Competitive Information for Magnezone [Sword/Shield]
Electric / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Magnezone? 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.
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Magnezone is an astounding Electric and Steel-typed Pokemon. It's pretty usual to see Magnezone show up as a Sword/Shield opponent. Magnezone can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Magnezone is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Weakness Policy / Grassy Seed
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 140 Hp / 116 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Rising Voltage
- Flash Cannon / Steel Beam
- Ally Switch
- Protect
Special Tank Magnezone (Popular/Trending)
Magnezone is pretty popular Special Tank for single battles. It's purpose is to take a large amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Weakness Policy activates if Magnezone 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 Sturdy, if Magnezone is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. Immune to ohko. With a Grassy Seed equipped to it, if the terrain is grassy terrain, raises Magnezone's defense by 1 stage then the Grassy Seed gets consumed.
◆ Rising Voltage is a special STAB-boosted 70-base power Electric-type move (2x power if target is grounded in electric terrain).
◆ 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).
◆ Steel Beam is a special STAB-boosted 140-base power Steel-type move (Magnezone loses 50% max hp).
◆ Ally Switch is a status move (your Magnezone swaps positions with its ally).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Magnezone this turn).
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Item: Air Balloon / Life Orb
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Steel Beam / Flash Cannon
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
- Mirror Coat
Special Sweeper Magnezone (Magnet Pull)
Magnezone is a marvelous Special Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Magnezone is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. Life Orb boosts the power of Magnezone's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magnet Pull, prevents opposing steel-type pokemon from choosing to switch out.
◆ 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).
◆ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
◆ Tri Attack is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Magnezone cannot move next turn).
◆ Mirror Coat is a special 0-base power Psychic-type move (if hit by special attack, returns double damage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Magnezone? 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.
DusclopsRillaboomIncineroarTapu FiniDragoniteWhimsicottTogekissUrshifuDracovishInteleon
Item: Air Balloon / Life Orb
Ability: Magnet Pull
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Steel Beam / Flash Cannon
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Tri Attack / Hyper Beam
- Mirror Coat
Doubles Special Sweeper Magnezone (Magnet Pull)
Magnezone is a decent Special Sweeper for double battles. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Magnezone is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. Life Orb boosts the power of Magnezone's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Magnet Pull, prevents opposing steel-type pokemon from choosing to switch out.
◆ 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).
◆ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
◆ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
◆ Tri Attack is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (20% chance to paralyze or burn or freeze target).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Magnezone cannot move next turn).
◆ Mirror Coat is a special 0-base power Psychic-type move (if hit by special attack, returns double damage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Magnezone 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 Magnezone 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 Magnezone
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Body Press + Curse
- Moves: Body Press + Iron Defense
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Ally Switch, Endure, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Magnezone's stats
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Iron Defense
Most notable and possible best moves for Magnezone
- Ally Switch
- Body Press
- Flash Cannon
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Rising Voltage
- Steel Beam
- Teleport
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Magnezone in Sword and Shield
- Quiet Nature ( 140/0/116/252/0/0 )
- Quiet Nature ( 252/0/0/252/4/0 )
- Optimize Magnezone's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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