Of all the various different types in Pokémon, Steel is one of the most intriguing. Not only is it arguably up there with Fairy and Water as one of the most powerful types in the game – it’s also got some incredibly inspired monsters, as well as some downright rubbish ones.
Originally introduced to the series in Gen 2, Steel Pokémon really only came into their own with the addition of Fairy-types in X & Y. Now, they’re some of the most popular Pokémon in history – although not all Steel-types are made equally. We’ve collected the ten best Steel Pokémon of all time and ranked them from worst to best in order to determine who the greatest hunk of metal in Pokémon history is.
As with all our other lists of the best Water Pokémon, best Fire Pokémon, and more, there’s only one rule: Each evolutionary family can only be represented by one individual Pokémon from it in order to include as many different species as possible.
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We’ll get to the top ten in a minute, but before we do, here are some honourable mentions:
- Aegislash.
- Magneton.
- Excadrill.
- Zacian.
- Aggron.
- Bronzong.
- Empoleon.
- Heatran.
- Ferrothorn.
- Solgaleo.
Now the almost-but-not-quites are out of the way, let’s move on to the top ten Steel Pokémon of all time.