Metal

“The veins of the planet. Hard to break, even harder when it hits back.”

— Glen Lakin on Bluesky^[1]

Metal is an Elemental Power in the Merged Lands that is derived from the Source Dragon of Strength.^[1] It is associated with the color silver/gray and corresponds with the Metal Dragon.

Users' abilities

Users' abilities[]

Ferrokinesis/Metallokinesis - The user can create, manipulate, and generate metal.
- Metal Mimicry - The user is able to turn themselves entirely into metal.
  - Enhanced Strength - When the user is turned into metal, they develop enhanced strength.
  - Enhanced Durability/Resistance - This grants the user enhanced durability, allowing them to resist many attacks.
    - Tough/Hard/Invincible Skin - The user's enhanced durability makes their skin tough and hard, possibly making it invincible.
  - Enhanced Endurance/Stamina - The user can endure many attacks without tiring when they are turned into metal.
  - Deflection - When the user is turned into metal, they are capable of deflecting attacks, normally projectiles or blunt force, away from themselves.
    - Elemental Deflection - The user can deflect elemental powers, as seen when Karlof deflected Kai’s fire attack.
    - Energy Deflection/Immunity - The user can easily deflect energy/lasers, possibly making them immune to it, as shown when Chen deflected Lloyd's energy balls in "The Forgotten Element."
  - Size Enhancement - When the user is turned into metal, they slightly grow in size.
- Metal Constructs - The user appears to be able to create objects out of metal, as seen in "The Forgotten Element", when Karlof manifested his metal fists after regaining his power.
- Dragon Creation - The user can create a Metal Dragon.

Symbol

Symbol[]

The symbol of Metal appears to be a gear shape. It has been seen on Karlof's back, alongside a less detailed version of it on the lower front of his torso.

Notable users

Notable users[]

First Spinjitzu Master^[2]
First Master of Metal (formerly)
- Hundreds of generations
  - Past Elemental Master of Metal (formerly)
    - Karlof

Staff of Elements[]

Master Chen (formerly)
Kai (formerly)

Creatures[]

Materials/Substances[]

Chronosteel (absorbed; formerly)
Blue Crystal (absorbed; formerly)

Tools/Objects[]

Karlof's metal fists (presumed)
Staff of Elements (absorbed; formerly; destroyed)
Djinn Blade (absorbed in an alternate timeline; destroyed)

Techniques[]

Elemental Dragons

Appearances

Appearances[]

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Season 4: Tournament of Elements

Decoded

1. "Legacy" (video)
6. "The Elemental Masters" (video)
7. "Beasts and Dragons" (video)

Season 9: Hunted

Video games

LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (non-canon)
LEGO Dimensions (non-canon)
The LEGO Ninjago Movie Videogame (non-canon)

Trivia

Trivia[]

Benton was mistakenly referred to by Wu as the Elemental Master of Metal in a flashback in "The Hatching."
Metal is one of seven elements that allow the user to alter their body. The other six are Smoke, Size, Light, Shadow, Form, and Swarm.
In the Elemental Golem state, it has been shown that an Earth Elemental Master can also control metal,^[3] just like an Elemental Master of Metal.
- However, Cole himself confirmed in "Truth and Lies" that in his base form he cannot perform such an action.
- A similar case also occurred when the Earthbenders of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" managed to control metal with their earth.