What is a good competitive moveset for Magcargo? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Magcargo is a wonderful Fire and Rock-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to find yourself dealing with Magcargo when battling in the 7th generation meta. Magcargo is weak to Fighting, Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Magcargo Item: Firium Z / White Herb Ability: Weak Armor Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD Moveset: - Overheat / Flamethrower - Ancient Power - Earth Power / Mud-Slap - Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Magcargo (Weak Armor)
Magcargo is an astounding Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Magcargo's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Overheat). With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Magcargo it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Magcargo's special attack by 2 stages). ♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target). ♦ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)). ♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage). ♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Magcargo cannot move next turn). ♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Magcargo? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Species: Magcargo Item: Firium Z / White Herb Ability: Weak Armor Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD Moveset: - Heat Wave / Lava Plume - Ancient Power - Earth Power / Mud-Slap - Hyper Beam / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Magcargo (Weak Armor)
Magcargo is an awesome Special Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Magcargo's negative stat changes once. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Magcargo it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
♦ Heat Wave is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the foes). ♦ Lava Plume is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fire-type move (30% chance to burn adjacent pokemon). ♦ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)). ♦ Earth Power is a special 90-base power Ground-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage). ♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage). ♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Magcargo 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 Magcargo 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 Magcargo can perform in Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Magcargo
Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Moves: Yawn + Protect
Moves: Stockpile + Spit up
Moves: Stockpile + Swallow
Moves: Pain split + Toxic
Moves: Pain split + Will-o-wisp
Ability: Weak armor + Item: White herb
Ability: Weak armor + Item: Weakness policy
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Inferno
Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp, Yawn
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