Steven's Metagross
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Steven's Metagross (Japanese: ツワブキのメタグロス Daigo's Metagross) is a Pokémon owned by Steven Stone in the games, anime, and manga.
In the games
Steven owns a Metagross in every game he appears in, except for Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, as he doesn't battle the player and it was only mentioned in one of Steven's quotes. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, it gains the ability to Mega Evolve. It also appears as a Shiny Mega Pokémon in the Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Special Demo Version to promote the Shiny Metagrossite Beldum that launched at the full version's release.
Pokémon Game Show Pokémon
Metagross was distributed at Japan's Pokémon Game Show from August 17 to 18, 2013 as one of the Champion's Pokémon that appeared throughout all main series games released prior to Generation VI. Their level and moveset are based on the main series games they first appeared in. It has IVs of 30 for all stats.
The Trainer ID number is based on the game's release date in Japan, November 21, 2002.
Pokémon Info | Trainer Memo | Battle Moves | Ribbons | ||||||||||
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メタグロス | Dex No. | 0376 | Serious nature. | Ground | Earthquake | ||||||||
Lv. 58 | Type | Normal | Hyper Beam | ||||||||||
Steel | Psychic | Pokémon League | Psychic | Psychic | |||||||||
OT | ダイゴ | Apparently had a | Steel | Meteor Mash | |||||||||
ID No. | 11212 | fateful encounter at | This Pokémon was available in Japan from August 17 to 18, 2013. | ||||||||||
Item | Ability | Lv. 58. | |||||||||||
Sitrus Berry | Clear Body | ||||||||||||
The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when the Wonder Card is received. | |||||||||||||
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In the anime
History
Metagross made its appearance in Mega Evolution Special II as a Shiny Pokémon capable of Mega Evolution.
Metagross first appeared when Steven sent it out and Mega Evolved it in a battle against Alain's Charizard. It was shown being extremely strong in both offense and defense, dealing heavy blows on Alain's Mega Charizard X and being able to withstand even a strong Blast Burn with little effort. Before the battle could be finished, however, it was interrupted by Lysandre and his Pyroar using Flamethrower.
Steven later sent out and Mega Evolved his Metagross while facing Mega Rayquaza. When Alain's Mega Charizard X was struck by Rayquaza's Dragon Ascent, Metagross tried to grab it, but was knocked away by Rayquaza. It was then forced to take evasive action to avoid Rayquaza's Draco Meteor.
It is set to reappear in SS032.
Personality and characteristics
During its battle with Alain's Charizard, Metagross was shown to not only withstand powerful attacks, including ones that are super-effective, such as Blast Burn, but deal large amounts of damage as well with powerful Steel-type attacks, such as Flash Cannon and Meteor Mash. As shown in SS032 it can be friendly, such as protecting Mairin with Protect voluntarily and fistbumping Chespie after the battle.
Moves used
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
History
Metagross first appeared with Steven in Blowing Past Nosepass II of the Ruby & Sapphire arc when Steven contacted Captain Stern on the PokéNav.
Metagross later appeared at the Granite Cave. When Steven and Ruby were attacked by a group of wild Mawile, Steven used Metagross to defeat them with a surprise attack from underground.
Later, Steven and Metagross came to Wallace's rescue in the Lilycove Department Store after Tabitha had been turned insane due to his exposure to the Blue Orb, knocking the Magma Admin unconcious with Metagross's Meteor Mash. After defeating Tabitha's Torkoal as well, Steven boarded Metagross and started flying towards Sootopolis City, rescuing Sapphire from in the middle of the chaos caused by Groudon and Kyogre in the process.
After Steven had been killed by the stress of controlling Regirock, Regice, and Registeel, Metagross was used by Wallace to reach Sootopolis in order to stop Archie and Maxie for restarting the crisis. When Steven had been restored back to life by Celebi, Metagross returned to his possession.
During the Platinum arc, Metagross was seen flying Steven to the Sinnoh region so that Steven could collect rare stones located there. After Steven had sold his Villa, he used Metagross to fly back to Hoenn.
Metagross reappeared in the Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc.
Personality and characteristics
Metagross's magnetism allows it to float in the air, and as such, Steven has been mainly relied on it as a method of flight transportation. It has also shown to be an extremely strong battler, defeating a group of wild Pokémon at once without any sort of trouble.
Moves used
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Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Metagross.
This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games. |