Steel type

The Steel type (はがねタイプ Hagane taipu in Japanese) is one of the eighteen Pokémon elemental types.

It was introduced in Generation II, along with the Dark type, to balance the other types. It was added to the typing of two Pokémon, Magnemite and Magneton, which were only Electric-type.

Steel-type Pokémon stand out for having the best defense. They tend to be heavy and thus have low Speed. Steel-types are mainly inorganic in nature, some of them representing robots and machines.

Along with the Rock and Ground types, Steel represents part of the Earth's minerals as types.

Famous Steel-type Pokémon Trainers include Jasmine, the sixth Johto Gym Leader; Steven Stone, the Hoenn Champion; Byron, the sixth Gym Leader of Sinnoh; and Wikstrom, a member of the Kalos Pokémon League. Also, Colress, who is part of the new Team Plasma, uses Pokémon of this type as well.

Steel-type moves

• There are 19 Steel-type moves.
  • In Generation II, 3 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation III, 4 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation IV, 7 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation V, 4 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation VI, 1 move has been introduced.
  • No moves were introduced in Generation I.
• In battles: Physical moves stand out.
  • 11 moves are of the type.
  • 3 moves are of the type.
  • 5 moves are of the type.
• In contests: Cool moves stand out.
  • 8 moves are of the type.
  • 4 moves are of the type.
  • 4 moves are of the type.
  • 3 moves are of the type.
  • There are no moves of the type.

List of Steel-type moves

Name	Category	Contest	Generation	Power
Autotomize			Generation V	-
Bullet Punch			Generation IV	40
Doom Desire			Generation III	140
Flash Cannon			Generation IV	80
Gear Grind			Generation V	50 (x2)
Gyro Ball			Generation IV	1-150
Heavy Slam			Generation V	40-120
Iron Defense			Generation III	-
Iron Head			Generation IV	80
Iron Tail			Generation II	100
King's Shield			Generation VI	-
Magnet Bomb			Generation IV	60
Metal Burst			Generation IV	-
Metal Claw			Generation II	50
Metal Sound			Generation III	-
Meteor Mash			Generation III	90
Mirror Shot			Generation IV	65
Shift Gear			Generation V	-
Steel Wing			Generation II	70

Effectiveness of Steel-type moves

×2

Super effective against Pokémon of the types: ,  and .

½

Not very effective against Pokémon of the types: , ,  and .

Weaknesses and resistances of the Steel type

A type chart displaying the weaknesses and resistances of a Pokémon when damaged by a move. Empty fields are moves that do normal damage.

×4 Doubly super effective

×2 Super effective

½ Resistant

¼ Very resistant

×0 Immune

	Type of the move
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	½		½		½		×4			¼		½	½	×0	½		½
		½	½			×4	×2	½	½	½	×2	½	½	×0	×0	½	½
	½			½		×2		½		¼	×2		½	×0	½	½	½	½
	½		½	½	½	×2	×2	¼		½	×4	½	½	×0	½	½	¼
	¼	½	×0		½		×2	½		½	×2	½	½	×0	½	½
	¼	½	½			×2	×2			½	×2	½	½	×0		¼	½
	¼		½		¼	×2		½		¼	×4	¼	½	×0	½		¼	×2
	¼		½	×2	½		×2	½		¼	×0		½	×0	½		½
	¼	×2	½		½	×0	×2	½	×2	½	×2	½	×0	×0	½	½	½
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	½		½	×0	½	×2	×2	½			×2		½	×0	½	¼	½	×2
		×2	½		½		×2	½	×2	½	×2	½	½	×0	¼	½	½
	½		½		½	×4		¼			×4	½	¼	×0	½	½		×2
	½		½	×2	½	×2		½			×2	¼	½	×0	½	½	¼	½

Steel-type-Pokémon Trainers

Steel-type-Pokémon Gym Leaders

Leader	Location	Badge
Jasmine	Olivine City, Johto	Mineral Badge
Byron	Canalave City, Sinnoh	Mine Badge

Steel-type-Pokémon Elite Four members

Competence	Category
Steven Stone	Hoenn Champion
Wikstrom	Kalos Elite Four

Steel-type Pokémon

42 Pokémon are Steel type. (5.83% of all Pokémon)

Pure Steel-type Pokémon

4 Pokémon are pure Steel type. (9.52% of the Steel-type Pokémon)

Registeel	Klink	Klang	Klinklang
#379	#599	#600	#601

Primary Steel-type Pokémon

18 Pokémon are primary Steel type. (42.86% of the Steel-type Pokémon)

Steelix	Skarmory	Mawile	Aron	Lairon	Aggron
#208	#227	#303	#304	#305	#306
Beldum	Metang	Metagross	Jirachi	Bronzor	Bronzong
#374	#375	#376	#385	#436	#437
Dialga	Cobalion	Honedge	Doublade	Aegislash	Klefki
#483	#638	#679	#680	#681	#707

Secondary Steel-type Pokémon

20 Pokémon are secondary Steel type. (47.62% of the Steel-type Pokémon)

Magnemite	Magneton	Forretress	Scizor	Empoleon	Shieldon
#081	#082	#205	#212	#395	#410
Bastiodon	Wormadam	Lucario	Magnezone	Probopass	Heatran
#411	Wormadam #413	#448	#462	#476	#485
Excadrill	Escavalier	Ferroseed	Ferrothorn	Pawniard	Bisharp
#530	#589	#597	#598	#624	#625
Durant	Genesect
#632	#649

Pokémon with Steel-type alternate formes

The following alternate formes of some Pokémon are also of the Steel type.

Mega Steelix	Mega Scizor	Mega Mawile	Mega Aggron	Mega Metagross	Mega Lucario
#208	#212	#303	#306	#376	#448
Arceus	Aegislash
#493	Aegislash #681

Relations with other types

• They're strong against the Fairy type because in Europen mythology, fairies lose their power with metals, also, they are burnt when touching them.
• They're strong against the Ice and Rock types because steel with its hardness can break them easily.
• They're weak against the Fighting type because if given hard blows, the steel can bend or break due to its low elasticity.
• They're weak against the Fire type because steel is a conductor of heat and it can be melted with high temperatures.
• They're weak against the Ground type because earthquakes destroy metal buildings.
• They resist the Bug type because bugs and insects don't have enough force to make any physical change to metals.
• They resist the Dragon type because in medieval legends, knights used steel armors to take on dragons to resist their attacks and be able to kill them.
• They resist the Normal type because most Normal-type moves are Physical, and not so powerful as those of the Fighting type, and steel hard enough to resist those kind of attacks.
• They resist the Psychic type because, since steel lacks life and it's an inorganic material, mind-controlled powers can't hurt them much. Something curious is that Kadabra and Alakazam bend metal spoons with their mind.
• Until Generation V, they resisted the Dark and Ghost types because machines don't feel fear, since they don't have emotions or feelings, but, from Generation VI onward, they don't resist these types anymore, probably because not Steel-type Pokémon are machines, also, all of them have feelings, they could have fear at one point.
• They're immune to the Poison type because poison doesn't affect things that are not organic.
• The Electric type resists them because it is an electricity conductor and their magnetism can repel their attacks.
• The Water type resists them because water oxidizes most metals.