Competitive Information for Magnemite [X/Y]
Electric / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Magnemite? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Magnemite is a stupendous Electric and Steel-typed Pokemon. Magnemite is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Magnemite can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Magnemite is weak to Fighting, Fire, and Ground-typed attacks.
Item: Air Balloon / Life Orb
Ability: Analytic
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Flash Cannon
- Signal Beam
- Round / Snore
Special Sweeper Magnemite (Analytic)
Magnemite is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Magnemite is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. Life Orb boosts the power of Magnemite's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Analytic, Magnemite's attacks have 1.3x power if it is the last to move in a turn.
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ 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).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Magnemite must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Item: Oran Berry
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Brave (+Atk, -Spe)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Recycle
- Protect
- Explosion
- Toxic
Magnemite Mixed Sweeper (Magnetroll)
Magnemite is pretty popular Mixed Sweeper. With Sturdy, if Magnemite is at full hp it survives one hit with at least 1 hp. immune to ohko. This set has a Berry juice and is level one on my set. Toxic the opponent, heal, recycle or protect, whatever rocks your boat, and watch the enemy cringe to its death.
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Magnemite this turn).
♦ Explosion is a physical 250-base power Normal-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. your Magnemite faints).
♦ Toxic is a status move (badly poisons the target; Note: Poison types can't miss with Toxic).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Magnemite? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Air Balloon / Life Orb
Ability: Analytic
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 252 Hp / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Moveset:
- Discharge / Electroweb
- Flash Cannon
- Signal Beam
- Round / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Magnemite (Analytic)
Magnemite is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Magnemite is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. Life Orb boosts the power of Magnemite's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Analytic, Magnemite's attacks have 1.3x power if it is the last to move in a turn.
♦ Electroweb is a special STAB-boosted 55-base power Electric-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ 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).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Snore is a special 50-base power Normal-type move (Magnemite must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Magnemite 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 Magnemite can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Magnemite
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Zap Cannon
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Magnemite's stats
- Charge Beam
- Iron Defense
Most notable and possible best moves for Magnemite
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Magnemite in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Magnemite's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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