Steel (type)
Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Some notable trainers that specialize in the Steel-type include Jasmine of Olivine City, Steven Stone, previously champion of the Elite Four of Hoenn, and Byron, Gym Leader of Canalave City.
Statistical averages
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Battle properties
Steel-type moves:
- Are super-effective against: Ice, Rock
- Are not very effective against: Electric, Fire, Steel, Water
- Have no effect against: None
Steel-type Pokémon:
Characteristics
Defensively, Steel-types are very good. They have resistances to 11 of the 17 types, which can make for a good physical and special tank in battle. They are immune to Template:Type2 attacks, meaning they are not affected by Toxic. They can hold up to many attacks, because of their high Defense. Their Special Defense is lower than their physical, but is still reasonably high.
Offensively, it is not recommended to use Steel-type moves, because there are only two types weak to Steel: Ice and Rock. Steel-types have average Attack and Special Attack, though there are some high-powered outliers in the Special field, such as Lucario and Magnezone.
In total, there are 26 Pokémon with the Steel-type.
Pokémon
Pure Steel-type Pokémon
| # | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 303 | 
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Mawile |
| 379 | 
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Registeel |
Half Steel-type Pokémon
Primary Steel-type Pokémon
| # | Name | Type 1 | Type 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 208 | 
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Steelix | Steel | Ground |
| 227 | 
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Skarmory | Steel | Flying |
| 304 | 
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Aron | Steel | Rock |
| 305 | 
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Lairon | Steel | Rock |
| 306 | 
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Aggron | Steel | Rock |
| 374 | 
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Beldum | Steel | Psychic |
| 375 | 
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Metang | Steel | Psychic |
| 376 | 
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Metagross | Steel | Psychic |
| 385 | 
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Jirachi | Steel | Psychic |
| 436 | 
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Bronzor | Steel | Psychic |
| 437 | 
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Bronzong | Steel | Psychic |
| 483 | 
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Dialga | Steel | Dragon |
Secondary Steel-type Pokémon
| # | Name | Type 1 | Type 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 081 | 
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Magnemite | Electric | Steel |
| 082 | 
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Magneton | Electric | Steel |
| 205 | 
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Forretress | Bug | Steel |
| 212 | 
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Scizor | Bug | Steel |
| 395 | 
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Empoleon | Water | Steel |
| 410 | 
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Shieldon | Rock | Steel |
| 411 | 
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Bastiodon | Rock | Steel |
| 413 | 
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Wormadam* | Bug | Steel |
| 448 | 
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Lucario | Fighting | Steel |
| 462 | 
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Magnezone | Electric | Steel |
| 476 | 
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Probopass | Rock | Steel |
| 485 | 
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Heatran | Fire | Steel |
Moves
Damage-dealing moves
| Name | Category | Contest | Power | Accuracy | PP | Target | Notes |
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| Bullet Punch | 
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Smart | 40 | 100% | 30 | One foe | Always attacks first. |
| Doom Desire | 
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Cool | 120 | 85% | 5 | One foe | Hits two turns after this move is used. |
| Flash Cannon |
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Smart | 80 | 100% | 10 | One foe | Has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense. |
| Gyro Ball |
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Beauty | Varies | 100% | 5 | One foe | Deals more damage the slower the user is compared to the target. |
| Iron Head |
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Tough | 80 | 100% | 15 | One foe | Has a 30% chance of making target flinch |
| Iron Tail |
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Cool | 100 | 75% | 15 | One foe | Has a 30% chance of lowering target's Defense. |
| Magnet Bomb |
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Cool | 60 | —% | 20 | One foe | Never misses. |
| Metal Burst |
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Beauty | — | 100% | 10 | One foe | Returns 150% the damage dealt by the foe's last attack. |
| Metal Claw |
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Cool | 50 | 95% | 35 | One foe | Has a 10% chance of raising user's Attack. |
| Meteor Mash |
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Cool | 100 | 85% | 10 | One foe | Has a 10% chance of raising user's Attack. |
| Mirror Shot |
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Cute | 65 | 85% | 10 | One foe | Has a 30% chance of lowering target's accuracy. |
| Steel Wing |
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Cool | 70 | 90% | 25 | One foe | Has a 10% chance of raising user's Defense. |
Non-damaging moves
| Name | Category | Contest | Accuracy | PP | Target | Notes |
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| Iron Defense | 
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Tough | — | 15 | — | Raises user's Defense 2 levels. |
| Metal Sound |
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Smart | 85% | 40 | One foe | Lower's target's Special Defense 2 levels. |
Trivia
- Although the Steel-type was introduced in Generation II, no pure Steel-type Pokémon were introduced until Generation III. In fact, no pure Steel-type Pokémon has been introduced since then.
- Out of all the types, Steel has the most resistances and the highest average Defense.
- There were no 100% accurate Steel-type attacks until Generation IV.
- There are only two pure Steel-type Pokémon, the least of any type, unless you count the Template:Type2, which has no Pokémon purely of that type.
- Up until Pokémon Platinum, Weedle was completely unable to damage Steel-type Pokémon because the only damaging move it could learn was Poison Sting, and Steel-types are immune to Template:Type2 moves. In Platinum, Weedle is able to learn Bug Bite via level-up, allowing it to do damage.
- Although Bug Bite allows Weedle to damage Steel-type Pokémon, it isn't very effective against them.
- Magnemite and Magneton are Generation I Pokémon that became a Steel-type Pokémon in Generation II.
In other languages
- Dutch: Staal
- French: Acier
- German: Stahl
- Italian: Acciaio
- Japanese: はがね (鋼) hagane
- Korean: 강철 gangcheol
- Spanish: Acero