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#0376 · Generation III · form of Metagross

Mega Metagross

Steel / Psychic · Iron Leg Pokémon — first seen in Generation III.

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Base stats

HP80

Attack145

Defense150

Sp. Attack105

Sp. Defense110

Speed110

Total700

Stat	Base	Min	Max
HP	80	270	364
Attack	145	265	427
Defense	150	274	438
Sp. Attack	105	193	339
Sp. Defense	110	202	350
Speed	110	202	350

Min and max are at level 100: the minimum is 0 IVs, 0 EVs and a hindering nature, the maximum 31 IVs, 252 EVs and a beneficial nature. Shedinja's HP is always 1 whatever the formula says.

Type defences

Damage Mega Metagross takes from each attacking type.

×2

GroundGhostFireDark

×½

NormalFlyingRockSteelGrassIceDragonFairy

×¼

Psychic

×0

Poison

×1

FightingBugWaterElectric

Evolution

Beldum#0374

Level 20

Metang#0375

Level 45

Metagross#0376

Methods are the current official ones. A ROM hack may change them — trade evolutions especially; the guide table below says which do.

Other forms

Metagross

Moves by official game

Level-up, TM/HM, tutor and egg moves exactly as each game has them. The newest game this site covers is open; the rest fold out.

Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon16 level-up · 36 TM/HM · 17 tutor

Level-up

Lv	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
—	Hammer Arm	Fighting	Physical	100	90%	10
1	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20
1	Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100%	25
1	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95%	35
1	Hammer Arm	Fighting	Physical	100	90%	10
1	Magnet Rise	Electric	Status	—	—	10
23	Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100%	20
26	Bullet Punch	Steel	Physical	40	100%	30
29	Miracle Eye	Psychic	Status	—	—	40
32	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15
35	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100%	10
38	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10
41	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
44	Meteor Mash	Steel	Physical	90	90%	10
52	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15
60	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5

TM & HM

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
TM03	Psyshock	Psychic	Special	80	100%	10
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
TM100	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10
TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15
TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100%	10
TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—	10
TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95%	15
TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
TM48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
TM64	Explosion	Normal	Physical	250	100%	5
TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
TM69	Rock Polish	Rock	Status	—	—	20
TM74	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100%	5
TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100%	20
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	—	100%	20
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85%	15
TM88	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM91	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100%	10

Move tutor

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15
ThunderPunch	Electric	Physical	75	100%	15
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100%	15
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95%	15
Trick	Psychic	Status	—	100%	10
Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100%	15
Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15
Block	Normal	Status	—	—	5
Gravity	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
Magnet Rise	Electric	Status	—	—	10
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15
Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100%	15
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
Telekinesis	Psychic	Status	—	—	15
Ally Switch	Psychic	Status	—	—	15
Laser Focus	Normal	Status	—	—	30
Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100%	10

Sun / Moon16 level-up · 36 TM/HM

Level-up

Lv	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
—	Hammer Arm	Fighting	Physical	100	90%	10
1	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20
1	Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100%	25
1	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95%	35
1	Hammer Arm	Fighting	Physical	100	90%	10
1	Magnet Rise	Electric	Status	—	—	10
23	Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100%	20
26	Bullet Punch	Steel	Physical	40	100%	30
29	Miracle Eye	Psychic	Status	—	—	40
32	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15
35	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100%	10
38	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10
41	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
44	Meteor Mash	Steel	Physical	90	90%	10
52	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15
60	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5

TM & HM

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
TM03	Psyshock	Psychic	Special	80	100%	10
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
TM100	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10
TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15
TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100%	10
TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—	10
TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95%	15
TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
TM48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
TM64	Explosion	Normal	Physical	250	100%	5
TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
TM69	Rock Polish	Rock	Status	—	—	20
TM74	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100%	5
TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100%	20
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	—	100%	20
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85%	15
TM88	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM91	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100%	10

Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire17 level-up · 43 TM/HM · 13 tutor

Level-up

Lv	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20
1	Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100%	25
1	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95%	35
1	Magnet Rise	Electric	Status	—	—	10
20	Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100%	25
20	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95%	35
23	Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100%	20
26	Bullet Punch	Steel	Physical	40	100%	30
29	Miracle Eye	Psychic	Status	—	—	40
32	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15
35	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100%	10
38	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10
41	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
44	Meteor Mash	Steel	Physical	90	90%	10
45	Hammer Arm	Fighting	Physical	100	90%	10
52	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15
60	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5

TM & HM

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
TM01	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—	15
TM03	Psyshock	Psychic	Special	80	100%	10
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
TM100	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10
TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15
TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
TM36	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100%	10
TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—	10
TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95%	15
TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
TM48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
TM64	Explosion	Normal	Physical	250	100%	5
TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
TM69	Rock Polish	Rock	Status	—	—	20
TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
TM74	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100%	5
TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100%	20
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special	—	100%	20
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85%	15
TM88	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM91	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100%	10
TM94	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
TM98	Power-Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	20
HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95%	30
HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15

Move tutor

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15
ThunderPunch	Electric	Physical	75	100%	15
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100%	15
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95%	15
Trick	Psychic	Status	—	100%	10
Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	100%	15
Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15
Block	Normal	Status	—	—	5
Gravity	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
Magnet Rise	Electric	Status	—	—	10
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15
Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100%	15
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20

Where to find it in the official games

Not obtainable in the wild in any of the 16 official games this site covers. In those games it has to be evolved, traded or bred — or it belongs to a game whose data is not here yet.

