Steel Beam (move)

Steel Beam てっていこうせん Beam of Steely Resolve

Battles Type  Steel Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  140 Accuracy  95% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VIII Move Tutor in Pokémon Sword and Shield

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VIII

Steel Beam (Japanese: てっていこうせん Beam of Steely Resolve) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation VIII.

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Effect

Steel Beam inflicts damage, and the user takes damage equal to half of its maximum HP, rounded up.

Description

Games Description SwSh The user fires a beam of steel that it collected from its entire body. This also damages the user.

Learnset

By Move Tutor

A Move Tutor will teach Steel Beam to any Steel-type Pokémon (except for Dusk Mane Necrozma), as well as both Zacian and Zamazenta. Silvally can also learn the move regardless as to if it is holding a Memory or not. The Move Tutor is:

• SwSh: a man in Motostoke after becoming Champion.

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Game
						SwSh	SwSh IoA
027		Sandshrew Alolan Form		Field		Field	✔
028		Sandslash Alolan Form		Field		Field	✔
050		Diglett Alolan Form		Field		Field	✔
051		Dugtrio Alolan Form		Field		Field	✔
052		Meowth Galarian Form		Field		Field	✔
081		Magnemite		Mineral		Mineral	✔
082		Magneton		Mineral		Mineral	✔
208		Steelix		Mineral		Mineral	✔
212		Scizor		Bug		Bug	✔
227		Skarmory		Flying		Flying	✔
303		Mawile		Field	Fairy	✔
304		Aron		Monster		Monster	✔
305		Lairon		Monster		Monster	✔
306		Aggron		Monster		Monster	✔
374		Beldum		Mineral		Mineral	✔
375		Metang		Mineral		Mineral	✔
376		Metagross		Mineral		Mineral	✔
379		Registeel		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
385		Jirachi		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
436		Bronzor		Mineral		Mineral	✔
437		Bronzong		Mineral		Mineral	✔
448		Lucario		Field	Human-Like	✔
462		Magnezone		Mineral		Mineral	✔
483		Dialga		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
485		Heatran		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
530		Excadrill		Field		Field	✔
589		Escavalier		Bug		Bug	✔
597		Ferroseed		Grass	Mineral	✔
598		Ferrothorn		Grass	Mineral	✔
599		Klink		Mineral		Mineral	✔
600		Klang		Mineral		Mineral	✔
601		Klinklang		Mineral		Mineral	✔
618		Stunfisk Galarian Form		Water 1	Amorphous	✔
624		Pawniard		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
625		Bisharp		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
632		Durant		Bug		Bug	✔
638		Cobalion		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
649		Genesect		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
679		Honedge		Mineral		Mineral	✔
680		Doublade		Mineral		Mineral	✔
681		Aegislash		Mineral		Mineral	✔
707		Klefki		Mineral		Mineral	✔
773		Silvally		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
777		Togedemaru		Field	Fairy	✔
791		Solgaleo		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
797		Celesteela		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
798		Kartana		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
801		Magearna		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
805		Stakataka		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
808		Meltan		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
809		Melmetal		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
823		Corviknight		Flying		Flying	✔
863		Perrserker		Field		Field	✔
878		Cufant		Field	Mineral	✔
879		Copperajah		Field	Mineral	✔
884		Duraludon		Mineral	Dragon	✔
888		Zacian		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
889		Zamazenta		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation VIII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
823		Corviknight		Flying		Flying	★And337 Gigantamax Corviknight
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

	Duraludon
The user fires a beam of steel that it collected from its entire body. This also damages the user.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Duraludon	Duraludon lands on all fours and gathers an orb of bluish silver energy in front of its mouth. It then fires a beam of energy from the orb at the opponent.
Raihan's Duraludon	Toughing It Out!		Debut

Pokédex entries

Episode Subject Source Entry JN027 Steel Beam Goh's Rotom Phone Steel Beam uses up energy from Duraludon's body and, in exchange, releases vast amounts of power.

Trivia

• In April 2019, prior to the release of Pokémon Sword and Shield, CoroCoro Comics May ran a contest where fans could name the strongest Steel-type move. Steel Beam's Japanese name was the name that won this contest.
• The Japanese name of this move literally means an "all-out resistance" (徹底抗戦 tettei-kōsen), while also incorporating puns on 鋼鉄 kōtetsu (steel) and 光線 kōsen (beam).
• Steel Beam is tied with Doom Desire for having the highest base power of all Steel-type moves, excluding Z-Moves, Max Moves, and G-Max Moves.
• Steel Beam was the last move in Generation VIII index number order before the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass was released.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 鐵蹄光線 Tittàih Gwōngsin Mandarin 鐵蹄光線 / 铁蹄光线 Tiětí Guāngxiàn Czech Ocelový Paprsek French Métalaser German Stahlstrahl Italian Raggio d'Acciaio Korean 철제광선 Cheolje Gwangseon Brazilian Portuguese Feixe de Aço Spanish Metaláser

References

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.