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Metagross

SteelPsychic Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Mega Metagross is #28 on the ladder, on 6.3% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 80
Atk 145
Def 150
SpA 105
SpD 110
Spe 110

Base stat total 700

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66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

157
197
170
112
130
178

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe · Jolly Nature

Types and weaknesses

SteelPsychic
Weak ×2
FireGroundGhostDark
Resists ×½
NormalGrassIceFlyingRockDragonSteelFairy
Resists ×¼
Psychic
Immune
Poison

Abilities

Tough Claws
This Pokemon's contact moves have their power multiplied by 1.3. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Metagross holding Metagrossite .

Speed tier

Most common
178 (Jolly, 32 Spe SP, 43% of spreads)
Fastest
178 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
130 (0 SP)
Slowest
117 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 178, it outspeeds 35 of the other 49 Pokémon in the top 50, ties 1, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Tyranitar 186 (Scarf)
  2. Whimsicott 184
  3. Maushold 179
  4. Mega Metagross (this) 178
  5. Mega Staraptor 178
  6. Ninetales-Alola 177
  7. Pawmot 172
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #28 · on 6.3% of teams · 219,862 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Psychic Fangs 93.8%
  2. Protect 90.1%
  3. Iron Head 45.1%
  4. Stomping Tantrum 38.5%
  5. Body Press 34.0%
  6. Steel Roller 32.7%
  7. Ice Punch 21.4%
  8. Bullet Punch 11.5%
  9. Psych Up 5.7%
  10. Meteor Mash 4.9%

Items

  1. Metagrossite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Tough Claws 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 18.7%
  2. Adamant 24/15/0/0/0/27 · Spe 157 9.3%
  3. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 162 3.6%
  4. Adamant 14/25/0/0/0/27 · Spe 157 2.8%
  5. Jolly 12/15/11/0/0/28 · Spe 173 2.7%
  6. Adamant 18/25/0/0/0/23 · Spe 153 2.3%
  7. Adamant 32/25/0/0/1/8 · Spe 138 2.2%
  8. Jolly 12/25/0/0/0/29 · Spe 174 2.1%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 35.6%
  2. Rillaboom 35.3%
  3. Incineroar 26.1%
  4. Milotic 25.9%
  5. Indeedee-F 20.9%
  6. Mega Salamence 19.4%
  7. Arcanine-Hisui 17.8%
  8. Indeedee 15.5%
  9. Mega Charizard Y 15.1%
  10. Basculegion 14.2%
  11. Mega Garchomp Z 13.8%
  12. Kingambit 12.8%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #30 · on 6.1% of teams · 219,862 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Psychic Fangs 94.2%
  2. Protect 93.4%
  3. Steel Roller 41.3%
  4. Iron Head 40.4%
  5. Body Press 37.6%
  6. Stomping Tantrum 23.0%
  7. Ice Punch 19.7%
  8. Bullet Punch 12.3%
  9. Psych Up 8.6%
  10. Meteor Mash 7.3%

Items

  1. Metagrossite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Tough Claws 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 26.9%
  2. Adamant 24/15/0/0/0/27 · Spe 157 6.9%
  3. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 162 6.8%
  4. Jolly 12/15/11/0/0/28 · Spe 173 4.3%
  5. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 130 1.9%
  6. Jolly 9/32/0/0/0/25 · Spe 170 1.7%
  7. Jolly 0/27/14/0/0/25 · Spe 170 1.3%
  8. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 132 1.2%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 40.0%
  2. Rillaboom 37.0%
  3. Milotic 28.4%
  4. Indeedee-F 26.9%
  5. Incineroar 26.2%
  6. Mega Salamence 22.1%
  7. Arcanine-Hisui 19.8%
  8. Indeedee 17.1%
  9. Volcarona 13.7%
  10. Mega Garchomp Z 11.4%
  11. Whimsicott 9.8%
  12. Basculegion 9.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #28 · on 6.0% of teams · 219,862 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Psychic Fangs 93.4%
  2. Protect 90.9%
  3. Steel Roller 41.1%
  4. Iron Head 40.3%
  5. Body Press 32.0%
  6. Ice Punch 24.0%
  7. Stomping Tantrum 19.8%
  8. Bullet Punch 15.7%
  9. Meteor Mash 9.7%
  10. Psych Up 8.4%

Items

  1. Metagrossite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Tough Claws 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 29.4%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 162 10.4%
  3. Adamant 24/15/0/0/0/27 · Spe 157 5.7%
  4. Jolly 12/15/11/0/0/28 · Spe 173 3.8%
  5. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 130 2.0%
  6. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 132 1.5%
  7. Jolly 9/32/0/0/0/25 · Spe 170 1.4%
  8. Jolly 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 178 1.3%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 34.5%
  2. Rillaboom 34.4%
  3. Incineroar 26.8%
  4. Indeedee-F 25.6%
  5. Milotic 24.6%
  6. Mega Salamence 19.9%
  7. Arcanine-Hisui 16.6%
  8. Indeedee 13.8%
  9. Whimsicott 13.7%
  10. Volcarona 11.9%
  11. Kingambit 10.1%
  12. Garchomp 10.0%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 152 of 4,299 teams (3.5%) · win rate 48.5% (95% interval 45.0%–52.0%, n = 771 games) · 15 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Indeedee +9.3 pp n = 34,123 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Mega Metagross teams; Indeedee is on 6% of all teams (2.50× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Milotic +14.0 pp n = 56,922 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 26% of Mega Metagross teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (2.18× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Garchomp Z +5.9 pp n = 30,385 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Metagross teams; Mega Garchomp Z is on 8% of all teams (1.75× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Arcanine-Hisui +6.2 pp n = 39,113 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Mega Metagross teams; Arcanine-Hisui is on 12% of all teams (1.54× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Charizard Y +2.9 pp n = 33,111 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Metagross teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (1.23× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Indeedee-F +0.7 pp n = 46,039 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Mega Metagross teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (1.03× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Sneasler -1.5 pp n = 78,205 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 36% of Mega Metagross teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.96× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Incineroar -5.5 pp n = 57,450 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 26% of Mega Metagross teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.82× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Rillaboom -11.3 pp n = 77,545 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 35% of Mega Metagross teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.76× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Basculegion -6.4 pp n = 31,198 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Metagross teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.69× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Salamence -8.6 pp n = 42,763 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Mega Metagross teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.69× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Kingambit -12.5 pp n = 28,120 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Metagross teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.51× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 80
Atk 135
Def 130
SpA 95
SpD 90
Spe 70

Base stat total 600

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe · Jolly Nature

Types and weaknesses

SteelPsychic
Weak ×2
FireGroundGhostDark
Resists ×½
NormalGrassIceFlyingRockDragonSteelFairy
Resists ×¼
Psychic
Immune
Poison

Abilities

Clear Body
Prevents other Pokemon from lowering this Pokemon's stat stages. · used by 100%
Light Metal
This Pokemon's weight is halved. · used by 0%

Speed tier

Most common
134
Fastest
134 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
90 (0 SP)
Slowest
81 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

With Scarf (Speed 201), it outspeeds 44 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Basculegion 214 (Scarf)
  2. Mega Delphox 204
  3. Mega Garchomp Z 203
  4. Metagross (this) 201 (Scarf)
  5. Mega Gengar 200
  6. Mega Raichu Y 190
  7. Mega Froslass 189
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #173 · on 0.1% of teams · 14,779 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Psychic Fangs 80.8%
  2. Protect 63.2%
  3. Iron Head 40.8%
  4. Steel Roller 34.0%
  5. Hammer Arm 21.8%
  6. Ice Punch 21.6%
  7. Meteor Mash 20.5%
  8. Bullet Punch 19.2%
  9. Explosion 18.2%
  10. Body Press 18.1%

Items

  1. Choice Scarf 19.6%
  2. Life Orb 15.0%
  3. Normal Gem 14.1%
  4. Leftovers 10.6%
  5. Grassy Seed 8.9%
  6. Occa Berry 8.2%

Abilities

  1. Clear Body 99.9%
  2. Light Metal 0.1%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 134 22.0%
  2. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 90 10.8%
  3. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 122 5.9%
  4. Jolly 4/32/0/0/0/30 · Spe 132 4.7%
  5. Adamant 25/3/10/0/0/28 · Spe 118 4.6%
  6. Jolly 2/32/1/0/2/29 · Spe 130 4.3%
  7. Impish 32/1/3/0/30/0 · Spe 90 3.1%
  8. Adamant 32/15/0/0/19/0 · Spe 90 3.1%

