Competitive Information for Magearna [Sun/Moon]
Steel / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Magearna? 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.
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Magearna is a marvelous Steel and Fairy-typed Pokemon. Magearna is a usual Pokemon to see in Generation 7. Magearna can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Magearna's only type-related weaknesses are Fire and Ground.
Item: Assault Vest / Fairium Z
Ability: Soul-Heart
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Fleur Cannon
- Ice Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Volt Switch / Thunderbolt
Special Tank Magearna (Popular/Trending)
Magearna is a legendary Special Tank. This moveset attempts to take a hefty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Soul-Heart, Magearna's sp. atk is raised by 1 stage when another pokemon faints.
♦ Ice Beam is a special 90-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze 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).
♦ Volt Switch is a special 70-base power Electric-type move (Magearna switches out after damaging the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Item: Fairium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Soul-Heart
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Fleur Cannon / Dazzling Gleam
- Flash Cannon
- Synchronoise
- Energy Ball
Special Sweeper Magearna (Soul-Heart)
Magearna is a legendary Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Magearna's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Soul-Heart, Magearna's sp. atk is raised by 1 stage when another pokemon faints.
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ 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).
♦ Synchronoise is a special 120-base power Psychic-type move (hits adjacent pokemon sharing your Magearna's type).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Magearna? 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.
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Item: Fairium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Soul-Heart
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Fleur Cannon
- Synchronoise
- Flash Cannon
- Energy Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Magearna (Soul-Heart)
Magearna is a legendary Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Magearna's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Soul-Heart, Magearna's sp. atk is raised by 1 stage when another pokemon faints.
♦ Fleur Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fairy-type move (lowers your Magearna's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Synchronoise is a special 120-base power Psychic-type move (hits adjacent pokemon sharing your Magearna's type).
♦ 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).
♦ Energy Ball is a special 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
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Item: Fairium Z / Life Orb
Ability: Soul-Heart
Nature: Sassy (+SpD, -Spe)
Nature: Relaxed (+Def, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Fleur Cannon / Dazzling Gleam
- Flash Cannon
- Synchronoise
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Magearna (Soul-Heart)
Magearna is a legendary Offensive Trick Room. Life Orb boosts the power of Magearna's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Soul-Heart, Magearna's sp. atk is raised by 1 stage when another pokemon faints.
♦ Dazzling Gleam is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fairy-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent foes).
♦ 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).
♦ Synchronoise is a special 120-base power Psychic-type move (hits adjacent pokemon sharing your Magearna's type).
♦ Trick Room is a status move (goes last. for 5 turns, turn order is reversed).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Magearna learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Magearna 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 Magearna
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Moves with Priority: Protect, Helping Hand, Crafty Shield
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave
Moves that boost Magearna's stats
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
- Iron Defense
- Shift Gear
Most notable and possible best moves for Magearna
- Calm Mind
- Flash Cannon
- Fleur Cannon
- Focus Blast
- Hidden Power Fire
- Ice Beam
- Iron Head
- Light Screen
- Pain Split
- Protect
- Reflect
- Shift Gear
- Thunderbolt
- Trick Room
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Magearna in Sun and Moon
- Quiet Nature ( 252/0/0/252/4/0/ )
- Sassy Nature ( 248/0/0/0/224/36/ )
- Optimize Magearna's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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