Metagross (Pokémon GO)

Attacker Rank

A Tier

A Tier

C Tier

GO Battle LeaguePvP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

2/15/15 · L14.5 · CP 1495

F Tier

#665

Ultra LeagueUltra

0/15/13 · L24.5 · CP 2495

F Tier

#314

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 4286

S Tier

Normal

Shiny

Metagross

#376

Steel

Psychic

Attack

257

Top 9.8%

Defense

228

Top 7.2%

Stamina

190

Top 26.6%

Total

675

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Raids

Lv. 20

2078 -2166 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

2598 -2708 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Eggs

Lv. 20

2078 -2166 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Research

Lv. 15

1559 -1625 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

4286 CP

Ranges use the standard 10/10/10 IV floor for raids, eggs, research, and Max Battle catches. The top CP is always 15/15/15.

How rare is a hundo? See odds by encounter type

It's Super Effective

Damage multipliers Metagross takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Fire

160%

Ground

160%

Ghost

160%

Dark

160%

Resists

Poison

39.1%

Psychic

39.1%

Normal

62.5%

Grass

62.5%

Ice

62.5%

Flying

62.5%

Rock

62.5%

Dragon

62.5%

Steel

62.5%

Fairy

62.5%

Best Moves

Full move guide →

Every fast and charged move combo Metagross can learn, ranked by simulated raid DPS.

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Fury Cutter
Meteor Mash
16.91
267.1
886.8s
14.65
2
Bullet Punch
Meteor Mash
16.06
253.6
934.1s
13.96
3
Zen Headbutt
Meteor Mash
15.68
247.7
956.5s
13.56
4
Shadow Claw
Meteor Mash
15.18
239.8
987.9s
13.16
5
Fury Cutter
Psychic
14.86
234.6
1009.5s
12.90
6
Bullet Punch
Psychic
14.40
227.5
1041.3s
12.54
7
Zen Headbutt
Psychic
14.21
224.4
1055.5s
12.29
8
Shadow Claw
Psychic
13.82
218.3
1085.3s
11.98
9
Fury Cutter
Flash Cannon
12.10
191.1
1239.3s
10.46
10
Fury Cutter
Earthquake
12.08
190.8
1241.8s
10.44

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Best Counters

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These are the top ten counters to defeat Metagross in a raid.

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Delphox
Fire Spin
Mystical Fire+
35.60
1160.7
3.1
101.1s
33.77
2
Mega Charizard Y
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
31.66
1031.0
3.5
113.7s
30.82
3
Mega Houndoom
Snarl
Dark Pulse+
32.08
1068.8
3.4
112.2s
30.49
4
Necrozma Dawn Wings
Shadow Claw
Moongeist Beam
31.34
961.1
3.7
114.9s
30.46
5
Primal Groudon
Mud Shot
Precipice Blades
30.52
1143.8
3.1
117.9s
29.73
6
Shadow Reshiram
Fire Fang
Fusion Flare
30.90
734.1
4.9
116.5s
29.07
7
Shadow Darkrai
Snarl
Foul Play
30.10
711.6
5.1
119.6s
27.85
8
Mega Blaziken
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
30.71
580.8
6.2
117.2s
27.81
9
Mega Mewtwo X
Counter
Shadow Ball
28.50
818.5
4.4
126.3s
27.65
10
Mega Garchomp
Mud Shot
Earth Power
28.41
875.7
4.1
126.7s
27.61

Go Battle League

View full PvP rankings

Recommended movesets, best IV spreads, and PvP traits for Metagross in each Pokémon GO Battle League.

