Steel (type)

Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Some notable trainers that specialize in the Steel-type include Jasmine of Olivine City, Steven Stone, previously champion of the Elite Four of Hoenn, and Byron, Gym Leader of Canalave City.

Statistical averages

Battle properties

Steel-type moves:

• Are super-effective against: Ice, Rock
• Are not very effective against: Electric, Fire, Steel, Water
• Have no effect against: None

Steel-type Pokémon:

• Resist: Normal, Bug, Dark, Dragon, Flying, Ghost, Grass, Ice, Psychic, Rock, Steel
• Are weak to: Fighting, Fire, Ground
• Have immunity to: Poison

Characteristics

Defensively, Steel-types are very good. They have resistances to 11 of the 17 types, which can make for a good physical and special tank in battle. They are immune to Template:Type2 attacks, meaning they are not affected by Toxic. They can hold up to many attacks, because of their high Defense. Their Special Defense is lower than their physical, but is still reasonably high.

Offensively, it is not recommended to use Steel-type moves, because there are only two types weak to Steel: Ice and Rock. Steel-types have average Attack and Special Attack, though there are some high-powered outliers in the Special field, such as Lucario and Magnezone.

In total, there are 26 Pokémon with the Steel-type.

Pokémon

Pure Steel-type Pokémon

Half Steel-type Pokémon

Primary Steel-type Pokémon

#		Name	Type 1	Type 2
208	File:208MS.gif	Steelix	Steel	Ground
227	File:227MS.gif	Skarmory	Steel	Flying
304	File:304MS.gif	Aron	Steel	Rock
305	File:305MS.gif	Lairon	Steel	Rock
306	File:306MS.gif	Aggron	Steel	Rock
374	File:374MS.gif	Beldum	Steel	Psychic
375	File:375MS.gif	Metang	Steel	Psychic
376	File:376MS.gif	Metagross	Steel	Psychic
385	File:385MS.gif	Jirachi	Steel	Psychic
436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic
437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon

Secondary Steel-type Pokémon

#		Name	Type 1	Type 2
081	File:081MS.gif	Magnemite	Electric	Steel
082	File:082MS.gif	Magneton	Electric	Steel
205	File:205MS.gif	Forretress	Bug	Steel
212	File:212MS.gif	Scizor	Bug	Steel
395	File:395MS.gif	Empoleon	Water	Steel
410		Shieldon	Rock	Steel
411		Bastiodon	Rock	Steel
413		Wormadam*	Bug	Steel
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel
462		Magnezone	Electric	Steel
476		Probopass	Rock	Steel
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

Name	Category	Contest	Power	Accuracy	PP	Target	Notes
Bullet Punch		Smart	40	100%	30	One foe	Always attacks first.
Doom Desire		Cool	120	85%	5	One foe	Hits two turns after this move is used.
Flash Cannon		Smart	80	100%	10	One foe	Has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense.
Gyro Ball		Beauty	Varies	100%	5	One foe	Deals more damage the slower the user is compared to the target.
Iron Head		Tough	80	100%	15	One foe	Has a 30% chance of making target flinch
Iron Tail		Cool	100	75%	15	One foe	Has a 30% chance of lowering target's Defense.
Magnet Bomb		Cool	60	—%	20	One foe	Never misses.
Metal Burst		Beauty	—	100%	10	One foe	Returns 150% the damage dealt by the foe's last attack.
Metal Claw		Cool	50	95%	35	One foe	Has a 10% chance of raising user's Attack.
Meteor Mash		Cool	100	85%	10	One foe	Has a 10% chance of raising user's Attack.
Mirror Shot		Cute	65	85%	10	One foe	Has a 30% chance of lowering target's accuracy.
Steel Wing		Cool	70	90%	25	One foe	Has a 10% chance of raising user's Defense.

Non-damaging moves

Name	Category	Contest	Power	Accuracy	PP	Target	Notes
Iron Defense		Tough	—	—	15	—	Raises user's Defense 2 levels.
Metal Sound		Smart	—	85%	40	One foe	Lower's target's Special Defense 2 levels.

Trivia

• Although the Steel-type was introduced in Generation II, no pure Steel-type Pokémon would appear until in Generation III.
• Out of all the types, Steel has most resistances. It also has the highest Defence.
• There were no 100% accurate Steel-type attacks until Generation IV.

In other languages

• French: Acier
• German: Stahl
• Italian: Acciaio
• Spanish: Acero
• Korean: 강철 gangcheol
• Hebrew: פלדה plada or מתכת matehet (metal)