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magby
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Magby

Live Coal Pokémon

Fire

Many of these Pokémon can be seen in areas with volcanic activity. Feeding can get them so excited, they exhale flames of 1,100 degrees F.

Base Stats

HP 45
Attack 75
Defense 37
Sp. Atk 70
Sp. Def 55
Speed 83
Total 365

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Live Coal Pokémon
Height 0.7 m
Weight 21.4 kg
Base Exp 73
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 75% ♂ / 25% ♀
Habitat Mountain
Egg Groups No Eggs

Sprites

magby Front Front
magby Back Back
magby Front Shiny Front Shiny
magby Back Shiny Back Shiny
magby Official Art Official Art
magby Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

lc Usage: 2.4%
Belly Drum
Moves
Return / Thunder Punch
Item
Berry Juice
Ability
Vital Spirit
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 236
Spe 252
Life Orb
Moves
Return / Thunder Punch
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Vital Spirit
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 236
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Magby is a great offensive threat due to many good traits. Thanks to Magby's excellent Speed tier, it outspeeds threats such as Gastly and Doduo. Magby's great attacking stats let it hit most of the metagame hard. It also has a decent movepool, with priority in the form of Mach Punch, reliable STAB attacks such as Fire Punch, and Belly Drum to help it sweep. Thanks to Vital Spirit, it is immune to sleep-inducing moves such as Foongus's Spore. Unfortunately, Magby is super frail and weak to Stealth Rock, causing it to get worn down quickly. It also faces competition from several offensive Fire-types, such as Ponyta, Houndour, and Larvesta, and it also has trouble setting up due to its frailty.

Most Used Moves

Dual Chop
25.0%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc