Metal Claw (move)

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Metal Claw
メタルクロー
The foe is raked with steel claws. It may also raise the user's Attack stat.
Battles
Type Steel
Category Physical
PP 35 (max. 56)
Power 50
Accuracy 95%
Introduced Generation II
Availability
  • Makes contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Affected by BrightPowder
  • Not affected by King's Rock
10% chance of raising Attack 1 level.
Contests
Category Cool
Appeal 4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam 0
A highly appealing move.
Super Contests
Category Cool
Appeal 2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Metal Claw (Japanese: メタルクロー Metal Claw) is a slightly inaccurate Steel-type move introduced in Generation II.

Contents

Effect

Metal Claw deals damage and has a 10% chance of raising the user's Attack stat by one level.

In the anime

Pokémon

Sneasel. The user's hand turns white and the user then punches its target.

Scizor. One of Scizor's claws does the move.

Prinplup. Both of Prinplup's hands glow white.

Lucario. Lucario's paw-spikes turn into long, white blades.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
212 212 Scizor Bug Steel 30
215 215 Sneasel Dark Ice 65C
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
027 027 Sandshrew Ground SneaselC
207 207 Gligar Ground Flying Scizor
216 216 Teddiursa Normal SneaselC
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
004 004 Charmander Fire 13FRLG
005 005 Charmeleon Fire 13FRLG
006 006 Charizard Fire Flying --FRLG
006 006 Charizard Fire Flying 13FRLG
099 099 Kingler Water --FRLG
212 212 Scizor Bug Steel 26
215 215 Sneasel Dark Ice 64
290 290 Nincada Bug Ground 38
304 304 Aron Steel Rock 13
305 305 Lairon Steel Rock 13
306 306 Aggron Steel Rock 13
347 347 Anorith Rock Bug 25
348 348 Armaldo Rock Bug 25
375 375 Metang Steel Psychic 20
376 376 Metagross Steel Psychic --
20
379 379 Registeel Steel 9
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
027 027 Sandshrew Ground Sneasel
207 207 Gligar Ground Flying Scizor
Nincada
216 216 Teddiursa Normal Sneasel
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
098 098 Krabby Water 21
099 099 Kingler Water 21
212 212 Scizor Bug Steel 21
215 215 Sneasel Dark Ice 42
290 290 Nincada Bug Ground 38
304 304 Aron Steel Rock 15
305 305 Lairon Steel Rock 15
306 306 Aggron Steel Rock 15
347 347 Anorith Rock Bug 19
348 348 Armaldo Rock Bug 19
375 375 Metang Steel Psychic 20
376 376 Metagross Steel Psychic --
20
379 379 Registeel Steel 9
394 394 Prinplup Water 16
395 395 Empoleon Water Steel 16
448 448 Lucario Fighting Steel --
461 461 Weavile Dark Ice 42
483 483 Dialga Steel Dragon 10
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
004 004 Charmander Fire Aron, Lairon, Aggron
027 027 Sandshrew Ground Sneasel, Weavile
Prinplup, Empoleon
046 046 Paras Bug Grass Scizor
Nincada
158 158 Totodile Water Aron, Lairon, Aggron
Prinplup, Empoleon
207 207 Gligar Ground Flying Scizor
Nincada
216 216 Teddiursa Normal Sneasel, Weavile
Prinplup, Empoleon
335 335 Zangoose Normal Sneasel, Weavile
Prinplup, Empoleon
341 341 Corphish Water Krabby, Kingler
Anorith, Armaldo
Prinplup, Empoleon
443 443 Gible Dragon Ground Aron, Lairon, Aggron
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

In other languages

  • French: Griffe Acier
  • German: Metallklaue
  • Italian: Ferrartigli
  • Spanish: Garra Metal


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