Steel/Ground that mainly runs Thunder Fang to hurt Flying and Water types, with the defense-dropping Psychic Fangs and the strong Ground move Earthquake. Some players learn Crunch for Ghosts or Breaking Swipe for Dragons, so the actual sets vary a lot — a tricky Pokémon.
How it's computed: top 3 current-season meta Pokémon that beat this Pokémon's main counters in sim matchups (PvPoke)
Pokémon favored against this one. If you meet it often, prepare the below.
Shadow Quagsire257WaterGround
Melmetal321Steel
Shadow Ninetales357Fire
Tinkaton418FairySteel
Furret431NormalPokémon you can favorably beat with this one.
Lead=early edge · Closer=late-game · Switch=swap response · Charger=charge pressure · Attacker=damage · Consistency=matchup stability (0–100)
Steelix — Great League B-tier. Recommended movesets are based on public battle simulation (PvPoke); counters and favorable matchups come from sim results. Pick rates are anonymous aggregates of opponents GBL Note users actually faced. Log my battles →
