Melmetal
Melmetal is a Steel legendary encounter associated with Steel Fortress. The Alola partner has 131 playable HP, speed 92 and Metal Claw as its starting attack. In the rift it uses charger behavior and a 120-second fight limit. An ordinary Melmetal victory awards a Bond; the normal partner comes from its regional gacha.
Legendary encounter fields
- Pokédex number
- 809
- Types
- Steel
- Regional banner
- Alola
- Rarity (stars)
- 5
- Supported shiny form
- Yes
- Possible arena themes
- Steel Fortress
- Arena time limit (seconds)
- 120
- Selection weight before first win
- 4
- Selection weight after a win
- 1
- Encounter behavior
- charger
- Shiny roll after target selection
- 1 in 512
Melmetal: playable partner
The playable Melmetal starts with Metal Claw, has 131 HP / 92 speed / ×1.49 attack, and belongs to Alola's 5-star pool. Its ordinary named-target draw chance is 0.0882%. See Melmetal's Pokédex entry for all 11 available moves.
Melmetal playable form: defensive matchups
Melmetal takes its lowest incoming factor, 30%, from Poison attacks. Its highest is 160%, against Fire, Fighting, Ground.
Melmetal playable form: nearby regional entries
Melmetal ranks behind 3 Alola partners in HP, 75 in speed and 4 in attack. Melmetal has 40 more HP, equal speed and 0.43 more attack multiplier compared with Meltan. Meltan opens with Metal Claw and has Steel typing. Compare nearby partners' HP, speed and attack as percentage differences from Melmetal.
| Partner | Types | HP difference (%) | Speed difference (%) | Attack difference (%) | Starting move | Rarity | Ordinary banner chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meltan | Steel | -30.5344% | 0% | -28.8591% | Metal Claw | 5 stars | 0.0882% |
Sources for Melmetal
- Official legendary guide
- Official legendary flags, regions and partner data
- Official rift selection, arena timing and Bond reward
- Official regional gacha rates, pity and duplicate results
- Official arena themes and weather
- Official co-op HP scaling
- Official enemy defeat and shiny unlocks
- Official shiny eligibility metadata