Steel (type)
Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Some notable Steel trainers include Jasmine of Olivine City, Steven Stone, previously champion of the Elite Four of Hoenn, and Byron, Gym Leader of Canalave City.
Statistical averages
| Stat | Range | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 63
|
123 - 170 | 236 - 330 | |
85
|
81 - 150 | 157 - 295 | |
121
|
113 - 190 | 222 - 375 | |
66
|
63 - 129 | 123 - 254 | |
72
|
69 - 136 | 134 - 267 | |
53
|
52 - 115 | 99 - 225 | |
Total: 460
|
Other Pokémon with this total | ||
Battle properties
Steel-type attacks:
- Are super-effective against: Ice, Rock
- Are not very effective against: Fire, Water, Electric, Steel
- Have no effect against: None
Steel-type Pokémon:
- Resist: Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Steel
- Are weak to: Fire, Fighting, Ground
- Have immunity to: Poison
Characteristics
Defensively, Steel-types are very good. They have resistances to 11 of the 17 types, which can make for a good physical and special tank in battle. They can hold up to many attacks, because of their high defense. Their special defense is lower than their physical, but is still reasonably high.
Offensively, it is not recommended to use Steel-type attacks, because there are only two types weak to Steel: Ice and Rock. Steel types have average Attack and Special Attack, though there are some high-powered outliers in the Special field, such as Metagross and Magnezone.
Pokémon
Pure Steel-type Pokémon
Half Steel-type Pokémon
Primary Steel-type Pokémon
| # | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 303 | File:303MS.gif | Mawile |
| 379 | File:379MS.gif | Registeel |
Secondary Steel-type Pokémon
Moves
Damage-dealing moves
| Name | Category | Contest | Power | Accuracy | PP | Target | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullet Punch | File:PhysicalIC.gif | File:SmartIC.gif | 40 | 100% | 30 | One foe | Increased priority |
| Doom Desire | File:SpecialIC.gif | File:CoolIC.gif | 120 | 85% | 5 | One foe | Hits at end of second turn after use |
| Flash Cannon | File:SpecialIC.gif | File:SmartIC.gif | 80 | 100% | 10 | One foe | 10% chance of lowering target's Special Attack 1 level |
| Gyro Ball | File:PhysicalIC.gif | File:BeautyIC.gif | Varies | 100% | 5 | One foe | Power is inversely proportional to target's speed |
| Iron Head | File:PhysicalIC.gif | File:ToughIC.gif | 80 | 100% | 15 | One foe | 30% chance of making target flinch |
| Iron Tail | File:PhysicalIC.gif | File:CoolIC.gif | 100 | 75% | 15 | One foe | 30% chance of lowering target's Defense 1 level |
| Magnet Bomb | File:PhysicalIC.gif | File:CoolIC.gif | 60 | — | 20 | One foe | Never misses |
| Metal Burst | File:PhysicalIC.gif | File:BeautyIC.gif | — | 100% | 10 | One foe | Does double the damage dealt to user this turn |
| Metal Claw | File:PhysicalIC.gif | File:CoolIC.gif | 50 | 95% | 35 | One foe | 10% chance of raising user's Attack 1 level |
| Meteor Mash | File:PhysicalIC.gif | File:CoolIC.gif | 100 | 85% | 10 | One foe | 10% chance of raising user's Attack 1 level |
| Mirror Shot | File:SpecialIC.gif | File:CuteIC.gif | 65 | 85% | 10 | One foe | 30% chance of lowering target's Accuracy 1 level |
| Steel Wing | File:PhysicalIC.gif | File:CoolIC.gif | 70 | 90% | 25 | One foe | 10% chance of raising user's Defense 1 level |
Non-damaging moves
| Name | Category | Contest | Power | Accuracy | PP | Target | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Defense | File:StatusIC.gif | File:ToughIC.gif | — | — | 15 | — | Raises user's defense 2 levels |
| Metal Sound | File:StatusIC.gif | File:SmartIC.gif | — | 85% | 40 | One foe | Lower's target's Special Defense 2 levels |
In other languages
- Japanese: はがね hagane
- French: acier
- German: Stahl
- Italian: acciaio
- Spanish: acero
- Dutch: staal
- Portuguese: metal
- Hebrew: פלדה plada or מתכת matehet (metal)
- Swedish: stål
- Finnish: teräs
- Polish: stalowy
- Hungarian: acél
- Arabic: حديد
