Question

Should I use Electivire or Magnezone for a B/W 2 playthrough?

Answer 1

Electivire
A physical sweeper with a variety of moves including thunder punch ice punch brick break and others. If you are gonna go physical go with this guy

Magnezone
A bulky special sweeper with a lot of resistances as well. His move pool can use both thunderbolt and flash cannon, two powerful STABS

So to get to the point
Electivire: A fast physical sweeper
Magnezone: A bulky special sweeper

Answer 2

Electivire

It probably has the best coverage in the world. Cross chop, wild charge, ice punch, earthquake, stone edge, etc. So much to chose. It patches up an electric weakness with motor drive and also gets a speed boost from it.

Magnezone

It can trap the plethora of defensive steel types with magnet pull. Then it can spam charge beam boosts and get amazing stats. Flying types can absorb its ground and fighting weakness and the flying type's rock, ice, and electric weaknesses all get blocked by magnezone.

they are both great but I would choose magnezone.

Answer 3

Electivire's stats all together:540!
magnezones stats altogether:535

Electivire has better stats so i'd choose him if you want a Pokemon that evolves quicker I suggest magnezone either way is what you choose

Comments

Magnezone is definitely the better choice because of its high special attack stat. Electivire is an electric type with a high Attack stat. Now remember, electric type moves are special, so Magnezone is the better choice.

Answer 4

Well, it depends on what you’re looking for. If you are looking for a good attacker that can sweep well, then I would choose Electivire.

Why?

STATS
HP - 75
ATK - 123
DEFENSE - 67
SP. ATK - 95
SP. DEFENSE - 85
SPEED - 95
TOTAL - 540
As you can see, Electivire isn’t very good at defense, but is pretty good on normally attacking, although not so much special wise. Not to mention it’s FAST. Its not the fastest, but it is pretty fast. So if you want a fast physical sweep Pokémon, then choose this guy.
Now if you want something more DEFENSIVE and BULKIER, then Magnezone is your boy!!

Let’s take a look at Magnezone’s stats.

STATS
HP - 70
ATK - 70
DEFENSE - 115
SP. ATK - 130
SP. DEFENSE - 90
SPEED - 60
TOTAL - 535
Okay, so UFO due can’t hit a good physical attack without some other assistance (which isn’t the point), but it is SOO good at defense, and it’s SP. ATK is really good. A tanky, SP. attack sweeper is what Magnezone is.
So that’s that. If you want A fast physical sweeper, get Electivire, but if you want a tank that can sweep slower but powerful, get Magnezone.

Answer 5

Sorry for replying so late.. Don't forget Magnezone is an ELECTRIC type, and their status effect is PARALYSIS!! Magnezone is only a bit slow, but that problem can be easily covered using Thunder Wave.
As for the nature, a Calm or Modest nature Magnezone would be awesome. So you get great defences and super-cool special attack, also with a speed advantage after paralysis. Hence I'd prefer Magnezone over Electivire. For HP, you don't need to worry as it has high defences so it'll survive.