Heavy Metal (Ability)

Heavy Metal (Japanese: ヘヴィメタル Heavy Metal) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

Doubles the weight of the Pokémon with this Ability.

Autotomize is applied before other weight-modifying effects, including Heavy Metal. Heavy Metal is the only effect that can cause a Pokémon's weight to exceed 999.9 kg.

This has no effect on the Heavy Ball, which uses the Pokémon's species' weight rather than its current weight.

Outside of battle

Heavy Metal has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Heavy Metal

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0304		Aron	Steel	Rock	Sturdy	Rock Head
0305		Lairon	Steel	Rock	Sturdy	Rock Head
0306		Aggron	Steel	Rock	Sturdy	Rock Head
0436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic	Levitate	Heatproof
0437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic	Levitate	Heatproof
0878		Cufant	Steel		Steel	Sheer Force	None
0879		Copperajah	Steel		Steel	Sheer Force	None
0884		Duraludon	Steel	Dragon	Light Metal		Stalwart
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Heavy Metal is Duraludon's Ability. It prevents the user from being thrown or shoved by the first attempt to throw or shove them.

In other languages

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.