Meltan Pokémon

Last Modified Jun 29, 2021 10:48 GMT

Meltan is a unique Pokemon. This tiny steel type was a promotional Pokemon introduced for Pokemon Go and its function of connecting to switch Pokemon games via Pokemon Home.

About Meltan

First appearance in animeIn the Pokemon Sun and Moon series episode ‘Show Me the Metal!’
First appearance in gameLet’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee
Region None
Evolution Meltan-->Melmetal
1st Evo in Pokemon Go400 Meltan Candy
Pokedex EntryIt dissolves and eats metal. Circulating liquid metal within its body is how it generates energy. They live as a group, but when the time comes, one strong Meltan will absorb all the others and evolve.

Meltan’s Base Stats

HP46
Attack65
Defense65
Sp. Attack55
Sp. Defense35
Speed34

Appearance

Meltan is made almost entirely of molten metal which can move to form many different shapes but usually takes on the rough shape of a body. Its head is a hexagonal nut with a small black sphere hovering inside of it, looking almost like the pupil of an eye.

Behavior

Meltan is a very old Pokemon and its metal body can melt and absorb other metals. Absorbing these metals fills it with electric energy that it can fire from its eye. Meltan often live in packs, with large groups of Meltan acting like family and supporting each other.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Meltan is a pure steel type so its typing is pretty strong. It's completely immune to poison type moves and the poisoned status. It is strong against normal, flying, rock, bug, steel, grass, psychic, ice, dragon, and fairy type moves and takes only half damage from them. It's only weak to fighting, ground, and fire type moves and takes double damage from them. This leaves only 4 types which deal normal damage to Meltan.

Shiny Meltan

Shiny Meltan is the rare, recolored version of Meltan. Shiny Meltan has very little change from its normal form. A Shiny Meltan has its hexagon head colored a bit darker than a normal Meltan and that's about it.

Best Moveset for Meltan

Support Set: Meltan is a very defensive Pokemon and can learn a number of supportive moves. This makes it ideal for buffing its defense with Acid Armor and afflicting the opponent with problems for as long as possible. This is best done with Thunder Wave to ensure the opponent is always paralyzed and Flash Cannon to do damage but more importantly lower the opponent’s special defense stat.

Acid ArmorProtect
Thunder WaveFlash Cannon

How to Catch Meltan in Pokemon Go

Meltan is caught by using an item called a Mystery Box. After using this item, Meltan will begin to appear in the wild only for the user of the Box. This effect only last for 30 minutes and if the user wants to get Melmetal they may have to use more than one Mystery Box.

Video Guide

Trivia

Meltan cannot be evolved in any Pokemon game other than Pokemon Go.

Meltan is the only mythical Pokemon that can evolve and due to this distances the mythical category further from the legendary category.

Ash’s Meltan is the first mythical Pokemon he even caught.

FAQs

Is Meltan a legendary?

Meltan is a mythical Pokemon which is defined differently to legendary Pokemon due to them often being exclusive to promotional events.

Is Meltan a ultra beast?

While Meltan is not an otherworldly Ultra Beast, it is found in areas where Ultra Beasts are seen in the anime.

Can you still get Meltan?

Meltan can still be obtained in Pokemon Go but this is the only place that Meltan can be obtained.

Conclusion

Meltan is a cute rarity. It's impressive to have one and if you have a Melmetal you will make your opponents both impressed and scared. Both Meltan and Melmetal are monsters on the battlefield.

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