Metallikato, owing to its heavy influence on spirituality, is believed to be the most obscurely practiced and potentially inaccessible of Cybertronian martial arts. Its teachings cull from a wide variety of other martial arts, such as Circuit-Su and Crystalocution, cumulatively emphasizing a variety of attack strategies, though bladed combat is its hallmark. Metallikato has a strict code of ethics to attune its "children" to the "One True Path" of the Ultimate Warrior, a figure of religious legend.
Its most well-known practitioner is the Decepticon Pretender, Bludgeon. The Mini-Con Kobushi also practices it, and the Optimus Prime of his universe has been known to employ a kick derived from the art, although the full extent of the Autobot leader's knowledge of Metallikato is unknown.
References
- End of the Road!, Marvel US #80
- More Than Meets The Eye profile books, p464