Magcargo

Magcargo has 430 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the special side (90) and a Speed of 30. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 260, which makes it a physical tank.

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What Magcargo is weak to

Weak to: Water (×4), Ground (×4), Fighting, Rock. Resists: Normal, Fire (×0.25), Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug, Fairy. Immune to: none. The ×4 weaknesses are the danger: one hit of Water or Ground does huge damage.

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Best teammates for Magcargo

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Magcargo: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

1. Tinkaton FairySteel

   Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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2. Klefki SteelFairy

   Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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3. Mawile SteelFairy

   Resists rock, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, rock, dragon super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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4. Scizor BugSteel

   Hits psychic, rock, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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5. Escavalier BugSteel

   Hits psychic, rock, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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6. Durant BugSteel

   Hits psychic, rock, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Magcargo

1. Quaquaval

   Water and Fighting STAB hits Magcargo super effectively and it resists everything Magcargo can hit it with by type.

2. Rhyperior

   Ground and Rock STAB hits Magcargo super effectively and it resists everything Magcargo can hit it with by type.

3. Golem

   Rock and Ground STAB hits Magcargo super effectively and it resists everything Magcargo can hit it with by type.

4. Swampert

   Water and Ground STAB hits Magcargo super effectively and it resists everything Magcargo can hit it with by type.

5. Seismitoad

   Water and Ground STAB hits Magcargo super effectively and it resists everything Magcargo can hit it with by type.

6. Poliwrath

   Water and Fighting STAB hits Magcargo super effectively and it resists everything Magcargo can hit it with by type.

Where you can use Magcargo

Magcargo is in the regional Pokédex of 4 games we cover: