Competitive Information for Magmar [Sword/Shield]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Magmar? 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.
Magmar is a fabulous Fire-typed Pokemon. Magmar is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Magmar is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
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 / Low Sweep
- Thunder Punch
Physical Sweeper Magmar (Flame Body)
Magmar is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Magmar from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Magmar's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Magmar 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).
♦ Low Sweep is a physical 65-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Psychic
- Scorching Sands / Mud-Slap
- Hyper Beam / Round
Special Sweeper Magmar (Flame Body)
Magmar is a fabulous Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Magmar from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Magmar's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Magmar will be burned.
♦ 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).
♦ Scorching Sands is a special 70-base power Ground-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ 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 (Magmar cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Magmar? 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: Focus Sash / Choice Band
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 / Low Sweep
- Thunder Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Magmar (Flame Body)
Magmar is an awesome Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Magmar from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Magmar's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Magmar 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).
♦ Low Sweep is a physical 65-base power Fighting-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Lava Plume
- Psychic
- Scorching Sands / Mud-Slap
- Hyper Beam / Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Magmar (Flame Body)
Magmar is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Magmar from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Magmar's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Flame Body, 30% chance a pokemon making contact with Magmar 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).
♦ Scorching Sands is a special 70-base power Ground-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ 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 (Magmar cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Magmar 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 Magmar 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 Magmar
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- 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, Follow Me, Helping Hand
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Most notable and possible best moves for Magmar
- Protect
- Rest
Common Effort Values for Magmar in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Magmar's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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