Competitive Information for Magmortar [Sword/Shield]
Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Magmortar? 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.
CelesteelaRillaboomDragapultRegielekiUrshifu-Rapid-StrikeTapu KokoLaprasUrshifuGolduckLandorus-Therian
Magmortar is a wonderful Fire-typed Pokemon. It's pretty standard to find yourself dealing with Magmortar when battling in the 8th generation meta. Magmortar is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Weakness Policy
Ability: Vital Spirit
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 228 Hp / 124 SpA / 156 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Overheat
- Thunderbolt
- Scorching Sands
- Protect
Special Tank Magmortar (Popular/Trending)
Magmortar is an astounding Special Tank for single battles. This moveset attempts to take a great amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Focus Sash helps protect Magmortar from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Weakness Policy activates if Magmortar is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Vital Spirit, Magmortar cannot fall asleep. Gaining this ability while asleep cures it.
◆ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Magmortar's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Scorching Sands is a special 70-base power Ground-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Magmortar this turn).
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Item: Eject Pack / Choice Specs
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Scorching Sands
Special Sweeper Magmortar (Flame Body)
Magmortar is a fabulous Special Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Magmortar'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 Magmortar will be burned. With a Eject Pack equipped to it, if Magmortar'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).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Scorching Sands is a special 70-base power Ground-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Magmortar? 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.
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Lava Plume
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Scorching Sands
Doubles Special Sweeper Magmortar (Flame Body)
Magmortar is a fabulous Special Sweeper for double battles. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Magmortar's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Magmortar'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 Magmortar 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).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Scorching Sands is a special 70-base power Ground-type move (30% chance to burn the target. Thaws target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Magmortar 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 Magmortar 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 Magmortar
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- 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: Endure, Protect, Mach Punch, Helping Hand
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Will-O-Wisp, Scorching Sands
Most notable and possible best moves for Magmortar
- Earthquake
- Flamethrower
- Heat Wave
- Helping Hand
- Mach Punch
- Overheat
- Protect
- Rest
- Scorching Sands
- Taunt
- Thunderbolt
Common Effort Values for Magmortar in Sword and Shield
- Modest Nature ( 228/0/0/124/0/156 )
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Magmortar's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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