Metal Burst move usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Metal Burst (Steel · Physical) — competitive usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Base power, accuracy, PP, top users per format, monthly trends. Refreshed live from Pokémon Showdown's chaos JSON dump.
Metal Burst
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 10
The user retaliates against the foe that last inflicted damage on it with much greater power.
- SV Balanced Hackmons47 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers23 mon
- SV National Dex20 mon
- SV Anything Goes19 mon
- SV National Dex Doubles15 mon
- SV OU14 mon
- SV Ubers12 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXAAA12 mon
- SV Monotype10 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS8 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXMONOTYPE7 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESAAA7 mon
- SV Doubles OU7 mon
- SV RU6 mon
- SV CONVERGENCE5 mon
- SV NU5 mon
- SV REVELATIONMONS5 mon
- SV STABMONS4 mon
- SV GODLYGIFT4 mon
- SV PU4 mon
- SV MIXANDMEGA4 mon
- SV Almost Any Ability4 mon
- SV UU4 mon
- SV ZU3 mon
- SV SHAREDPOWER3 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUU3 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUBERSUU3 mon
- SV DOUBLESUU3 mon
- SV LC1 mon
About Metal Burst across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Metal Burst : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Metal Burst sees competitive play, from the Smogon singles ladders to Doubles OU and the live VGC regulations. The format tabs above jump straight to any of them, while this view answers the bigger question first : which metagames Metal Burst actually matters in, and how heavily it is leaned on in each.
Open a format and you get the full breakdown : the Pokémon that run Metal Burst and how often, the moves, items and abilities it pairs with, the EV spreads and sets built around it, and a month-over-month usage trend. Because the meta never sits still, Metal Burst can be a staple in one format and a niche pick in another, so the per-format split is where the real story lives, not a single blended number.
Every figure is derived from Smogon's public monthly usage statistics, built from millions of rated Pokémon Showdown battles and refreshed as soon as a new snapshot lands, no editorial picks, no curation, just what high-rated players are running right now. The data is free, needs no account, and is also available through Pokékipe's public read API for analysts and team-builders.
FAQ · SV Balanced Hackmons
What's the most-used Pokémon in SV Balanced Hackmons?
Groudon-Primal leads SV Balanced Hackmons with a 57.8% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Arceus-Ghost (45.8%) and Registeel (32.3%).
Which Pokémon rose the most this month?
Chansey climbed the fastest in SV Balanced Hackmons this July 2026, with a -14.1% change in usage.
How many battles inform these SV Balanced Hackmons stats?
11,291 rated battles played on Pokémon Showdown ladder at ELO 1760+ during July 2026. Aggregated monthly from Smogon's public chaos JSON dump.
Where does the SV Balanced Hackmons data come from?
Pokémon Showdown's monthly ladder snapshot (chaos JSON), refreshed each month. For VGC formats, official tournament results are also surfaced when available via Pokémon Company's Pokedata feed.
When was the SV Balanced Hackmons data last updated?
The SV Balanced Hackmons usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.