Meteor Mash (move)

Meteor Mash コメットパンチ Comet Punch

The foe is hit with a hard punch fired like a meteor. It may also raise the user's Attack.

Battles Type  Steel Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  100 Accuracy  85% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

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  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 Works well if it's the same type as the one before.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Meteor Mash on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Meteor Mash on Eevee's Movedex

Meteor Mash (Japanese: コメットパンチ Comet Punch) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Meteor Mash inflicts damage and has a 20% chance of raising the user's Attack stat by one stage.

In the anime

Metang using Meteor Mash

Pokémon

Metang. Metang's claw glows brightly. It then punches its opponent. Meteor-shaped particles are released when it hits.

• Used by Morrison's Metang from Choose it or Lose it! to present.

Metagross. Same as above.

• Used by Tyson's Metagross in At the End of the Fray.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
035		Clefairy	Normal		45
375		Metang	Steel	Psychic	50
376		Metagross	Steel	Psychic	55
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 IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
035		Clefairy	Normal		43
375		Metang	Steel	Psychic	48
376		Metagross	Steel	Psychic	53
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 languages

• Spanish: Puño Meteoro
• German: Sternenhieb
• Italian: Meteorpugno

Trivia

• The Japanese name of Meteor Mash, Comet Punch, is the same as the English name of a Generation I move.
• Every Pokémon that learned Meteor Mash in Generation III learns it exactly 2 levels earlier in Generation IV.

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