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Metal Sound

General

Metal Sound
steel none

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald RSE

Quick Description

Diamond/Pearl Flavor text
A horrible sound like scraping metal is emitted to sharply reduce the foe's Sp. Def stat.
Eevine summary
Lowers the target's Special Defense by two levels.

Damage steel Inflicts

0× against
½× against
electric fire steel water
2× against
ice rock

Stats

Power
n/a
Accuracy
85%
PP
40; maximum is 64
Target
enemy
Effect chance
n/a
Power × accuracy
n/a
Power percentile
0
Priority
0

Names

Japanese
きんぞくおん
Romaji
Kinzokuon

Flags

TMs

Red/Blue/Yellow RBY TM
n/a
Gold/Silver/Crystal GSC TM
n/a
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald RSE TM
Not a TM
Diamond/Pearl/Platinum DPPT TM
Not a TM

Effect Details

Lowers the target's Special Defense by two levels.

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Flavor Text

Emits a horrible screech that sharply lowers SP. DEF.

Contest Stuff

Contest Stats

Type
smart
Appeal
1 1
Jam
3 333
Flavor text
Attempts to jam all Pokemon that have appealed this turn.

Similar Moves

beauty
BubbleBeam, Hail, Icy Wind, Lovely Kiss, Spore
cool
DragonBreath, False Swipe, Focus Energy, Hyper Voice, Rolling Kick
cute
Sweet Scent
smart
GrassWhistle, Hypnosis, Nightmare, Psychic, Screech, Sleep Powder
tough
Bite, Earthquake, Glare, Mud Shot, Rock Slide, Smog

Combos

Use Metal Sound before
Metal Claw
Use Metal Sound after

Contest Effect

Pokémon

See also: All 15 in the Pokémon search

By leveling up

14 Pokémon

Red/Blue Yellow Gold/Silver Crystal Ruby/Sapphire Fire Red/Leaf Green Diamond/Pearl Platinum Pokémon Height Weight Type Gender Egg groups Abilities HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Avg
50 50 40 40 Aggron 6'10.7" 793.7 lb steel rock Monster Sturdy
Rock Head
70 110 180 60 60 50 88.3
39 39 36 36 Aron 1'3.7" 132.3 lb steel rock Monster Sturdy
Rock Head
50 70 100 40 40 30 55.0
10 10 Bastiodon 4'3.2" 329.6 lb rock steel Monster Sturdy 60 52 168 47 138 30 82.5
25 25 Heatran 5'6.9" 948 lb fire steel No Eggs Flash Fire 91 90 106 130 106 77 100.0
43 43 41 41 Kabuto 1'7.7" 25.4 lb rock water Water 1
Water 3
Battle Armor
Swift Swim
30 80 90 55 45 55 59.2
46 46 45 45 Kabutops 4'3.2" 89.3 lb rock water Water 1
Water 3
Battle Armor
Swift Swim
60 115 105 65 70 80 82.5
45 45 40 40 Lairon 2'11.4" 264.6 lb steel rock Monster Sturdy
Rock Head
60 90 140 50 50 40 71.7
24 24 Lucario 3'11.2" 119 lb fighting steel Ground
Humanshape
Inner Focus
Steadfast
70 110 70 115 70 90 87.5
-- -- -- -- Magnemite 11.8" 13.2 lb electric steel Mineral Sturdy
Magnet Pull
25 35 70 95 55 45 54.2
-- -- -- -- Magneton 3'3.4" 132.3 lb electric steel Mineral Sturdy
Magnet Pull
50 60 95 120 70 70 77.5
-- -- Magnezone 3'11.2" 396.8 lb electric steel Mineral Sturdy
Magnet Pull
70 70 115 130 90 60 89.2
10 10 Shieldon 1'7.7" 125.7 lb rock steel Monster Sturdy 30 42 118 42 88 30 58.3
45 45 33 31 Skarmory 5'6.9" 111.3 lb steel flying Flying Sturdy
Keen Eye
65 80 140 40 70 70 77.5
29 29 Wormadam
[steel]
1'7.7" 14.3 lb bug steel Bug Anticipation 60 69 95 69 95 36 70.7

Other

1 Pokémon

Pokémon Height Weight Type Gender Egg groups Abilities HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Avg
Zapdos 5'3" 116 lb electric flying No Eggs Pressure 90 90 85 125 90 100 96.7

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