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magcargo
#219

Magcargo

Lava Pokémon

FireRock

Its body temperature is roughly 18,000 degrees F. Flames spout from gaps in its hardened shell.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 50
Defense 120
Sp. Atk 90
Sp. Def 80
Speed 30
Total 430

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

magcargo Magcargo Lv. 38

Moves

Details

Category Lava Pokémon
Height 0.8 m
Weight 55.0 kg
Base Exp 151
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 75
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups Indeterminate

Sprites

magcargo Front Front
magcargo Back Back
magcargo Front Shiny Front Shiny
magcargo Back Shiny Back Shiny
magcargo Official Art Official Art
magcargo Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu
Defensive
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Flame Body
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 248
Def 8
SpD 252

Strategy Overview

Magcargo is a Pokemon which has many crippling flaws that prevent it from shining in the limelight of the NU metagame. Due to its horrible typing, Magcargo not only has a Stealth Rock weakness, but it also sports 4x weaknesses to common Water and Ground-type moves, as well as a weakness to Fighting-type moves. To make matters worse, Magcargo has incredibly underwhelming Special Defense and HP, meaning that many powerful special attacks, such as Jynx's Focus Blast, will take it out after Stealth Rock. Despite these problems, Magcargo still makes a decent check to several important Pokemon in the NU metagame, including Swellow, Drifblim, and Charizard, thanks to its key resistances to Normal-, Flying-, and Fire-type attacks. Magcargo also has a unique support movepool, including options such as Memento, Will-O-Wisp, and Stealth Rock, as well as a reliable recovery move. However, these traits do not make Magcargo a good Pokemon and more often than not, other defensive Fire- and Rock-types, such as Torkoal and Regirock, will be better options for your team.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc