Competitive Information for Magmortar [Black/White]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Magmortar? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Magmortar is a remarkable Fire-typed Pokemon. Magmortar is a pretty standard Pokemon to see in Generation 5. Magmortar is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Charcoal
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Magmortar (Flame Body)
Magmortar is an astounding Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Magmortar's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). Focus Sash helps protect Magmortar from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Magmortar's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Magmortar will be burned.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Magmortar cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Magmortar? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Charcoal
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic
- Hyper Beam / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Magmortar (Flame Body)
Magmortar is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Magmortar from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Magmortar's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Magmortar will be burned.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Magmortar's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Magmortar cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Magmortar learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Magmortar can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Magmortar
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Mach Punch, Follow Me, Helping Hand
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Magmortar's stats
- Barrier
- Belly Drum
- Flame Charge
Most notable and possible best moves for Magmortar
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Magmortar in Black and White
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