[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Lord Windos]

You picked out an egg, though, so you might not have to worry about that.  Nathan's the only one who got an actual newborn from Dagny.

Take Down also isn't the only move in an untutored Beldum's arsenal.  It just happens to be its most powerful one.  There's also Strikes and Knockdowns for dealing damage if you REALLY don't like recoil.

As far as teaching Iron Head and Zen Headbutt goes...well, Metang and Metagross learn Zen Headbutt by level, so that's probably going to take that off the table for the most part.  As for Iron Head...well, you have an Aron with the move, no?  Should be plenty of material for getting help from another member of the group with teaching the move if you don't want to spend points on Move Tutoring yourself.  Probably would be Ventus, since he doesn't actually have any problems with Steel types.

Of course, Beldum have one of the looooonnnngggest hatch times in the games, so it's probably going to be awhile before you have to worry about raising a Beldum.

@Spiritmon
Well, Ventus would be willing to Tutor Iron Head to Beldum, especially since it would be good practice for his budding interest in the field! It'll be awhile before we get to that point, though, so I wouldn't get too eager about it just yet! If its possible, however, another person could get a Flame Body/Magma Armor Pokémon and/or one of those Non-Almanac Fast Incubators to speed up Egg hatching time. I plan on getting a F.I. myself to make hatching Eggs faster for Ven, and may get a Pokémon with those abilities to further accelerate the hatch times! Going to seriously put a cramp on party space, though, but fortunately I have PLENTY of powerful Pokémon to play around with to make up for that hurdle.