The Meteor Mash attack makes Metagross particularly strong in Pokémon GO. The Community Day in October will be particularly interesting.
On Sunday, October 21, the Community Day in Pokémon GO will start. The special Pokémon during the event is Beldum, which can evolve into Metang and Metagross. Metagross will be able to learn the move Meteor Mash on Sunday. As experts found out, this move is particularly powerful.
Here’s why your Metagross should definitely learn Meteor Mash
Recently, Niantic announced that the special move for the Community Day in October is Meteor Mash.
This was suspected for some time because related files were found in the code of Pokémon GO.
Here’s how strong the attack is: As data miners now discovered, Meteor Mash is now included with the combat values in the code of Pokémon GO. The attack deals 100 damage and the animation lasts 2.6 seconds.
Meteor Mash is a charging move with 2 bars of Steel type. Experts say this is the strongest charging move of Steel type for Metagross.
Comparison with other moves: PokémonGOHub compares the new attack with other moves of Metagross. Here, clear DPS (damage per second) differences appear compared to attacks like Flash Cannon, Psychic, or Earthquake.
How strong will Metagross be in total? According to initial tests, a Metagross with Meteor Mash is the best Steel attacker in Pokémon GO – at least among the Pokémon currently in the game.
Therefore, you should definitely participate in the Community Day to secure a Metagross with this move. It is said to gain a damage increase of up to 25.7% from the attack compared to its other moves.
However, Steel attackers are rarely crucial: Although Metagross is much stronger with this new move, it should be kept in mind that Steel is only effective against Ice, Fairy, and Rock types. And there are many better counter attackers that are not Steel type.
Comparison to other moves of the Community Days: The Reddit user TesMath from the Calcy-IV team looked at the data of Meteor Mash and compared it with other moves that were exclusively available at these monthly events.
It is noticeable that the strength and DPS value are as high as Flora Statue. This is the move that Venusaur could learn during the Community Day in March.
Important Community Day: It is now clear that a Metagross with Meteor Mash is particularly strong. Therefore, it is worth catching many Beldum during the Community Day on Sunday and evolving the strong ones. Keep in mind that the time window for this has been extended.
Everything you need to know about the Community Day in October with Beldum
