Is Metang Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Steel/Psychic mid-stage with AbilityClear Body. Transfer-only. Durable but slow to level. Metagross at 45 is the target. The investment from Beldum through Metang tests patience.
Beldum trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Beldum trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Beldum trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Beldum trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's typing presses Beldum's defenses.
Byron's typing presses Beldum's defenses.
Beldum trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Volkner's typing presses Beldum's defenses.
Metagross resists most of Aaron's coverage and hits back hard.
Metagross has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Metagross trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Metagross trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Metagross has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Metagross resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Metagross has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Metagross trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Beldum
Catch Beldum on Route 228 (walking, Lv 53, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 53)
- LV 53NormalTake 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 Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 45)
- LV 45PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM64NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Given by the coin clerk at the Veilstone Game Corner once you string together ten bonus rounds in a row on the slot machines
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- After Byron
- TM91SteelFlash CannonPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 53SteelMeteor MashPower 150Accuracy 85%PP 10
- LV 62PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 71NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Metang in Diamond & Pearl
Level a swarm Beldum to 20 for Metang, which has no wild spot here. The whole thing hinges on catching the stubborn base form during its one daily swarm window first.
Wild Metang may be holding when caught:
Metal Coat (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a special metallic film that ups the power of Steel-type moves.Catch Beldum at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Metang.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8How to Obtain Metang in DP
How to Get Shiny Metang in Diamond & Pearl
Metang evolves from Beldum, so chain that shiny on Route 228 and let two of them fuse. Compare Shiny Metang odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Metang Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Metang in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Metang Weakness
Metang's Steel/Psychic typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire and Ground. It shrugs off Poison-type attacks completely. 8 resistances give it solid defensive coverage on top of that. With 60 HP and balanced defenses, Metang can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying, Rock, Dragon, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Psychic |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Metang Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Metang
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x70-83% Fire Blast 2x48-56% | ||
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Heatran builds →Overheat 2x176-208%KO Earthquake 2x51-61% | ||
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 2x106-125%KO Fire Blast 2x68-80% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Infernape builds →Overheat 2x146-172%KO Earthquake 2x58-69% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Rhydon builds →Earthquake 2x106-125%KO Fire Blast 2x44-52% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
 Steelix SteelGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Steelix builds →Earthquake 2x74-88% Fire Fang 2x33-39% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 2x81-96% Fire Fang 2x36-42% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Ninetales builds →Overheat 2x119-141%KO Dig 2x37-43% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Camerupt builds →Eruption 2x157-185%KO Earthquake 2x85-101%KO | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Arcanine builds →Overheat 2x142-167%KO Dig 2x49-58% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Donphan builds →Earthquake 2x99-117%KO Fire Fang 2x43-51% | ||
 Hippowdon Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Hippowdon builds →Earthquake 2x94-110%KO Fire Fang 2x40-48% | ||
Metang Evolutions
Metang is the middle stage between Beldum and Metagross. It's a three-stage line with one more evolution to go. For breeding, takes forever to hatch with no compatible partners via one egg group. So far, HP got the biggest boost (+20 from Beldum). The final form adds another 180 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Metang is genderless — breed with Ditto to produce Beldum eggs. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyDP Metang Best Moveset
100 Defense and Steel/Psychic typing give solid physical bulk, and AbilityClear Body prevents stat drops. The moveset runs physical Steel and Psychic hits off 75 Attack, functional but Metagross is the real destination. Metagross at 135 Attack is the destination.
Best Build
Metang best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Explosion
- Stealth Rock
- Bullet Punch
- Meteor Mash
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without TMs, Metang's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get coverage across 9 types on top of Psychic and Meteor Mash for STAB. The natural kit handles basics, but TMs are doing the real work.
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
38 of 39 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It is formed by two BELDUM joining together. Its steel body won’t be scratched if it collides with a jet.
Metang Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Metang is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Metang becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
In Diamond & Pearl, Metang has 420 BST and evolves into Metagross. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Metang as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Careful on Metang. +Sp. Def is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
For Diamond & Pearl, build your team around Victreebel, Gastrodon, and Skuntank. These have the highest co-usage rates with Metang in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
Game Availability
Metang first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 16 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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 6ORAS
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
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