Metal Claw (move)

Metal Claw メタルクロー Metal Claw

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Battles Type  Steel Category  Physical PP  35 (max. 56) Power  50 Accuracy  95% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

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 on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Metal Claw on Eevee's Movedex

Metal Claw (Japanese: メタルクロー Metal Claw) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation II. Prior to Pokémon Crystal, it was the signature move of Scizor.

Effect

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

Description

Games Description Stad2 Strikes the target with sharp claws. Has a one-in-ten shot at raising the user's Attack. GSC An attack that may up user's Attack. RSEColo.XD A claw attack that may raise the user’s Attack. FRLG The foe is attacked with steel claws. It may also raise the user’s Attack. DPPtHGSS The foe is raked with steel claws. It may also raise the user’s Attack stat. BWB2W2 The target is raked with steel claws. It may also raise the user's Attack stat. Conq Scratch the enemy with steel claws. It may also increase the user's Attack.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	no				13	no				no
005		Charmeleon	Fire		Fire	no				13	no				no
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	no				--,13	no				no
098		Krabby	Water		Water	no			no			21				21
099		Kingler	Water		Water	no				--	21				21
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel	30			26			21				21
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice		65	64			42				49	22
290		Nincada	Bug	Ground	no			38			38				38
304		Aron	Steel	Rock	no			13			15				15	11
305		Lairon	Steel	Rock	no			13			15				15	11
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock	no			13			15				15	11
347		Anorith	Rock	Bug	no			25			19				19
348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug	no			25			19				19
375		Metang	Steel	Psychic	no			20			20				20	--, 20
376		Metagross	Steel	Psychic	no			--,20			20				20	--, 20
379		Registeel	Steel		Steel	no			9			9				9
394		Prinplup	Water		Water	no			no			16				16
395		Empoleon	Water	Steel	no			no			16				16
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel	no			no			--				--
461		Weavile	Dark	Ice	no			no			42				49	22
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon	no			no			10	6		6
529		Drilbur	Ground		Ground	no			no			no				15
530		Excadrill	Ground	Steel	no			no			no				15
597		Ferroseed	Grass	Steel	no			no			no				14
598		Ferrothorn	Grass	Steel	no			no			no				14
624		Pawniard	Dark	Steel	no			no			no				25
625		Bisharp	Dark	Steel	no			no			no				25
632		Durant	Bug	Steel	no			no			no				13
638		Cobalion	Steel	Fighting	no			no			no				13
649		Genesect	Bug	Steel	no			no			no				--
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
004		Charmander	Fire		Fire	no			no
027		Sandshrew	Ground		Ground
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	no			no
158		Totodile	Water		Water	no			no
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal
335		Zangoose	Normal		Normal	no
341		Corphish	Water		Water	no			no
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground	no			no
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon	no			no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 098 Krabby Water New York Pokémon Center Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 341 Corphish Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Conquest

Metal Claw is the only move of Aron.

