Metal Sound (move)

Metal Sound
きんぞくおん Metal Sound

A horrible sound like scraping metal is emitted to sharply reduce the foe's Sp. Def stat.

Battles

Type	Steel
Category	Status
PP	40 (max. 64)
Power	—
Accuracy	85%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock Is a sound-based move

Target

Foe	Foe
Self	Ally
May affect anyone but the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation III
Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests

Category	Smart
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	3 ♥♥♥
Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests

Category	Smart
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by one each.

Metal Sound (Japanese: きんぞくおん Metal Sound) is a non-damaging Steel-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Metal Sound lowers the target's Special Defense by two stages.

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
081	Magnemite	Electric	Steel	--
082	Magneton	Electric	Steel	--
140	Kabuto	Rock	Water	43
141	Kabutops	Rock	Water	45
227	Skarmory	Steel	Flying	45
304	Aron	Steel	Rock	39
305	Lairon	Steel	Rock	45
306	Aggron	Steel	Rock	50
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

#		Pokémon	Type		Game
145		Zapdos	Electric	Flying	XD
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
081	Magnemite	Electric	Steel	--
082	Magneton	Electric	Steel	--
140	Kabuto	Rock	Water	41
141	Kabutops	Rock	Water	45
227	Skarmory	Steel	Flying	33^DP
227	Skarmory	Steel	Flying	31^Pt ^HGSS
304	Aron	Steel	Rock	36
305	Lairon	Steel	Rock	40
306	Aggron	Steel	Rock	40
410	Shieldon	Steel	Rock	10
411	Bastiodon	Steel	Rock	-- 10
413	Wormadam Trash Cloak	Bug	Steel	29
448	Lucario	Fighting	Steel	24
462	Magnezone	Electric	Steel	--
485	Heatran	Fire	Steel	25
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.