Metal Sound (move)

Metal Sound きんぞくおん Metal Sound

Battles Type  Steel Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) Power  — Accuracy  85% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock Is a sound-based move

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  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by one each.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Metal Sound (Japanese: きんぞくおん Metal Sound) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Metal Sound lowers the target's Special Defense by two stages.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel -- 0082 Magneton Electric Steel -- 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 43 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 45 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 45 0304 Aron Steel Rock 39 0305 Lairon Steel Rock 45 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 50 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By purification

#   Pokémon Type Game 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying XD 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 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel -- 0082 Magneton Electric Steel -- 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 41 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 45 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 33 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 31 0304 Aron Steel Rock 36 0305 Lairon Steel Rock 40 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 40 0410 Shieldon Steel Rock 10 0411 Bastiodon Steel Rock -- 10 0413 Wormadam Bug Steel 29 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 24 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel -- 0485 Heatran Fire Steel 25 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 other languages

• Spanish: Eco Metálico
• Italian: Ferrostrido
• German: Metallsound

Variations of the move Screech
Screech • Metal Sound Formerly a variation Cotton Spore

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