Meteor Mash (move)

Meteor Mash コメットパンチ Comet Punch

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Battles Type  Steel Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  100 Accuracy  85% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Works well if it's the same type as the one before.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Meteor Mash (Japanese: コメットパンチ Comet Punch) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Meteor Mash inflicts damage and has a 20% chance of raising the user's Attack stat by one stage.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0035 Clefairy Normal 45 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 50 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 55 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0035 Clefairy Normal 43 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 48 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 53 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0386 Deoxys Psychic Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0035 Clefairy Normal 55 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 48 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 53 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Metang Meteor Mash glow.png Metang File:Metang meteor mash.png Meteor Mash hitting File:Metagross m mash.png Metagross
The foe is hit with a hard punch fired like a meteor.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Metang's hand glows white, and it punches the opponent. When the punch makes contact with the opponent, orange, yellow, and pink meteor-shaped particles come out of the white light on Metang's hand.
Morrison's Metang	Choose it or Lose it!		Debut
	Metagross's hand glows white or a sillouette of a golden meteor appears around its hand and it punches the opponent. When the attack makes contact, multicolored or golden meteor-shaped or star particles come out of the white light on Metagross's hand.
Tyson's Metagross	At the End of the Fray		None
Anabel's Metagross	Talking a Good Game!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The user smashes the opponent with one of its claws.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Metagross raises one of its arms above its head, then smashes it down upon the opponent. As it does, a trail of energy can be seen behind it.
Steven Stone's Metagross	VS. Kyogre & Groudon XII		Debut

Trivia

• The ability Iron Fist (which boosts the power of punching moves by 20%) affects Meteor Mash. This is because the Japanese name of Meteor Mash is Comet Punch (which was already taken by a Generation I move).
  • Despite this, no Pokémon with Iron Fist as an ability can learn Meteor Mash. However, many Pokémon can still use this combination legally by using an ability-copying technique such as Skill Swap or Trace and using the move either naturally, or through moves such as Metronome or Mimic.

In other languages

• Finnish: Meteorimäjäys
• French: Poing Météore
• German: Sternenhieb
• Greek: Μετεωρική Πολτοποίηση
• Italian: Meteorpugno
• Korean: 코멧펀치 Comet Punch
• Polish: Cios Meteoru
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Esmaga Meteoro
• Spanish: Puño Meteoro
• Serbian: Meteorski Udarac

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