Competitive Information for Magearna [Sword/Shield]
Steel / Fairy
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Magearna? 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.
Magearna is a pretty decent Steel and Fairy-typed Pokemon. Magearna is a super common Pokemon to see in Generation 8. Magearna is considered strong enough to compete with Uber tiered Pokemon. Magearna's only type-related weaknesses are Fire and Ground.
Item: Eject Pack / Choice Specs
Ability: Soul-Heart
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Steel Beam / Flash Cannon
- Fleur Cannon / Misty Explosion
- Thunderbolt
- Energy Ball
Special Sweeper Magearna (Soul-Heart)
Magearna is a legendary Special Sweeper for single battles. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Magearna's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Soul-Heart, Magearna's special attack is raised by 1 stage when another pokemon faints. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Magearna's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed.
◆ 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).
◆ Fleur Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fairy-type move (lowers your Magearna's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Misty Explosion is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fairy-type move (Magearna faints. Magearna on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ 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 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: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Soul-Heart
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Dazzling Gleam / Misty Explosion
- Steel Beam / Flash Cannon
- Electroweb / Thunderbolt
- Energy Ball
Doubles Special Sweeper Magearna (Soul-Heart)
Magearna is a legendary Special Sweeper for double battles. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Magearna's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. 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 special attack is raised by 1 stage when another pokemon faints.
◆ Misty Explosion is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fairy-type move (Magearna faints. Magearna on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
◆ Steel Beam is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Steel-type move (Magearna loses 50% max hp).
◆ 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).
◆ Electroweb is a special 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ 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: Eject Pack / Metal Coat
Ability: Soul-Heart
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Steel Beam / Flash Cannon
- Fleur Cannon / Misty Explosion
- Thunderbolt
- Trick Room
Offensive Trick Room Magearna (Soul-Heart)
Magearna is a legendary Offensive Trick Room for single battles. With Soul-Heart, Magearna's special attack is raised by 1 stage when another pokemon faints. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Magearna's stat stages are lowered, it switches to a chosen ally then the Eject Pack gets consumed. With a Metal Coat equipped to it, Magearna's steel-type attacks have 1.2x power.
◆ 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).
◆ Fleur Cannon is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fairy-type move (lowers your Magearna's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Misty Explosion is a special STAB-boosted 100-base power Fairy-type move (Magearna faints. Magearna on misty terrain: 1.5x power).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ 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.
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 Magearna 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 Magearna
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Crafty Shield, Endure, Helping Hand, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave
Moves that boost Magearna's stats
- Agility
- Calm Mind
- Charge Beam
- Defense Curl
- Iron Defense
- Shift Gear
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Magearna
- Baton Pass
- Ice Beam
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Stored Power
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Magearna in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Magearna's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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