Best moveset

Shadow Claw

Multipurpose

Meteor Mash

General

Earthquake

Nuke

Rank 1 IVs

1495

2/15/15

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 14.5

131.75

Attack

123.61

Defense

104

Stat Product · 1,693,815

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
2/15/15	14.5	1495	100.00%
3/14/15	14.5	1498	99.97%
0/4/15	15	1500	99.89%
4/15/13	14.5	1500	99.80%
0/6/13	15	1499	99.80%
1/15/15	14.5	1490	99.61%
2/14/15	14.5	1492	99.59%
0/10/10	15	1500	99.57%
3/13/15	14.5	1495	99.56%
4/12/15	14.5	1498	99.53%
5/11/15	14.5	1500	99.49%
0/3/15	15	1497	99.46%
0/12/8	15	1499	99.43%
3/15/14	14.5	1498	99.42%
3/15/13	14.5	1494	99.42%
1/2/15	15	1499	99.41%
4/14/14	14.5	1500	99.39%
4/14/13	14.5	1497	99.39%
0/5/14	15	1499	99.37%
0/5/13	15	1496	99.37%
5/13/13	14.5	1499	99.36%
1/4/13	15	1498	99.33%
0/14/6	15	1498	99.28%
0/7/12	15	1498	99.27%
0/15/15	14.5	1484	99.23%
5/15/11	14.5	1498	99.21%
1/14/15	14.5	1487	99.20%
2/13/15	14.5	1489	99.18%
0/9/10	15	1497	99.15%
3/12/15	14.5	1492	99.15%
1/8/10	15	1500	99.12%
4/11/15	14.5	1495	99.11%
1/15/4	15	1499	99.08%
5/10/15	14.5	1497	99.08%
2/15/14	14.5	1492	99.04%
2/15/13	14.5	1488	99.04%
6/9/15	14.5	1500	99.04%
0/2/15	15	1493	99.02%
0/11/9	15	1500	99.02%
0/11/8	15	1496	99.02%
3/14/14	14.5	1494	99.01%
3/14/13	14.5	1491	99.01%
1/10/8	15	1499	98.99%
4/13/14	14.5	1497	98.98%
4/13/13	14.5	1493	98.98%
1/1/15	15	1496	98.98%
5/12/14	14.5	1500	98.95%
5/12/13	14.5	1496	98.95%
0/4/14	15	1496	98.94%
0/4/13	15	1493	98.94%

Top 50 Great League spreads for wild-caught IVs, powered up to Level 50. Select a spread to preview its stats.

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Traits (4)

Moves

Every fast and charged attack Metagross can learn in Pokémon GO, including legacy and elite TM moves.

Fast Attacks

Bullet Punch
10
11
1.0s
10
Fury Cutter
4
8
0.5s
8
Shadow Claw
6
4
0.5s
12
Zen Headbutt
11
9
1.0s
11

Charged Attacks

Earthquake
140
-100
3.5s
40
Flash Cannon
100
-100
2.5s
40
Meteor Mash
100
-50
2.5s
40
Psychic
95
-50
3.0s
31.67

Evolve

This Pokémon's evolution path, plus the requirements to trigger each stage.

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Beldum	25 Candy	Metang
Metang	100 Candy	Metagross
Metagross	300 / 60 Mega Energy	Mega Metagross

Family

All of the Pokémon related to Metagross including its evolutions, shadow versions, regional forms, and Dynamax and Gigantamax forms.

Beldum

#374

Dynamax Beldum

#374

Shadow Beldum

#374

Metang

#375

Dynamax Metang

#375

Shadow Metang

#375

Metagross

#376

Dynamax Metagross

#376

Mega Metagross

#376

Shadow Metagross

#376

Backgrounds

All backgrounds

Metagross has 4 backgrounds in Pokémon GO.

GO Fest 2026 Global

Jul 11, 2026

GO Tour 2026 Mega

Feb 28, 2026

GO Fest 2025 Dark Skies

Aug 18, 2025

December 2024 Recap Community Day

Dec 21, 2024

Mega Boost

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These Mega and Primal Pokémon provide a 1.3× damage boost to Steel- and Psychic-type attacks when active in raids. Catching Metagross with one of these active will increase your XP and candy rewards.

Size

Ranges from 0.784 m to 3.2 m tall, averaging 1.6 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.784 m 2'07"	0.8 m 2'07"
XS	0.8 m 2'07"	1.2 m 3'11"
M	1.2 m 3'11"	2 m 6'07"
XL	2 m 6'07"	2.4 m 7'10"
XXL	2.4 m 7'10"	3.2 m 10'06"

XXS

0.784 m

2'07"

0.8 m

2'07"

0.8 m

2'07"

1.2 m

3'11"

1.2 m

3'11"

2 m

6'07"

2 m

6'07"

2.4 m

7'10"

XXL

2.4 m

7'10"

3.2 m

10'06"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement	Jump
Movement timer	11s
Jump time	1.1s
Attack probability	30%
Attack timer	20s
Dodge probability	15%
Dodge duration	1s
Dodge distance	1
Min action frequency	0.2s
Max action frequency	1.6s

Hundo CP

This chart shows the maximum Combat Power for Metagross at each level, with perfect 15/15/15 Individual Values (IVs). See hundo odds by encounter type.

