Sunsteel Strike (move)

Sunsteel Strike メテオドライブ Meteor Drive

Battles Type  Steel Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  100 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Sunsteel Strike (Japanese: メテオドライブ Meteor Drive) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature move of Solgaleo and Dusk Mane Necrozma.

In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, it can be upgraded to the special Z-Move Searing Sunraze Smash by Solgaleo or Dusk Mane Necrozma holding Solganium Z.

Effect

Sunsteel Strike inflicts damage, ignoring the target's Ability if it changes the effect of the attack on the target. Abilities that affect the user of the attack, like Pressure, are not ignored. Sunsteel Strike does not ignore the effects of Shadow Shield and Prism Armor. Sunsteel Strike's ability-ignoring effect does not apply if it is used via a move that calls another move.

Description

Games Description SMUSUM The user slams into the target with the force of a meteor. This move can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0791		Solgaleo		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	1, Evo.
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Form change

Generation VII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
800DM		Necrozma Dusk Mane Necrozma		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	Upon changing into this formUSUM
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

Charging the move Solgaleo
The user charges energy and slams into its target with the force of a meteor.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Solgaleo changes into its Radiant Sun phase, charges up in an orange-yellow orb that looks like the sun, and slams into the opponent with great force.
Nebby	Full Moon and Many Arms!		Debut Known since Revealing the Stuff of Legend!

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 流星閃衝 Làuhsīng Símchūng Mandarin 流星閃衝 / 流星闪冲 Liúxīng Shǎnchōng French Choc Météore German Stahlgestirn Italian Astrocarica Korean 메테오드라이브 Meteor Drive Polish Słoneczne Uderzenie Brazilian Portuguese Ataque Solaraço Russian Солнечно-Стальной Удар Solnechno-Stal'noy Udar Spanish Meteoimpacto

Variations of the move Sunsteel Strike
Sunsteel Strike Moongeist Beam • Photon Geyser

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.