Competitive Information for Magnezone [Black/White]
Electric / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Magnezone? 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.
Magnezone is a notable Electric and Steel-typed Pokemon. It's a super common sight to see Magnezone out in the 5th generation battlefield. Magnezone can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Magnezone is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Choice Specs / Air Balloon
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Volt Switch
- Flash Cannon
- Substitute
- Sunny Day
Special Sweeper Magnezone (Popular/Trending)
Magnezone is an interesting Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Magnezone's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. 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 (Magnezone switches out after damaging the target).
♦ 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).
♦ Substitute is a status move (Magnezone takes 1/4 its max hp to put in a substitute).
♦ Sunny Day is a status move (for 5 turns, intense sunlight powers fire moves).
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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 Magnezone (Analytic)
Magnezone is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Magnezone's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Analytic, Magnezone'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).
♦ 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 (Magnezone 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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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Magnezone? 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: 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 Magnezone (Analytic)
Magnezone is an astounding Special Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Magnezone's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Analytic, Magnezone's attacks have 1.3x power if it is the last to move in a turn.
♦ 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 (Magnezone 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 Magnezone 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 Magnezone 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 Magnezone
- 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, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Magnezone's stats
- Barrier
- Charge Beam
- Iron Defense
Most notable and possible best moves for Magnezone
- Charge Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Hidden Power Fire
- Light Screen
- Magnet Rise
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Substitute
- Sunny Day
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Magnezone in Black and White
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Modest Nature ( 168/0/0/252/0/88/ )
- Optimize Magnezone's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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