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	53 CP	27	2925 CP
2	168 CP	28	3033 CP
3	282 CP	29	3141 CP
4	396 CP	30	3250 CP
5	511 CP	31	3304 CP
6	625 CP	32	3358 CP
7	740 CP	33	3412 CP
8	854 CP	34	3466 CP
9	969 CP	35	3520 CP
10	1083 CP	36	3575 CP
11	1191 CP	37	3629 CP
12	1300 CP	38	3683 CP
13	1408 CP	39	3737 CP
14	1516 CP	40	3791 CP
15	1625 CP	41	3839 CP
16	1733 CP	42	3888 CP
17	1841 CP	43	3936 CP
18	1950 CP	44	3986 CP
19	2058 CP	45	4035 CP
20	2166 CP	46	4085 CP
21	2274 CP	47	4134 CP
22	2383 CP	48	4185 CP
23	2491 CP	49	4235 CP
24	2600 CP	50	4286 CP
25	2708 CP	51	4337 CP
26	2816 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	53 CP	18	1950 CP	35	3520 CP
2	168 CP	19	2058 CP	36	3575 CP
3	282 CP	20	2166 CP	37	3629 CP
4	396 CP	21	2274 CP	38	3683 CP
5	511 CP	22	2383 CP	39	3737 CP
6	625 CP	23	2491 CP	40	3791 CP
7	740 CP	24	2600 CP	41	3839 CP
8	854 CP	25	2708 CP	42	3888 CP
9	969 CP	26	2816 CP	43	3936 CP
10	1083 CP	27	2925 CP	44	3986 CP
11	1191 CP	28	3033 CP	45	4035 CP
12	1300 CP	29	3141 CP	46	4085 CP
13	1408 CP	30	3250 CP	47	4134 CP
14	1516 CP	31	3304 CP	48	4185 CP
15	1625 CP	32	3358 CP	49	4235 CP
16	1733 CP	33	3412 CP	50	4286 CP
17	1841 CP	34	3466 CP	51	4337 CP

Level Up

Total Stardust, Candy, and Candy XL to power Metagross up to each level from level 1.


50.0	520,000	304	296
40.0	270,000	304	-
35.0	182,000	186	-
30.0	120,000	122	-
25.0	76,000	84	-
20.0	45,000	56	-
15.0	23,600	36	-
10.0	10,000	18	-
5.0	2,400	8	-


1.5	200	1	-
2.0	400	2	-
2.5	600	3	-
3.0	800	4	-
3.5	1,200	5	-
4.0	1,600	6	-
4.5	2,000	7	-
5.0	2,400	8	-
5.5	3,000	9	-
6.0	3,600	10	-
6.5	4,200	11	-
7.0	4,800	12	-
7.5	5,600	13	-
8.0	6,400	14	-
8.5	7,200	15	-
9.0	8,000	16	-
9.5	9,000	17	-
10.0	10,000	18	-
10.5	11,000	19	-
11.0	12,000	20	-
11.5	13,300	22	-
12.0	14,600	24	-
12.5	15,900	26	-
13.0	17,200	28	-
13.5	18,800	30	-
14.0	20,400	32	-
14.5	22,000	34	-
15.0	23,600	36	-
15.5	25,500	38	-
16.0	27,400	40	-
16.5	29,300	42	-
17.0	31,200	44	-
17.5	33,400	46	-
18.0	35,600	48	-
18.5	37,800	50	-
19.0	40,000	52	-
19.5	42,500	54	-
20.0	45,000	56	-
20.5	47,500	58	-
21.0	50,000	60	-
21.5	53,000	63	-
22.0	56,000	66	-
22.5	59,000	69	-
23.0	62,000	72	-
23.5	65,500	75	-
24.0	69,000	78	-
24.5	72,500	81	-
25.0	76,000	84	-
25.5	80,000	87	-
26.0	84,000	90	-
26.5	88,000	94	-
27.0	92,000	98	-
27.5	96,500	102	-
28.0	101,000	106	-
28.5	105,500	110	-
29.0	110,000	114	-
29.5	115,000	118	-
30.0	120,000	122	-
30.5	125,000	126	-
31.0	130,000	130	-
31.5	136,000	136	-
32.0	142,000	142	-
32.5	148,000	148	-
33.0	154,000	154	-
33.5	161,000	162	-
34.0	168,000	170	-
34.5	175,000	178	-
35.0	182,000	186	-
35.5	190,000	196	-
36.0	198,000	206	-
36.5	206,000	216	-
37.0	214,000	226	-
37.5	223,000	238	-
38.0	232,000	250	-
38.5	241,000	262	-
39.0	250,000	274	-
39.5	260,000	289	-
40.0	270,000	304	-
40.5	280,000	304	10
41.0	290,000	304	20
41.5	301,000	304	30
42.0	312,000	304	40
42.5	323,000	304	52
43.0	334,000	304	64
43.5	346,000	304	76
44.0	358,000	304	88
44.5	370,000	304	103
45.0	382,000	304	118
45.5	395,000	304	133
46.0	408,000	304	148
46.5	421,000	304	165
47.0	434,000	304	182
47.5	448,000	304	199
48.0	462,000	304	216
48.5	476,000	304	236
49.0	490,000	304	256
49.5	505,000	304	276
50.0	520,000	304	296

Metang

Regirock