Competitive Information for Magmortar [Sword/Shield]
Fire
Abilities:
30% chance a Pokemon making contact with this Pokemon will be burned.
This Pokemon cannot fall asleep. Gaining this Ability while asleep cures it.
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Movesets for Singles
Looking for a competitive moveset for Magmortar? These builds are optimized for Sword/Shield Single Battles. The movesets and EVs are designed to maximize damage against common opponents and threats in the Sword/Shield metagame. Check out the expert movesets below to boost your battle performance and dominate your opponents!
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Unleash the power of Magmortar, a superb Pokémon with Fire typing. It's to see Magmortar show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. It is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks. Explore the movesets of Magmortar below to understand its battle capabilities.
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
For single battles, Magmortar is an astounding Special Tank. This approach seeks to take a good 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
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic
- Scorching Sands / Mud-Slap
Prepare for single battles with Magmortar as a marvelous Special Sweeper. This moveset focuses to overwhelm foes with intense special power. 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).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze 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).
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Movesets for Doubles
Need a strong doubles moveset for Magmortar? These builds are perfect for VGC (Pokémon Video Game Championship) and other competitive Sword/Shield Double Battles. The VGC is the ultimate test of strategy and skill, and these movesets and EVs are designed to excel against multiple opponents at once while providing essential support to your team. Dominate the Sword/Shield metagame with these expert-crafted setups!
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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 / Burning Jealousy
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic
- Scorching Sands / Mud-Slap
Taking on double battles? Magmortar is an incredible Special Sweeper. This moveset focuses to overwhelm foes with lethal special power. 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.
◆ Burning Jealousy is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Fire-type move (100% burns a target that had a stat rise this turn).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze 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).
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Movepool
Want to know what moves Magmortar can learn? Check out the full list of moves available in the Pokemon Sword/Shield generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by type, category, accuracy, and power. Moves in bold get the same-type attack bonus (STAB) when used by Magmortar.
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: 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, Follow Me, Helping Hand, Protect, Mach Punch
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Burning Jealousy, Scorching Sands, Will-O-Wisp, Toxic
Moves that boost Magmortar's stats
- Belly Drum
- Curse
- Flame Charge
- Power-Up Punch
- Skull Bash
Most notable and possible best moves for Magmortar
- Earthquake
- Flamethrower
- Heat Wave
- Helping Hand
- Mach Punch
- Overheat
- Protect
- Rest
- Scorching Sands
- Taunt
- Teleport
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
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 Defensive EV-spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
Usage Data
Explore the latest analytical usage data for this Pokémon from various VGC and online competitions. We use this data to develop our strategies and movesets. The data is categorized by competition and skill level: top-ranking trainers, mid-level players, and entry-level players.
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