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 made change its typing to two Pokémon, Magnemite and Magneton, which were only Electric typed.
Steel-type Pokémon stand out for having the best defense. Steel-type Pokémon also tend to be heavy, thus making them slow. Steel-type Pokémon are mainly inorganic in nature, some of them even represent robots and machines.
It, along the Rock and Ground types, 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.
- In contests: Cool moves stand out.
List of Steel-type moves
Name | Category | Contest | Generation | Power |
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Autotomize | Generation V | - | ||
Bullet Punch | [1] | Generation IV | 40 | |
Doom Desire | [2] | Generation III | 140[3] | |
Flash Cannon | [1] | Generation IV | 80 | |
Gear Grind | Generation V | 50 (x2) | ||
Gyro Ball | [4] | Generation IV | 1-150 | |
Heavy Slam | Generation V | 40-120 | ||
Iron Defense | Generation III | - | ||
Iron Head | Generation IV | 80 | ||
Iron Tail | [2] | Generation II | 100 | |
King's Shield | Generation VI | - | ||
Magnet Bomb | Generation IV | 60 | ||
Metal Burst | [4] | Generation IV | - | |
Metal Claw | Generation II | 50 | ||
Metal Sound | Generation III | - | ||
Meteor Mash | Generation III | 90[5] | ||
Mirror Shot | [6] | Generation IV | 65 | |
Shift Gear | Generation V | - | ||
Steel Wing | Generation II | 70 |
Effectiveness of Steel-type moves
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Super effective against Pokémon of the types: , and .
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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.
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Known Steel-type Pokémon Trainers
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Johto Gym Leader Jasmine | Hoenn Champion Steven | Sinnoh Gym Leader Byron | Kalos Elite Four Wikstrom | Valora Warlord Ieyasu | Warlord Servant Tadakatsu |
Steel-type Pokémon
42 Pokémon are Steel type. (5.85% of all Pokémon)
Pure Steel-type Pokémon
4 Pokémon are pure Steel type. (11.90% of the Steel-type Pokémon)
Registeel | Klink | Klang | Klinklang |
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Primary Steel-type Pokémon
18 Pokémon are primary Steel type. (42.86% of the Steel-type Pokémon)
Steelix | Skarmory | Mawile | Aron | Lairon | Aggron |
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Dialga | Cobalion | Honedge | Doublade | Aegislash | Klefki |
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Secondary Steel-type Pokémon
20 Pokémon are secondary Steel type. (47.62% of the Steel-type Pokémon)
Magnemite | Magneton | Forretress | Scizor | Empoleon | Shieldon |
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Excadrill | Escavalier | Ferroseed | Ferrothorn | Pawniard | Bisharp |
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Mega Evolved Steel-type Pokémon
Mega Steelix | Mega Scizor | Mega Mawile | Mega Aggron | Mega Metagross | Mega Lucario |
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Notes
- ^ a b Before Generation VI, this was a -type move.
- ^ a b Before Generation VI, this was a -type move.
- ^ 120 before Generation V.
- ^ a b Before Generation VI, this was a -type move.
- ^ 100 until Generation V.
- ^ Before Generation VI, this was a -type move.
- ^ Before Generation VI, Mawile was a pure type.
- ^ a b In Generation I, Magnemite and Magneton were pure types.
- ^ Only its Trash Cloak.
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