Is Metang Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Steel/Psychic with AbilityClear Body blocking all stat drops. Metang is durable but slow to level since Beldum's catch is postgame. Evolves into Metagross at 45. The grind is real but the endpoint is Steven's strongest Pokemon.
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 Metang in Ruby & Sapphire
Your gift Beldum becomes Metang at level 20. With no wild spawns backing it up, that one post-Champion handout in Mossdeep is the entire supply, so guard it carefully.
Wild Metang 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 Metang.
Badge 7How to Obtain Metang in RS
How to Get Shiny Metang in Ruby & Sapphire
Metang starts as Beldum, the gift waiting at Steven's house in Mossdeep City, so soft reset it until it comes shiny and evolve it into Metang. Compare Shiny Metang odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Metang 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Metang in the Ruby & Sapphire 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Metang Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Metang
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Blaziken builds →Overheat 2x155-183%KO Dig 2x41-49% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Ninetales builds →Overheat 2x123-145%KO Dig 2x29-35% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Camerupt builds →Overheat 2x148-175%KO Earthquake 2x87-104%KO | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
 Magcargo FireRock | C | |
 Sandslash Ground | A | |
 Claydol GroundPsychic | B | |
 Donphan Ground | B | |
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Geodude builds →Earthquake 2x74-87% Fire Blast 2x35-42% | ||
 Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Metang View Rhyhorn builds →Dig 2x46-55% Fire Blast 2x35-42% | ||
 Vibrava GroundDragon | D | |
 Nincada BugGround | C | |
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 onlyRS Metang Best Moveset
Steel/Psychic middle stage with MoveMeteor Mash for Steel TermStab and MovePsychic for coverage. AbilityClear Body prevents all stat drops from AbilityIntimidate and other effects. Metagross completes the stat line at 135 Attack.
Best Build
Metang best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Meteor Mash
- Earthquake
- Toxic
- Explosion
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without TMs, Metang's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get coverage across 8 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
All 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When two BELDUM fuse together, METANG is formed. The brains of the BELDUM are joined by a magnetic nervous system. By linking its brains magnetically, this POKéMON generates strong psychokinetic power.
When two BELDUM fuse together, METANG is formed. The brains of the BELDUM are joined by a magnetic nervous system. This POKéMON turns its arms to the rear for traveling at high speed.
Metang Ruby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire.
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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