Metal Burst (move)

Metal Burst メタルバースト Metal Burst

Battles Type  Steel Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  Varies Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earns double the score on the final performance.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jamming  0   Works great if the user goes last this turn.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Metal Burst (Japanese: メタルバースト Metal Burst) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Metal Burst returns 1.5 times the damage dealt by the foe's last attack. Unlike Counter or Mirror Coat, Metal Burst does not require specifically physical or special damage sources and Metal Burst does not have decreased priority; if the user acts before it is hit by an opponent's damaging move, Metal Burst will fail. The move also fails if the user's substitute is hit instead. In battles involving multiple Pokémon, Metal Burst will hit the last opponent that dealt damage to the user, even if that opponent is not adjacent to the user; Metal Burst cannot affect allied Pokémon.

Metal Burst can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an extra three appeal points if any of the moves Encore, Taunt or Torment was used in the prior turn.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
028A		Sandslash Alola Form		Field		Field				1
0304		Aron		Monster		Monster	46	53BW 50B2W2	50XY 49ORAS	49
0305		Lairon		Monster		Monster	56	67BW 62B2W2	62XY 55ORAS	55
0306		Aggron		Monster		Monster	65	82BW 74B2W2	74XY 63ORAS	63
0410		Shieldon		Monster		Monster	37	37	37	37
0411		Bastiodon		Monster		Monster	43	43	43	43
413S		Wormadam Trash Cloak		Bug		Bug				1
0483		Dialga		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	24HGSS	24	24	24
0625		Bisharp		Human-Like		Human-Like		1	1	1
0638		Cobalion		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered		67	1, 67	1, 55
0791		Solgaleo		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered				43
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0111		Rhyhorn		Monster	Field			✔	✔
0302		Sableye		Human-Like		Human-Like		✔	✔	✔
0303		Mawile		Field	Fairy		✔	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

Bastiodon Metal Burst thrown Hitting the opponent
The user creates a ball of energy that absorbs the opponent's attack before firing it back
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Bastiodon's body glows metallic as an opponent attacks it and it opens its mouth, forming a white ball in front of its mouth. The ball absorbs the attack and Bastiodon fires the white ball at the opponent.
Byron's Bastiodon	Dealing With Defensive Types!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Cobalion Bastiodon Aggron
The user returns the damage it took back at the opponent with several times more power.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Bastiodon jumps in front of an attack and lets itself get hit with it while standing its ground. As the attack hits it, it raises its head slightly, releasing a powerful pulse of energy from its face outward. The pulse is the opponent's attack, and it is sent back with double the power.
Diamond's Don	High-tailing It from Haunter		Debut
	Cobalion releases a bright burst of energy from its body at the opponent.
Cobalion (Adventures)	The Shadow Triad		None
	Aggron releases a bright burst of energy from its body at the opponent.
Sapphire's Rono	Omega Alpha Adventure 13		None

In other generations

Core series games

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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 金屬爆炸 Gāmsuhk Baauja * 合金爆裂 Hahpgām Baauliht * Mandarin 金屬爆炸 / 金属爆炸 Jīnshǔ Bàozhà * 合金爆裂 Héjīn Bàoliè * Dutch Metaalbarst French Fulmifer German Metallstoß Greek Μεταλλική Έκρηξη Métallo Ékrixi Hindi मेटल का धमाका Metal Ka Dhamaka Italian Metalscoppio Korean 메탈버스트 Metal Burst Polish Metaliczny Wybuch Portuguese Brazil Explosão de Metal Explosão Metálica (manga) Portugal Explosão Metálica Jorro Metálico Romanian Explozia Metalică Serbian Metalni Prasak Spanish Represión Metal* Repr. Metal* Vietnamese Kim Loại Công Phá

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