In the anime

Aggron	Ferrothorn	Weavile	Scizor
The user's claws glow and are used in slashing the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Scizor	Scizor's claws become surrounded in a silver aura and it grabs onto the opponent, or one of Scizor's claws glow white and then it punches the opponent with it, or Scizor jumps at the opponent and crosses its pincers. Both pincers become surrounded by a gray aura and gray static appears around them. When Scizor reaches the opponent, it brings its claws forward and slams them together in front of it, creating a large gray energy ball that shoots lightning bolts at the opponent, or both of Scizor's claws glow white and it slams both of them into the opponent at once.
Shingo's Blade	Wired for Battle		Debut
Gary's Scizor	Can't Beat the Heat!		None
Unknown Trainer's Scizor	Vanity Affair		None
Katie's Scizor	A Judgment Brawl		None
Minnie's Scizor	Gymbaliar!		None
A Scizor an Unknown Trainer used briefly	Camping it Up!		None
McCann's Scizor	Mastering Current Events!		None
Goone's Scizor	Zoroark: Ruler of Illusions.		None
Sneasel	Sneasel's claw glows white and then it slashes the opponent.
Harrison's Sneasel	Playing with Fire!		None
Lairon	Lairon's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them.
Savannah's Lairon	A Fan with a Plan		None
Armaldo	The black parts of Armaldo's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent.
A wild Armaldo	Where's Armaldo?		None
Aggron	Aggron's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them.
Johnny's Aggron	Shocks and Bonds		None
Paul's Aggron	Familiarity Breeds Strategy!		None
Charmander	The tips on one of Charmander's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them.
Charmander of Team Go-Getters	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate		None
Registeel	Registeel's fingers glow white and it slashes the opponent with them.
Brandon's Registeel	Overjoyed!		None
Prinplup	The light blue parts of Prinplup's flippers glow white and it slashes the opponent with them.
Kenny's Prinplup	Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!		None
Metang	Metang's forearm becomes surrounded by a white aura and light blue sparks surround it. It then hits the opponent with its arm.
Head engineer's Metang	Bibarel Gnaws Best!		None
Lucario	The spikes on the top of Lucario's paws glow white and they grow, transforming into three claws. Lucario then slashes the opponent with them.
Maylene's Lucario	Crossing the Battle Line!		None
Weavile	Weavile's claws glow white and it slashes the opponent with them.
Paul's Weavile	Pedal to the Mettle!		None
Metagross	Metagross crosses its two front arms above its head and light blue sparks run up its arms for a moment. Metagross then slams into the opponent with its arms crossed.
A wild Metagross	Regaining a Home Advantage!		None
Empoleon	The blue parts on the rims of Empoleon's wings glow white and Empoleon slashes the opponent with one or both of them.
Barry's Empoleon	Fighting Ire with Fire!		None
Kenny's Empoleon	Last Call - First Round!		None
Excadrill	Both of Excadrill's claws flash white and then turn into iron. It then repeatedly slashes the opponent with both of its claws.
Iris's Excadrill	Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!		None
Drilbur	Drilbur pulls back one of its claws and it starts to shine white. When the glow fades, its claw turns into iron. Drilbur then slashes the opponent with its claw. Sometimes, when it slashes the opponent, it leaves behind a white trail of energy where it slashed.
Iris's Drilbur	Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!		None
Rocko's Drilbur	A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team!		None
Pawniard	Pawniard crosses its arms over its chest and the two white claws at the end of its arms turn into silver metal, starting from the base to the tip. It then slashes the opponent in an 'X'-like fashion, or Pawniard's claws flash white for a moment, and then turn into iron. Pawniard then spins around and slashes the opponent with one of its claws.
Georgia's Pawniard	Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!		None
Ferrothorn	The spikes on Ferrothorn's feelers turn into iron and it slashes the opponent with them.
Cameron's Ferrothorn	Curtain Up, Unova League!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Aron	Scizor	Lairon	Empoleon
The user's body starts to glow and it slashes the opponent with its claws.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Scizor	Scizor holds out its arms so that its body becomes shaped like a 'T'. Its body then starts to glow and it brings its claws forward, hitting the opponent with them.
Blue's Scizor	Rock, Paper... Scizor		Debut
Aron	Aron scratches the opponent repeatedly with its two front claws.
Sapphire's Rono	VS. Nosepass I		None
Lairon	Lairon scratches the opponent with one of its front claws.
Sapphire's Rono	VS. Makuhita		None
Prinplup	Prinplup uppercuts the opponent with one of its wings. When it makes contact, it emits a bright flash of light.
Platinum's Prinplup	Perturbed by Pachirisu		None
Empoleon	Empoleon strikes the opponent with one of its wings. When it makes contact, a fiery white energy surrounds Empoleon's wing or the spot where Empoleon hit the opponent.
Platinum's Empoleon	Mirages of Mismagius I		None

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)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

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)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• In FireRed and LeafGreen, Charmander's evolutionary line were capable of learning Metal Claw by leveling up. However, they are unable to do so in later generations, other than via breeding. This may be to give players who choose Charmander as their starter an advantage over the first Gym.
• Metal Claw is the only move not introduced in Generation I to have a base of 35 PP.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 合金爪 Héjīn Zhuǎ​ Dutch Metalen Klauw Finnish Metallikynsi (Johto series) Rautakoura (Master Quest) Teräskynsi (Advanced Generation) French Griffe Acier German Metallklaue Greek Μεταλλόνυχες Hindi धातु का पूंजा Dhatu Ka Punja लोहे का पूंजा Lohay Ka Punja Indonesian Cakar Besi Kuku Besi Italian Ferrartigli Korean 메탈크로우 Metal Claw Polish Metalowy Pazur Portuguese Brazil Garra de Metal Portugal Garra Metálica Romanian Gheara de Metal Serbian Metalna Kandža Spanish Latin America Garra de Metal Spain Garra-Metal (Gen II) Garra Metal (Gen III-present)

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