What is a good competitive moveset for Magneton? 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.
Magneton is an interesting Electric and Steel-typed Pokemon. Magneton is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Magneton is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Species: Magneton Item: Air Balloon / Life Orb Ability: Analytic Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe) Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD Moveset: - Thunderbolt / Discharge - Flash Cannon - Tri Attack / Hyper Beam - Signal Beam
Special Sweeper Magneton (Analytic)
Magneton is a spectacular Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Magneton from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Magneton's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Analytic, Magneton's attacks have 1.3x power if it is the last to move in a turn.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target). ♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon). ♦ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Tri Attack is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target). ♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Magneton cannot move next turn). ♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Species: Magneton Item: Eviolite Ability: Magnet Pull Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe) EVs: 100 Hp / 200 SpA / 210 SpD Moveset: - Volt Switch - Signal Beam - Rain Dance - Thunder
Magneton Special Tank (Manget Pulling)
Magneton is a wonderful Special Tank. This moveset attempts to take a large amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Magneton is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite makes it possibly stronger than it's final form. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. With Magnet Pull, prevents adjacent steel-type foes from choosing to switch.
♦ Volt Switch is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Electric-type move (Magneton switches out after damaging the target). ♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target). ♦ Rain Dance is a status move (for 5 turns, heavy rain powers water moves). ♦ Thunder is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze. can't miss in rain).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Magneton? 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.
Species: Magneton Item: Air Balloon / Life Orb Ability: Analytic Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe) Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD Moveset: - Discharge / Electroweb - Flash Cannon - Tri Attack / Hyper Beam - Signal Beam
Doubles Special Sweeper Magneton (Analytic)
Magneton is a sensational Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Magneton from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Magneton's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Analytic, Magneton's attacks have 1.3x power if it is the last to move in a turn.
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon). ♦ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage). ♦ Flash Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Tri Attack is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target). ♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Magneton cannot move next turn). ♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Magneton 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.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Magneton 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 Magneton
Moves: Swagger + Psych up
Moves: Swagger + Screech
Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Magic Coat
Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Magneton's stats
Charge Beam
Iron Defense
Most notable and possible best moves for Magneton
Light Screen
Protect
Reflect
Rest
Toxic
Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Magneton in Black and White
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