#0808 · Hex Nut Pokémon
Meltan
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MelmetalCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #102 · 7 votes · median A
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Rank #115 · 9 votes · median S
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Endless
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Tier history
5 recorded changes · 7 votes
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Game data
Abilities
- Magnet Pull
Prevents Steel-type Pokémon from fleeing by pulling them in with magnetism.
The Pokémon’s heatproof body halves the damage taken from burns and Fire-type moves.
Egg moves
- Bullet PunchSteelPhysical40 pow · 100%
The user strikes the target with tough punches as fast as bullets. This move always goes first.
- Drain PunchFightingPhysical75 pow · 100%
The user attacks with an energy-draining punch. The user’s HP is restored by ½ of the damage dealt by this move.
- Bulk UpFightingStatus— · —
The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, boosting its Attack and Defense stats.
- Plasma FistsElectricPhysical100 pow · 100%Rare egg move
The user attacks with electrically charged fists. This move changes Normal-type moves to Electric-type moves.
Base stats
Meltan · BST 300
Melmetal · BST 600
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-6 starter:
- Passive ability
- 20 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 10 / 30 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 15 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Meltan eggs: 13 🍬 after 15 hatches, 11 🍬 after 30 hatches, 7 🍬 after 60 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 200
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Meltan needs 200 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.