Share your best competitive movesets for Magnezone on this thread! Movesets for its pre-evolutions Magnemite and Magneton can also be posted here.
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Magnezone Pokédex and learnset for reference.
Magnemite (level 1) @ Berry Juice Ability: Sturdy nature: doesn't matter IVs: 0 in everything EVs: no EVs
Use Toxic first turn, then spam Recycle. If there's a Steel type, Thunder Wave them and then sacrifice Magnemite for momentum.
Magneton @ Eviolite Ability: Magnet Pull EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD Modest Nature - Volt Switch - Flash Cannon - Thunderbolt - Tri Attack
Magneton with Eviolite has 105 SpD and 142.5 Def Magnezone has 90 SpD and 115 Def.
They both learn basically the same moves.
Magneton only has 10 less base points in special attack.
MAGNETON IS BETTER
Gen 8 BDSP OU This is a trick room variant of magnezone and I have used this with a lot of success on Showdown!.
Magnezone @ Choice Specs Ability: Magnet Pull EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD IVs: 0 Spe Quiet Nature - Thunderbolt - Volt switch - Flash cannon - Tri Attack
This set works amazingly for trapping Steel-’s as you have incredible bulk with the HP EVs and with Specs you do insane damage with that SpA.
Magnezone @ Air Balloon Ability: Magnet Pull EVs: 252 HP / 196 SpA / 62 SpD Modest Nature (+SpA, -Atk) - Hidden Power [Fire] - Flash Cannon - Thunderbolt - Volt Switch
The set is mainly for trapping steel types and melting them with Hidden Power [Fire]. Flash Cannon and Thunderbolt is for STAB. Volt Switch is for the pivot.
Magnezone @ Air balloon Ability: Magnet Pull Tera Type: Fire EVs: 128 Def / 252 SpA / 128 SpD Modest Nature - Thunderbolt - Flash Cannon - Tera Blast - Volt Switch
With Fire Tera Type and Magnet Pull you can trap and kill Ferrothorn easily, Thunderbolt and Flash Cannon are stab and Volt Switch to Switch out.
