hordes merge and evolved into a Melmetal during the final Alolan Pokémon League in Final Rivals!.

Trivia

• Melmetal is the heaviest Mythical Pokémon.
• Melmetal and its pre-evolution, Meltan, have source code abilities even though abilities are not present in Let's Go.
  • Melmetal, along with its pre-evolved form Meltan, is the only Pokémon in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! to not be introduced in Generation I. Due to this, its Kanto Pokédex number (153) is not the same as its National Pokédex number (809).
• Melmetal and its pre-evolution, Meltan, are the first Mythical Pokémon to be part of an evolutionary line.
• Melmetal and its pre-evolution, Meltan, are the only Pokémon officially introduced in Generation VII that are not native to Alola, they were native to Kanto. Strangely, it creates a time paradox as it was only discovered after the Generation I Games ended, but it was in the Kanto pokedex.
• Melmetal was teased during the footage of Meltan in the wild, where its head, cry and shoulder were leaked.
• Melmetal is one of the two sole Pokémon from a respective Generation between Generation I and Generation VIII who can Gigantamax, another one being Garbodor.
• Melmetal is the only Mythical Pokémon to have a Gigantamax form.
  • Melmetal is also the only Generation VII Pokémon to have a Gigantamax form.
  • Melmetal is also the only Gigantamax-capable Pokémon that can't get the Gigantamax Factor by eating Max Soup, thus making it the only Gigantamax-capable Pokémon that currently can't Gigantamax without using codes.
• The petroglyph in Turffield depicts a Gigantamax Melmetal, implying that Gigantamax Melmetal (or possibly Dynamax/Gigantamax Pokémon in general) played an important role in ancient Galarian religion.

Origin

Melmetal's head and hands are based on a hex nut. Its body is made up of liquid metal, similar to mercury. Its giant body structure, great power and status as a god-like being may reference the golem. Its liquid body, single eye, robotic nature, and ability to break into smaller units may be a reference to the various "Devil" bosses from the Mega Man series.

Etymology

Melmetal and Merumetaru come from "melt", "metal" and possibly "element" or "mercury."

Gallery

Melmetal in-game

Melmetal with Meltans

Melmetal in Let's go Pikachu Let's go Eevee

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