Steel Beam (move)

	Steel Beam; てっていこうせん Beam of Steely Resolve
Type	Steel
Category	Special
PP	5 (max. 8)
Power	140
Accuracy	95%
Priority	0
	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;
	Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Introduced	Generation VIII
	Move Tutor in Pokémon Sword and Shield; Move Tutor in Pokémon Legends: Arceus; TM170 in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet; TM157 in Pokémon Legends: Z-A;
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	On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VIII; Generation IX; ;

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. It is TM170 in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and TM157 in Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

Effect

Steel Beam inflicts damage, and the user takes damage equal to half of its maximum HP rounded up (unless it has Magic Guard).

The user of Steel Beam will take damage even if the target is protected from it, if it hits a substitute, or if the move misses. If Steel Beam fails due to there being no targets (i.e. if all Pokémon in range fainted before the move was used), the user does not take damage.

Rock Head and Reckless do not affect Steel Beam.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Steel Beam cannot be selected in a battle.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Steel Beam's base power is changed from 140 to 120. Steel Beam is a recoil move in this game.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

		Agile	Strong
Category	Special
PP	5

Power	120	100	140
Accuracy	95%	95%	100%
Action speed modifier
Self	0	0	+5
Target	0	+3	0
Additional effect
Recoil	50%	33%	66%
		?	?
		?	?
Damages the user by a percentage of its total HP

Description

Games	Description
SwSh LA SV	The user fires a beam of steel that it collected from its entire body. This also damages the user.
BDSP	This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.
ZA	The user attacks by firing off a fierce beam of steel that has been collected from its entire body. The user will also take some damage.

Learnset

By TM/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. Arceus and Silvally can also learn the move regardless of their current type. The Move Tutor is:

SwSh: a man in Motostoke after becoming Champion.
LA: Zisu in Jubilife Village for $4000.

#		Egg Groups		Compatibility
				VIII		IX
				SwSh Tutor	LA Tutor	SV TM170	ZA TM157
0027	Sandshrew Alolan Form	Field		Field	✔		✔
0028	Sandslash Alolan Form	Field		Field	✔		✔
0050	Diglett Alolan Form	Field		Field	✔		✔
0051	Dugtrio Alolan Form	Field		Field	✔		✔
0052	Meowth Galarian Form	Field		Field	✔		✔	✔
0081	Magnemite	Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔
0082	Magneton	Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔
0151	Mew	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	−		✔
0208	Steelix	Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔		✔
0212	Scizor	Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔
0227	Skarmory	Flying		Flying	✔		✔	✔
0299	Nosepass	Mineral		Mineral		−	✔
0303	Mawile	Field	Fairy	✔			✔
0304	Aron	Monster		Monster	✔			✔
0305	Lairon	Monster		Monster	✔			✔
0306	Aggron	Monster		Monster	✔			✔
0374	Beldum	Mineral		Mineral	✔		✔	✔
0375	Metang	Mineral		Mineral	✔		✔	✔
0376	Metagross	Mineral		Mineral	✔		✔	✔
0379	Registeel	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔		✔
0385	Jirachi	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔		✔
0395	Empoleon	Water 1	Field		✔	✔
0410	Shieldon	Monster		Monster		✔	✔
0411	Bastiodon	Monster		Monster		✔	✔
0413	Wormadam Trash Cloak	Bug		Bug		✔
0436	Bronzor	Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔
0437	Bronzong	Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔
0448	Lucario	Field	Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔
0462	Magnezone	Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔
0476	Probopass	Mineral		Mineral		✔	✔
0483	Dialga All available forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔
0485	Heatran	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔	✔	✔	✔
0493	Arceus All forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		✔	✔
0530	Excadrill	Field		Field	✔		✔	✔
0589	Escavalier	Bug		Bug	✔
0597	Ferroseed	Grass	Mineral	✔
0598	Ferrothorn	Grass	Mineral	✔
0599	Klink	Mineral		Mineral	✔
0600	Klang	Mineral		Mineral	✔
0601	Klinklang	Mineral		Mineral	✔
0618	Stunfisk Galarian Form	Water 1	Amorphous	✔			✔
0624	Pawniard	Human-Like		Human-Like	✔		✔
0625	Bisharp	Human-Like		Human-Like	✔		✔
0632	Durant	Bug		Bug	✔
0638	Cobalion	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔		✔	✔
0649	Genesect All forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔			✔
0679	Honedge	Mineral		Mineral	✔			✔
0680	Doublade	Mineral		Mineral	✔			✔
0681	Aegislash	Mineral		Mineral	✔			✔
0705	Sliggoo Hisuian Form	Dragon		Dragon		✔	✔	✔
0706	Goodra Hisuian Form	Dragon		Dragon		✔	✔	✔
0707	Klefki	Mineral		Mineral	✔		✔	✔
0773	Silvally All forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0777	Togedemaru	Field	Fairy	✔
0791	Solgaleo	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔		✔
0797	Celesteela	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0798	Kartana	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0801	Magearna All forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔		✔	✔
0805	Stakataka	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0808	Meltan	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔			✔
0809	Melmetal	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔			✔
0823	Corviknight	Flying		Flying	✔		✔	✔
0863	Perrserker	Field		Field	✔		✔	✔
0878	Cufant	Field	Mineral	✔		✔
0879	Copperajah	Field	Mineral	✔		✔
0884	Duraludon	Mineral	Dragon	✔		✔
0888	Zacian All forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔		✔
0889	Zamazenta All forms	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔		✔
0957	Tinkatink	Fairy		Fairy			✔	✔
0958	Tinkatuff	Fairy		Fairy			✔	✔
0959	Tinkaton	Fairy		Fairy			✔	✔
0965	Varoom	Mineral		Mineral			✔
0966	Revavroom	Mineral		Mineral			✔
0968	Orthworm	Field		Field			✔
0983	Kingambit	Human-Like		Human-Like			✔
0990	Iron Treads	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔
1000	Gholdengo	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔	✔
1018	Archaludon	Mineral	Dragon			✔
1023	Iron Crown	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Special move

