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Community POTW #084

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Serebii

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Time for the next Pokémon of the Week and, as next week's falls just before Pokémon GO's 5th anniversary, this week we will go to the "etc." Region

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It's Melmetal!

Go nuts

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BillyBobJoe

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Melmetal is an interesting Pokémon. It’s pretty annoying to evolve, since you have to do that through Pokémon GO. Melmetal is pretty slow, but it also has very strong physical stats. I would say that it probably operates best under Trick Room.
 
XaelOstigian

XaelOstigian

Competitive...kinda
I have never played Pokemon GO, and I never will. Here's hoping somewhere down the line we get a Mystery Gift event where you can just download one without all the hassle from GO.
 
Mestorn

Mestorn

Wandering Battler
Melmetal immediately draws comparisons to Rhyperior with its STAT loadouts. Incredible HP, ATK and DEF, poor Special Attack and Special Defense and atrocious speed. Melmetal stands out from Rhperior thanks to its superior typing and utterly bonkers STAB in Double Iron Bash, which is boosted by Iron Fist, making it an effective base 142 power move before STAB. However, Steel is a poor offensive type and you will never proc the Flinch unless you have Trick Room up.

Also, don't use Melmetal's Gigantamax. You actually receive a minor drop in power and the Torment effect is not worth it as opposed to the Def boost vanilla Dynamax provides.

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Melmetal
Ability: Iron (hah!) Fist
Item: Assault Vest
-Double Iron Bash
-Earthquake
-Ice Punch
-Thunder Punch
EVs: 252 HP / 116 ATK / 134 SDEF
Nature: Adamant (+ATK, -SATK)

Melmetals ludricrous HP and DEF make it a decent recipient of Assault Vest to patch up its Achilles heel of its SDEF. Not the best due to the lack of recovery, but you could do worse. Double Iron Bash is nuts as a STAB move. Base 142 move before STAB that busts through Disguise, Focus Sash, Sturdy and Substitute? Most pokémon would kill for a STAB that good. Earthquake, as noted on Copperajah's cover provides great coverage vs Steel's Resists (Steel, Fire, Electric). Thunder Punch takes care of Flying Steel types and the Water types that resist Double Iron Bash while Ice Punch slays the many many quadruple Ice weak threats in the game. EVs are to maximize bulk as much as possible while still giving some oomph to attack.

Steel and Ground also synergize well for a Defensive Dynamax sweeper. Pair this with Wish Support to push Melmetal to near immovable object Territory.
 
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