| Type | steel |
| Category | Status |
| Power | 0 |
| Accuracy | 85 |
| PP | 40 |
| Introduced | Generation 3 |
Metal Sound lowers the target's Special Defense by two stages.
Stats can be lowered to a minimum of -6 stages each.
When a Pokémon is holding Steelium Z and uses its Z-Power, Metal Sound turns into Z-Metal Sound and raises Special Attack one stage, in addition to its usual effect as above.
| Ruby Sapphire Emerald | Emits a horrible screech that sharply lowers SP. DEF. |
| FireRed LeafGreen | A horrible metallic screech is used to sharply lower the foe’s SP. DEF. |
| Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver | A horrible sound like scraping metal is emitted to sharply reduce the foe’s Sp. Def stat. |
| Black White Black 2 White 2 | A horrible sound like scraping metal harshly reduces the target’s Sp. Def stat. |
| X Y O.Ruby A.Sapphire | A horrible sound like scraping metal harshly lowers the target’s Sp. Def stat. |
| Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon | A horrible sound like scraping metal harshly lowers the target’s Sp. Def stat. |
| Sword Shield B.Diamond S.Pearl | A horrible sound like scraping metal harshly lowers the target’s Sp. Def stat. |
| English | Metal Sound |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Eco Metálico |
| Italian | Ferrostrido |
| Japanese | きんぞくおん (Kinzoku On) |
| German | Metallsound |
| French | Strido-Son |