Heavy Metal (Ability)

Heavy Metal (Japanese: ヘヴィメタル Heavy Metal) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Heavy Metal	ヘヴィメタル
	Heavy Metal
Flavor text Generation V Doubles the Pokémon's weight. Generation VI Doubles the Pokémon's weight. Generation VII Doubles the Pokémon's weight. Generation VIII Doubles the Pokémon's weight. Generation IX Doubles the Pokémon's weight.

Effect

In battle

Doubles the weight of the Pokémon with this Ability.

Autotomize is applied before other weight-modifying effects, including Heavy Metal. Heavy Metal is the only effect that can cause a Pokémon's weight to exceed 999.9 kg.

This has no effect on the Heavy Ball, which uses the Pokémon's species' weight rather than its current weight.

Outside of battle

Heavy Metal has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Heavy Metal

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0304		Aron	Steel	Rock	Sturdy	Rock Head	Heavy Metal
0305		Lairon	Steel	Rock	Sturdy	Rock Head	Heavy Metal
0306		Aggron	Steel	Rock	Sturdy	Rock Head	Heavy Metal
0436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic	Levitate	Heatproof	Heavy Metal
0437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic	Levitate	Heatproof	Heavy Metal
0878		Cufant	Steel		Steel	Sheer Force	None	Heavy Metal
0879		Copperajah	Steel		Steel	Sheer Force	None	Heavy Metal
0884		Duraludon	Steel	Dragon	Light Metal	Heavy Metal	Stalwart
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 games

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Heavy Metal is Duraludon's Ability. It prevents the user from being thrown or shoved by the first attempt to throw or shove them.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	重金屬 Chúhnggāmsuhk
	Mandarin	重金屬 / 重金属 Zhòngjīnshǔ
French		Heavy Metal
German		Schwermetall
Italian		Metalpesante
Korean		헤비메탈 Heavy Metal
Brazilian Portuguese		Metal Pesado
Spanish	Latin America	Metal Pesado
	Spain	Metal PesadoVI+ Met. PesadoV

Variations of the Ability Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal • Light Metal

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