Competitive Information for Magby [Sword/Shield]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Magby? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Magby is a pretty decent Fire-typed Pokemon. Magby is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Magby can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Magby is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Double-Edge / Body Slam
- Brick Break / Seismic Toss
- Thunder Punch
Physical Sweeper Magby (Flame Body)
Magby is popular Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Magby's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Magby recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge and Flare Blitz. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Magby will be burned.
◆ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Seismic Toss is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (does damage equal to your Magby's level).
◆ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Item: Throat Spray / Eject Pack
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Psychic
- Round / Snore
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Magby (Flame Body)
Magby is popular Special Sweeper for single battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and increases Magby's special attack stat by 2 stages. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Magby will be burned. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Magby's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Magby must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Magby? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz / Fire Punch
- Double-Edge / Body Slam
- Brick Break / Seismic Toss
- Thunder Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Magby (Flame Body)
Magby is an interesting Physical Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Magby's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. The Shell Bell item option is to help Magby recover from the recoil damage it may take from Double-Edge and Flare Blitz. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Magby will be burned.
◆ Fire Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Seismic Toss is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (does damage equal to your Magby's level).
◆ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Item: Throat Spray / Life Orb
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Lava Plume
- Psychic
- Round / Snore
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Magby (Flame Body)
Magby is a decent Special Sweeper for double battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Round or Snore) and raises Magby's special attack stat by 2 stages. Life Orb boosts the power of Magby'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 Magby will be burned.
◆ Lava Plume is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Fire-type move (30% chance to burn adjacent pokemon).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
◆ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Magby must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
◆ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Magby 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 Magby can perform in Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Magby
- 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: Detect, Endure, Protect, Mach Punch, Helping Hand
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Magby's stats
- Belly Drum
- Curse
- Flame Charge
- Power-Up Punch
Most notable and possible best moves for Magby
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Magby in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Magby's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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