Is Metagross Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
600 BST with Steel/Psychic and AbilityClear Body preventing all stat drops. Steven's ace Pokemon. If you grind the Beldum gift to Metagross, you get one of the strongest physical attackers in Gen 3 with a typing that resists almost everything. Postgame-only but the power ceiling is unmatched.
Roxanne's typing presses Beldum's defenses.
Beldum trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Beldum's defenses.
Flannery's team hits Beldum's weaknesses hard.
Norman's typing presses Beldum's defenses.
Winona's team hits Beldum's weaknesses hard.
Tate & Liza's Pokemon outpace and outclass Beldum here.
Wallace's team hits Beldum's weaknesses hard.
Metagross has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Metagross has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Metagross has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Metagross trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Metagross has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Gift Beldum
Beldum is given to you as a gift in Mossdeep City at Lv 5. After defeating Elite Four. Found in a Poke Ball on the table in Steven's house in Mossdeep City after becoming Champion.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 5)
- LV 5NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
Evolve Beldum to Metagross
Metang evolves into Metagross at Level 45. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Steven.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 45)
- LV 45PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 55SteelMeteor MashPower 150Accuracy 85%PP 10
- LV 66PsychicAgilityPower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- LV 77NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Metagross in Ruby & Sapphire
Metagross caps the line at level 45, never appearing on the map. Since Beldum is a one-shot post-E4 gift, this powerful steel giant hinges entirely on that single handout.
Wild Metagross may be holding when caught:
Metal Coat (5% chance) A hold item that raises the power of STEEL-type moves.Catch Beldum at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Metagross.
Badge 7How to Obtain Metagross in RS
- Step 2Evolve into MetangBREEDINGAvailableLeave Metagross with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Beldum egg.
- Step 3Metagross ✓
How to Get Shiny Metagross in Ruby & Sapphire
Metagross evolves from Metang, so hunt down a shiny Metang and carry it up to its final form. Compare Shiny Metagross odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Metagross Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Ruby & Sapphire with Metagross preloaded.
Metagross Weakness
Metagross is weak to Fire and Ground. On the flip side, it's immune to Poison-type moves entirely. With 8 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Metagross's physical bulk (base 130 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying, Rock, Dragon, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Psychic |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Metagross Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Metagross
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metagross View Blaziken builds →Overheat 2x121-142%KO Earthquake 2x46-55% | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metagross View Ninetales builds →Overheat 2x94-111%KO Dig 2x20-24% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metagross View Camerupt builds →Overheat 2x117-138%KO Earthquake 2x60-71% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
 Sandslash Ground | A | |
 Magcargo FireRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metagross View Magcargo builds →Overheat 2x104-122%KO Earthquake 2x24-28% | ||
 Claydol GroundPsychic | B | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metagross View Graveler builds →Earthquake 2x59-69% Fire Blast 2x36-43% | ||
 Trapinch Ground | C | |
 Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metagross View Rhyhorn builds →Earthquake 2x53-62% Fire Blast 2x29-34% | ||
 Nincada BugGround | C | |
Metagross Evolutions
End of the line. Metagross caps a three-stage chain that started at Beldum. Breeding produces the base form, and eggs take forever to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+80 over Beldum), and Metagross peaks at 600 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Metagross is genderless — breed with Ditto to produce Beldum eggs. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyRS Metagross Best Moveset
135 Attack fires MoveMeteor Mash for Steel TermStab with an Attack boost chance, and AbilityClear Body blocks all stat drops from AbilityIntimidate and other debuffs. MoveEarthquake for Ground coverage. MoveExplosion for the massive finisher. Held ItemChoice Band amplifies. One of the most physically dominant Pokemon in the format.
Best Build
Metagross best EVs are Attack and HP
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Meteor Mash
- Explosion
- Earthquake
- Agility
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Leveling does the heavy lifting. Metagross picks up Take Down and Psychic along the way, building toward a complete offensive set. TMs add coverage across 8 types, but the foundation's already strong by then.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
METAGROSS has four brains in total. Combined, the four brains can breeze through difficult calculations faster than a supercomputer. This POKéMON can float in the air by tucking in its four legs.
METAGROSS is the result of two METANG achieving fusion. When hunting, this POKéMON pins the prey to the ground under its massive body. It then eats the helpless victim using the large mouth on its stomach.
Metagross Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Yes. Metagross is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Metagross becomes available after the main story is complete in Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Metagross has appeared in 16 titles over 7 generations. Along the way, it received a Mega form in Generation 6, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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