Meteor Mash (move)

Meteor Mash コメットパンチ Comet Punch

File:Meteor Mash.png

Battles Type  Steel Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  100 Accuracy  85% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Works well if it's the same type as the one before.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Meteor Mash (Japanese: コメットパンチ Comet Punch) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Meteor Mash inflicts damage and has a 20% chance of raising the user's Attack stat by one stage.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0035 Clefairy Normal 45 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 50 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 55 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0035 Clefairy Normal 43 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 48 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 53 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Metang Meteor Mash.PNG Metang File:Metagross m mash.png Metagross
The foe is hit with a hard punch fired like a meteor.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Metang's hand glows white, and it punches the opponent. When the punch makes contact with the opponent, orange, yellow, and pink meteor-shaped particles come out of the white light on Metang's hand.
Morrison's Metang	Choose it or Lose it!		Debut
	Metagross's hand glows white or a sillouette of a golden meteor appears around its hand and it punches the opponent. When the attack makes contact, multicolored or golden meteor-shaped or star particles come out of the white light on Metagross's hand.
Tyson's Metagross	At the End of the Fray		None
Anabel's Metagross	Talking a Good Game!		None

Trivia

• The ability Iron Fist (which boosts the power of punching moves by 20%) affects Meteor Mash. This is because the Japanese name of Meteor Mash is Comet Punch (which was already taken by a Generation I move).

In other languages

• Spanish: Puño Meteoro
• German: Sternenhieb
• Italian: Meteorpugno