Metronome

Changes over time

How Metronome changed from game to game, newest first.

1. Gen IX

   … other than After You, Apple Acid, added: Armor Cannon, Assist, Astral Barrage, Aura Wheel, Baneful Bunker, Beak Blast, Behemoth Bash, Behemoth Blade, Belch, Bestow, added: Blazing Torque, Body Press, Branch Poke, Breaking Swipe, Celebrate, Chatter, added: Chilling Water, Chilly Reception, Clangorous Soul, added: Collision Course, Combat Torque, Comeuppance, Copycat, Counter, Covet, Crafty Shield, Decorate, Destiny Bond, Detect, Diamond Storm, added: Doodle, Double Iron Bash, added: Double Shock, Dragon Ascent, Dragon Energy, dropped: Dragon Hammer, Drum Beating, Dynamax Cannon, added: Electro Drift, Endure, Eternabeam, False Surrender, Feint, Fiery Wrath, added: Fillet Away, Fleur Cannon, Focus Punch, Follow Me, … Grav Apple, Helping Hand, Hold Hands, added: Hyper Drill, Hyperspace Fury, Hyperspace Hole, Ice Burn, Instruct, added: Jet Punch, Jungle Healing, King's Shield, Life Dew, Light of Ruin, added: Magical Torque, Make It Rain, Mat Block, Me First, Meteor Assault, … Moongeist Beam, Nature Power, Nature's Madness, added: Noxious Torque, Obstruct, added: Order Up, Origin Pulse, Overdrive, Photon Geyser, Plasma Fists, added: Population Bomb, Pounce, Power Shift, Precipice Blades, Protect, Pyro Ball, Quash, Quick Guard, Rage added: Fist, Rage Powder, added: Raging Bull, Raging Fury, Relic Song, added: Revival Blessing, Ruination, Salt Cure, Secret Sword, added: Shed Tail, Shell added: Trap, Silk Trap, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Snap Trap, Snarl, Snatch, Snore, added: Snowscape, Spectral Thief, added: Spicy Extract, Spiky Shield, Spirit Break, Spotlight, added: Springtide Storm, Steam Eruption, Steel Beam, Strange Steam, Struggle, Sunsteel Strike, Surging Strikes, Switcheroo, Techno Blast, added: Tera Starstorm, Thief, Thousand Arrows, Thousand Waves, Thunder Cage, Thunderous Kick, added: Tidy Up, Trailblaze, Transform, Trick, added: Twin Beam, V-create, Wicked Blow, added: Wicked Torque, or Wide Guard.

2. Gen VIII

   … for use, other than After You, added: Apple Acid, Assist, added: Astral Barrage, Aura Wheel, Baneful Bunker, Beak Blast, added: Behemoth Bash, Behemoth Blade, Belch, Bestow, added: Body Press, Branch Poke, Breaking Swipe, Celebrate, Chatter, added: Clangorous Soul, Copycat, Counter, Covet, Crafty Shield, added: Decorate, Destiny Bond, Detect, Diamond Storm, added: Double Iron Bash, Dragon Ascent, added: Dragon Energy, Dragon Hammer, Drum Beating, Dynamax Cannon, Endure, added: Eternabeam, False Surrender, Feint, added: Fiery Wrath, Fleur Cannon, Focus Punch, Follow Me, Freeze Shock, added: Freezing Glare, Glacial Lance, Grav Apple, Helping Hand, Hold Hands, Hyperspace Fury, Hyperspace Hole, Ice Burn, Instruct, added: Jungle Healing, King's Shield, added: Life Dew, Light of Ruin, Mat Block, Me First, added: Meteor Assault, Metronome, Mimic, Mind Blown, Mirror Coat, Mirror Move, added: Moongeist Beam, Nature Power, added: Nature's Madness, Obstruct, Origin Pulse, added: Overdrive, Photon Geyser, Plasma Fists, Precipice Blades, Protect, added: Pyro Ball, Quash, Quick Guard, Rage Powder, Relic Song, Secret Sword, Shell Trap, Sketch, Sleep Talk, added: Snap Trap, Snarl, Snatch, Snore, Spectral Thief, Spiky Shield, added: Spirit Break, Spotlight, Steam Eruption, added: Steel Beam, Strange Steam, Struggle, added: Sunsteel Strike, Surging Strikes, Switcheroo, Techno Blast, Thief, Thousand Arrows, Thousand Waves, added: Thunder Cage, Thunderous Kick, Transform, Trick, V-create, added: Wicked Blow, or Wide Guard.