Generation VIII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0823		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. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Masters EX

Name	Category	Move gauge cost	MP (uses)	Base power	Max power	Accuracy	Target	Effect tag	Description	Playable sync pair(s)
Steel Beam	Special	4	—	199	238	95%	An opponent	Recoil	The user takes damage equal to 50% of its maximum HP. The damage is taken even when the attack fails.	Raihan & Duraludon Scottie/Bettie & Galarian Meowth/Perrserker^Egg (Strike role only)
Buddy move
Super Solid Steel Beam	Special	2	1	400	480	—	An opponent	—	Activation Condition: When the field of play's zone turns into a Steel Zone. Deactivation Condition: When the field of play's zone is no longer a Steel Zone. Never misses. Lowers the target's Sp. Atk and Sp. Def by two stat ranks.	Dawn & Empoleon
Sync move
Name	Category	State		Base power	Max power	Target		Effect tag	Description	Playable sync pair
Storm Clout Steel Beam	Special	Default		250	300	An opponent		—	No additional effect.	Raihan & Duraludon
		6★ EX		250	300	All opponents
		6★ EX with EX role		375	450	All opponents

Notes:

Several other sync pairs have sync moves that include the name Steel Beam. However, these moves' animations are identical to the generic Steel Sync Beam, and are not based on the move Steel Beam.
Steel Beam:
- Description prior to version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): The user takes damage equal to half of its maximum HP. The damage is taken even if the attack fails.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Pokémon	Method
Duraludon Mega Lucario Lucario
The user attacks by firing off a fierce beam of steel that has been collected from its entire body. The user will also take some damage.
User	First Used In	Notes
	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. This also causes Duraludon to lose energy upon using the move.
Raihan's Duraludon	Toughing It Out!	Debut
	An orb of bluish-silver energy forms in front of one of Mega Lucario's hands. It then fires a beam of energy from the orb at the opponent.
Ash's Lucario	A Battle of Mega Versus Max!	None
	An orb of bluish-silver energy forms in front of Lucario's hands. It then fires a beam of energy from the orb at the opponent.
Ash's Lucario	Battling in the Freezing Raid!	None

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.