Where to find it in the ROM hacks

1 guide on this site put it somewhere you can catch it. Areas link to that guide's own route page, with its own rates and levels.

Guide	Where
Sword and Shield Ultimate Plus Mega	Dynamax Adventure (Crown Tundra)Raid Den · Lv — · 2

Compare official Mega Metagross with the ROM hacks →

In the 9 guides that include it

Changed in 7 of 9 guides: retyped in 1, stats in 7, abilities in 5.

Every ROM hack on this site that has Mega Metagross, and what it did to it. Guides that changed something are first. Click one for that version's full page — locations, moveset and TMs.

Guide		Type	Total	Abilities
Unbound	Changed	SteelPsychic	700 +100 +10 Attack, +20 Defense, +10 Sp. Atk, +20 Sp. Def, +40 Speed	Tough Claws + Tough Claws − Clear Body, Light Metal
Pokémon Too Many Types 2	Changed	SteelPsychic→SpaceCrabGuys	700 +100 +10 Attack, +20 Defense, +10 Sp. Atk, +20 Sp. Def, +40 Speed	—
Radical Red	Changed	SteelPsychic	700 +100 +10 Attack, +20 Defense, +10 Sp. Atk, +20 Sp. Def, +40 Speed	Tough Claws + Tough Claws − Clear Body, Light Metal
Sword and Shield Ultimate Plus	Changed	SteelPsychic	700 +100 +10 Attack, +20 Defense, +10 Sp. Atk, +20 Sp. Def, +40 Speed	Tough Claws + Tough Claws − Clear Body, Light Metal
Elite Redux	Changed	SteelPsychic	700 +100 +15 Attack, +20 Defense, +10 Sp. Atk, +20 Sp. Def, +35 Speed	Light Metal, Prism Armor, Lead Coat
Inclement Emerald	Changed	SteelPsychic	700 +100 +10 Attack, +20 Defense, +10 Sp. Atk, +20 Sp. Def, +40 Speed	Tough Claws + Tough Claws − Clear Body, Light Metal
Pokémon Emerald Imperium	Changed	SteelPsychic	700 +100 +10 Attack, +20 Defense, +10 Sp. Atk, +20 Sp. Def, +40 Speed	Tough Claws + Tough Claws − Clear Body, Light Metal
Pokémon Soulgold	Unchanged	SteelPsychic	700	Tough Claws
Pokémon R.O.W.E	Unchanged	SteelPsychic	700	Tough Claws

Pokédex entries

What each game says about it, in the games' own words.

Ruby	METAGROSS has four brains in total. Combined, the four brains can breeze through difficult calculations faster than a supercomputer. This POKéMON can float in the air by tucking in its four legs.
Sapphire	METAGROSS is the result of two METANG achieving fusion. When hunting, this POKéMON pins the prey to the ground under its massive body. It then eats the helpless victim using the large mouth on its stomach.
Emerald	METAGROSS has four brains that are joined by a complex neural network. As a result of integration, this POKéMON is smarter than a supercomputer.
FireRed / LeafGreen	It is formed by two METANG fusing. Its four brains are said to be superior to a supercomputer.
Diamond / Pearl / Platinum	METANG combined to form it. With four brains, it has the intelligence of a supercomputer.
HeartGold / SoulSilver	It folds its four legs when flying. Its four brains are said to be superior to a supercomputer.
Black / White / Y	Metang combined to form it. With four brains, it has the intelligence of a supercomputer.
Black 2 / White 2 / X	With four linked brains, it’s more intelligent than a supercomputer, and it uses calculations to analyze foes.
Omega Ruby	Metagross has four brains in total. Combined, the four brains can breeze through difficult calculations faster than a supercomputer. This Pokémon can float in the air by tucking in its four legs.
Alpha Sapphire	Metagross is the result of two Metang achieving fusion. When hunting, this Pokémon pins the prey to the ground under its massive body. It then eats the helpless victim using the large mouth on its stomach.
Sun	It firmly pins its prey using its four claws and large body. Then the teeth in the mouth on its stomach chew the prey to bits.
Moon	A linkage of two Metang, this Pokémon can perform any calculation in a flash by utilizing parallel processing in its four brains.
Ultra Sun	It boasts not only psychic powers but also fantastic strength. It grabs its prey with its four legs and holds them in place with its claws.
Ultra Moon	It analyzes its opponents with more accuracy than a supercomputer, which enables it to calmly back them into a corner.

Names in other languages

Japanese	メタグロス
Japanese (Rōmaji)	Metagross
German	Metagross
French	Métalosse
Spanish	Metagross
Italian	Metagross
Korean	메타그로스
Chinese (Simplified)	巨金怪
Chinese (Traditional)	巨金怪

Official data here is present-day reference data from PokéAPI, not a snapshot of any one game's era — the Fairy type and hidden abilities arrived partway through the series, so a difference against an older game can belong to the series rather than to that ROM hack.