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magnezone
#462

Magnezone

Magnet Area Pokémon

ElectricSteel

A group tried to use scientific means to make Magnezone evolve, but their efforts ended in failure.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 70
Defense 115
Sp. Atk 130
Sp. Def 90
Speed 60
Total 535

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

magneton Magneton Lv. 30
magnezone Magnezone Level Up

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Magnet Area Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 180.0 kg
Base Exp 241
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 30
Base Happiness 70
Gender Genderless
Habitat
Egg Groups Mineral

Sprites

magnezone Front Front
magnezone Back Back
magnezone Front Shiny Front Shiny
magnezone Back Shiny Back Shiny
magnezone Official Art Official Art
magnezone Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Sunny Day
Item
Air Balloon
Nature
Modest
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Substitute + Charge Beam
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Modest
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Magnezone has one job in the BW OU metagame, and it does that job well: trap and remove Steel-type Pokemon, particularly Skarmory, Ferrothorn, and Excadrill. Thanks to Magnezone's typing and ability, it can come in on most Steel-type Pokemon without much trouble and remove them. This makes Magnezone an enabler for Pokemon that are stopped by Steel-types, such as Latios, Garchomp, Landorus-T, Gliscor, and Amoonguss; making it the cornerstone of the famous DragMag style, where Magnezone clears the way for a collection of Dragon-type Pokemon to fire off powerful attacks. In addition, its ability to trap common entry hazard setters such as Ferrothorn and Skarmory and a common spinner and wallbreaker in Excadrill can make it a valuable teammate and take pressure off your spinner by reducing the need to spin as soon as possible. Also, thanks to its solid bulk, it can take weaker hits or resisted attacks from Pokemon such as Politoed and Latios in a pinch and get an attack off. However, Magnezone does not have much of an offensive presence beyond removing Steel-types due to its low Speed, and it has weaknesses to common attacking types, harming its overall viability.

Most Used Moves

Sunny Day
48.8%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
15.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc