Full Metal Body (Ability)

Full Metal Body メタルプロテクト
Metal Protect
Flavor text
Generation VII
Prevents other Pokémon's moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokémon's stats.
Generation VIII
Prevents other Pokémon's moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokémon's stats.
Generation IX
Prevents other Pokémon's moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokémon's stats.

Full Metal Body (Japanese: メタルプロテクト Metal Protect) is an Ability introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature Ability of Solgaleo.

Effect

In battle

Full Metal Body prevents stat reduction caused by other Pokémon's moves and Abilities (such as Scary Face and Intimidate), including Sticky Web. Full Metal Body does not prevent self-inflicted stat reductions such as from moves like Superpower or Shell Smash.

Full Metal Body only protects from effects that lower stat stages, so it does not prevent stat reduction from items like the Iron Ball, the status conditions paralysis or burn, or the moves Guard Split or Power Split.

Full Metal Body does not prevent stat stages being directly modified by Haze, Clear Smog, Heart Swap, Guard Swap, Power Swap, Baton Pass, or Topsy-Turvy. It does not prevent Spectral Thief from stealing (i.e. resetting) positive stat changes.

Unlike White Smoke and Clear Body, this Ability cannot be ignored by moves or Abilities. It can still be changed or suppressed.

Outside of battle

Full Metal Body has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Full Metal Body

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0791   Solgaleo
Psychic Steel Full Metal Body None None
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.
  • For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 金屬防護 Gāmsuhk Fòhngwuh
Mandarin 金屬防護 / 金属防护 Jīnshǔ Fánghù
  French Métallo-Garde
  German Metallprotektor
  Hungarian Teljes Fém Test
  Italian Metalprotezione
  Korean 메탈프로텍트 Metal Protect
  Brazilian Portuguese Corpo Metálico
  Russian Металлическое Тело Metallicheskoye Telo
  Spanish Guardia Metálica
Variations of the Ability Clear Body
Clear BodyWhite SmokeFull Metal Body


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