3. Gen VII

   … use, other than After You, Assist, added: Baneful Bunker, Beak Blast, Belch, Bestow, Celebrate, Chatter, Copycat, Counter, … Diamond Storm, Dragon Ascent, Endure, Feint, added: Fleur Cannon, Focus Punch, Follow Me, Freeze Shock, Helping Hand, Hold Hands, Hyperspace Fury, Hyperspace Hole, Ice Burn, added: Instruct, King's Shield, Light of Ruin, Mat Block, Me First, Metronome, Mimic, added: Mind Blown, Mirror Coat, Mirror Move, Nature Power, Origin Pulse, added: Photon Geyser, Plasma Fists, Precipice Blades, Protect, Quash, Quick Guard, Rage Powder, Relic Song, Secret Sword, added: Shell Trap, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Snarl, Snatch, Snore, added: Spectral Thief, Spiky Shield, added: Spotlight, Steam Eruption, Struggle, Switcheroo, Techno Blast, …

4. Gen VI

   … use, other than After You, Assist, added: Belch, Bestow, added: Celebrate, Chatter, Copycat, Counter, Covet, added: Crafty Shield, Destiny Bond, Detect, added: Diamond Storm, Dragon Ascent, Endure, Feint, Focus Punch, Follow Me, Freeze Shock, Helping Hand, added: Hold Hands, Hyperspace Fury, Hyperspace Hole, Ice Burn, added: King's Shield, Light of Ruin, Mat Block, Me First, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Coat, Mirror Move, Nature Power, added: Origin Pulse, Precipice Blades, Protect, Quash, Quick Guard, Rage Powder, Relic Song, Secret Sword, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Snarl, Snatch, Snore, added: Spiky Shield, Steam Eruption, Struggle, Switcheroo, Techno Blast, Thief, added: Thousand Arrows, Thousand Waves, Transform, Trick, V-create, or Wide Guard.

5. Gen V

   A random move is selected for use, other than added: After You, Assist, added: Bestow, Chatter, Copycat, Counter, Covet, Destiny Bond, Detect, Endure, Feint, Focus Punch, Follow Me, added: Freeze Shock, Helping Hand, added: Ice Burn, Me First, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Coat, Mirror Move, added: Nature Power, Protect, added: Quash, Quick Guard, Rage Powder, Relic Song, Secret Sword, Sketch, Sleep Talk, added: Snarl, Snatch, added: Snore, Struggle, Switcheroo, added: Techno Blast, Thief, added: Transform, Trick, added: V-create, or dropped: any move the user already knows. added: Wide Guard.

6. Gen IV

   A random move is selected for use, other than added: Assist, Chatter, Copycat, Counter, Covet, Destiny Bond, Detect, Endure, added: Feint, Focus Punch, Follow Me, Helping Hand, added: Me First, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Coat, added: Mirror Move, Protect, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Snatch, Struggle, added: Switcheroo, Thief, added: Trick, or dropped: Trick. added: any move the user already knows.

7. Gen III

   A random move is selected for use, other than Counter, added: Covet, Destiny Bond, Detect, Endure, added: Focus Punch, Follow Me, Helping Hand, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Coat, Protect, Sketch, Sleep Talk, added: Snatch, Struggle, Thief, or dropped: any move the user already knows. added: Trick.

8. Gen II

   A random move is selected for use, other than dropped: Metronome added: Counter, Destiny Bond, Detect, Endure, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Coat, Protect, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Struggle, Thief, or dropped: Struggle. added: any move the user already knows.

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Gen IX

Good to know

• Can't be used through: Metronome, Assist, Copycat, Sleep Talk, Encore, Instruct, Mimic.

Who learns Metronome

It isn’t in Pokémon Champions.

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