Metal Burst (move)

Metal Burst メタルバースト Metal Burst

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

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Points double if last to appeal.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earns double the score on the final performance.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Metal Burst (Japanese: メタルバースト Metal Burst) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Metal Burst returns 1.5 times the damage dealt by the foe's last attack. Unlike Counter or Mirror Coat, Metal Burst doesn't require specifically Physical or Special damage sources and Metal Burst does not force the user to go last (in other words, it relies on the user's speed). However, if the user is faster than its opponent, Metal Burst will fail. In Double Battles, Metal Burst will hit the last opponent that dealt damage to the attacker; Metal Burst cannot affect allied Pokémon.

Generation V

In Triple Battles, Metal Burst can hit non-adjacent opponents provided a non-adjacent opponent was the last Pokémon to attack the user.

Description

Games Description The user retaliates against the foe that last inflicted damage on it with much greater power. The user retaliates with much greater power against the target that last inflicted damage on it.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
304		Aron	Steel	Rock	46				53	50	'
305		Lairon	Steel	Rock	56				67	62	'
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock	65				82	74	'
410		Shieldon	Rock	Steel	37				37			'
411		Bastiodon	Rock	Steel	43				43			'
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon		24		24			'
625		Bisharp	Dark	Steel					--			'
638		Cobalion	Steel	Fighting					67			'
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.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	no
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel	no
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

Bastiodon Metal Burst thrown Hitting the opponent
The user creates a ball of energy that absorbs the opponent's attack before firing it back
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Bastiodon's body glows metallic as an opponent attacks it and it opens its mouth, forming a white ball in front of its mouth. The ball absorbs the attack and Bastiodon fires the white ball at the opponent.
Byron's Bastiodon	Dealing With Defensive Types!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Bastiodon
The user returns the damage it took back at the opponent with several times more power.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Bastiodon jumps in front of an attack and lets itself get hit with it while standing its ground. As the attack hits it, it raises its head slightly, releasing a powerful pulse of energy from its face outward. The pulse is the opponent's attack, and it is sent back with double the power.
Dia's Don	VS. Haunter		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Sableye is the only non-Steel type Pokémon that can learn this move.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 合金爆裂 Héjīn Bàoliè Dutch Metaalbarst French Fulmifer German Metallstoß Greek Μεταλλική Έκρηξη Hindi मेटल का धमाका Metal Ka Dhamaka Italian Metalscoppio Korean 메탈버스트 Metal Burst Brazilian Portuguese Explosão Metálica Romanian Explozia Metalică Serbian Metalni Prasak Spanish Repr. Metal

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