Teammates

  1. Mega Salamence 40.3%
  2. Rillaboom 24.8%
  3. Pawmot 18.8%
  4. Mega Garchomp Z 18.1%
  5. Incineroar 16.1%
  6. Indeedee-F 16.0%
  7. Basculegion 13.9%
  8. Arcanine-Hisui 12.4%
  9. Mega Charizard Y 12.2%
  10. Farigiraf 11.1%
  11. Venusaur 10.6%
  12. Toxapex 10.6%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #138 · on 0.3% of teams · 14,779 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Psychic Fangs 78.4%
  2. Protect 68.3%
  3. Steel Roller 36.4%
  4. Bullet Punch 35.5%
  5. Explosion 28.0%
  6. Iron Head 27.3%
  7. Meteor Mash 20.1%
  8. Body Press 18.9%
  9. Hammer Arm 16.0%
  10. Ice Punch 12.6%

Items

  1. Life Orb 28.4%
  2. Normal Gem 14.4%
  3. Leftovers 12.0%
  4. Choice Scarf 6.3%
  5. Occa Berry 6.2%
  6. Metal Coat 4.3%

Abilities

  1. Clear Body 99.7%
  2. Light Metal 0.3%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 90 17.5%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 122 10.9%
  3. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 134 7.6%
  4. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 90 4.5%
  5. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 81 3.3%
  6. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 92 3.3%
  7. Brave 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 81 2.3%
  8. Adamant 29/32/0/0/0/5 · Spe 95 2.0%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 20.7%
  2. Mega Salamence 17.8%
  3. Indeedee-F 16.6%
  4. Incineroar 14.8%
  5. Whimsicott 13.7%
  6. Sneasler 11.0%
  7. Milotic 10.8%
  8. Basculegion 9.3%
  9. Volcarona 7.8%
  10. Pawmot 7.7%
  11. Mega Garchomp Z 7.6%
  12. Talonflame 7.3%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #147 · on 0.4% of teams · 14,779 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Psychic Fangs 74.7%
  2. Protect 61.6%
  3. Bullet Punch 37.3%
  4. Steel Roller 33.5%
  5. Iron Head 30.1%
  6. Explosion 27.9%
  7. Meteor Mash 20.4%
  8. Body Press 16.6%
  9. Ice Punch 15.8%
  10. Hammer Arm 12.5%

Items

  1. Life Orb 26.6%
  2. Normal Gem 14.6%
  3. Leftovers 12.2%
  4. Choice Scarf 8.2%
  5. Metal Coat 6.2%
  6. Occa Berry 3.6%

Abilities

  1. Clear Body 99.2%
  2. Light Metal 0.8%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 90 18.2%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 122 10.6%
  3. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 134 9.7%
  4. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 81 3.9%
  5. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 90 3.9%
  6. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 92 2.8%
  7. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/0 · Spe 90 2.4%
  8. Adamant 2/32/0/0/32/0 · Spe 90 1.6%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 18.7%
  2. Indeedee-F 16.0%
  3. Mega Salamence 15.5%
  4. Whimsicott 13.9%
  5. Incineroar 12.4%
  6. Sneasler 9.5%
  7. Milotic 9.4%
  8. Basculegion 8.1%
  9. Sinistcha 7.7%
  10. Farigiraf 7.5%
  11. Mega Garchomp Z 7.0%
  12. Pawmot 6.9%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 3 of 4,299 teams (0.1%) · win rate 37.5% (95% interval 18.5%–61.4%, n = 16 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Toxapex +9.7 pp n = 1,567 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Metagross teams; Toxapex is on 1% of all teams (11.81× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Pawmot +15.4 pp n = 2,777 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Metagross teams; Pawmot is on 3% of all teams (5.49× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Venusaur +7.7 pp n = 1,568 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Metagross teams; Venusaur is on 3% of all teams (3.60× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Garchomp Z +10.3 pp n = 2,682 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Metagross teams; Mega Garchomp Z is on 8% of all teams (2.30× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Salamence +12.2 pp n = 5,953 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 40% of Metagross teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (1.44× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Arcanine-Hisui +0.8 pp n = 1,831 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Metagross teams; Arcanine-Hisui is on 12% of all teams (1.07× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Mega Charizard Y 0.0 pp n = 1,805 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Metagross teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (1.00× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Indeedee-F -4.3 pp n = 2,366 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Metagross teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.79× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Farigiraf -4.6 pp n = 1,638 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Metagross teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (0.71× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Basculegion -6.7 pp n = 2,047 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Metagross teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.67× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Rillaboom -21.8 pp n = 3,665 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Metagross teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.53× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Incineroar -15.6 pp n = 2,378 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Metagross teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.51× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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