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

Steel Beam is the only Steel-type move that damages the user.
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.^[1] Steel Beam's Japanese name was the name that won this contest.^[2]
- The Japanese name of this move literally means an "all-out resistance" (徹底抗戦 tettei-kōsen), while also incorporating puns on 鉄 tetsu (iron or steel), 抵抗 teikō (resistance) and 光線 kōsen (beam).
Not including Max Moves, Steel Beam was the first Generation VIII move seen in the animated series. It was used by Raihan's Duraludon in Toughing It Out!.
Dusk Mane Necrozma is the only Steel-type Pokémon that cannot learn Steel Beam.

In other languages


Language		Title
Catalan		Metalàser
Chinese	Cantonese	鐵蹄光線 Tittàih Gwōngsin
Chinese	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
Polish		Promień Stali
Portuguese		Feixe de Aço
Spanish		Metaláser

References

Generation IX TMs
SV
001 • 002 • 003 • 004 • 005 • 006 • 007 • 008 • 009 • 010 • 011 • 012 • 013 • 014 • 015 • 016 • 017 • 018 • 019 020 • 021 • 022 • 023 • 024 • 025 • 026 • 027 • 028 • 029 • 030 • 031 • 032 • 033 • 034 • 035 • 036 • 037 • 038 039 • 040 • 041 • 042 • 043 • 044 • 045 • 046 • 047 • 048 • 049 • 050 • 051 • 052 • 053 • 054 • 055 • 056 • 057 058 • 059 • 060 • 061 • 062 • 063 • 064 • 065 • 066 • 067 • 068 • 069 • 070 • 071 • 072 • 073 • 074 • 075 • 076 077 • 078 • 079 • 080 • 081 • 082 • 083 • 084 • 085 • 086 • 087 • 088 • 089 • 090 • 091 • 092 • 093 • 094 • 095 096 • 097 • 098 • 099 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 134 • 135 • 136 • 137 • 138 • 139 • 140 • 141 • 142 • 143 • 144 • 145 • 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 • 151 • 152 153 • 154 • 155 • 156 • 157 • 158 • 159 • 160 • 161 • 162 • 163 • 164 • 165 • 166 • 167 • 168 • 169 • 170 • 171
Added in SV 2.0.1
172 • 173 • 174 • 175 • 176 • 177 • 178 • 179 • 180 • 181 • 182 • 183 • 184 • 185 • 186 187 • 188 • 189 • 190 • 191 • 192 • 193 • 194 • 195 • 196 • 197 • 198 • 199 • 200 • 201
Added in SV 3.0.0
202 • 203 • 204 • 205 • 206 • 207 • 208 • 209 • 210 • 211 • 212 • 213 • 214 • 215 216 • 217 • 218 • 219 • 220 • 221 • 222 • 223 • 224 • 225 • 226 • 227 • 228 • 229
ZA
001 • 002 • 003 • 004 • 005 • 006 • 007 • 008 • 009 • 010 • 011 • 012 • 013 • 014 • 015 • 016 • 017 • 018 • 019 020 • 021 • 022 • 023 • 024 • 025 • 026 • 027 • 028 • 029 • 030 • 031 • 032 • 033 • 034 • 035 • 036 • 037 • 038 039 • 040 • 041 • 042 • 043 • 044 • 045 • 046 • 047 • 048 • 049 • 050 • 051 • 052 • 053 • 054 • 055 • 056 • 057 058 • 059 • 060 • 061 • 062 • 063 • 064 • 065 • 066 • 067 • 068 • 069 • 070 • 071 • 072 • 073 • 074 • 075 • 076 077 • 078 • 079 • 080 • 081 • 082 • 083 • 084 • 085 • 086 • 087 • 088 • 089 • 090 • 091 • 092 • 093 • 094 • 095 096 • 097 • 098 • 099 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107
Added in ZA 2.0.0
108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • 135 • 136 • 137 • 138 • 139 • 140 • 141 • 142 • 143 • 144 • 145 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 • 151 • 152 • 153 • 154 • 155 • 156 • 157 • 158 • 159 • 160

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.

[1] Pokemon.co.jp

[2] CoroCoro Online

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