#0082 · Generation 1

Magneton

Magneton has 465 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the special side (120) and a Speed of 70. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 215, which makes it a physical tank.

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What Magneton is weak to

Weak to: Ground (×4), Fire, Fighting. Resists: Normal, Electric, Grass, Ice, Flying (×0.25), Psychic, Bug, Rock, Dragon, Steel (×0.25), Fairy. Immune to: Poison (×0). The ×4 weakness is the danger: one hit of Ground does huge damage.

Attacking typeDamage taken
Ground×4
Fire×2
Fighting×2
Normal×0.5
Electric×0.5
Grass×0.5
Ice×0.5
Psychic×0.5
Bug×0.5
Rock×0.5
Dragon×0.5
Fairy×0.5
Flying×0.25
Steel×0.25
Poison×0

Base stats

HP50
Atk60
Def95
SpA120
SpD70
Spe70
Total465

Best teammates for Magneton

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

  1. Gliscor GroundFlying

    Resists fighting, ground, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, grass super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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  2. Camerupt FireGround

    Resists fire, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, grass super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  3. Tinkaton FairySteel

    Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire, ground.

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  4. Klefki SteelFairy

    Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire, ground.

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  5. Mawile SteelFairy

    Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to fire, ground.

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  6. Celesteela SteelFlying

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

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Counters to Magneton

  1. Camerupt

    Fire and Ground STAB hits Magneton super effectively and it resists everything Magneton can hit it with by type.

  2. Great Tusk

    Ground and Fighting STAB hits Magneton super effectively.

  3. Blaziken

    Fire and Fighting STAB hits Magneton super effectively.

  4. Infernape

    Fire and Fighting STAB hits Magneton super effectively.

  5. Emboar

    Fire and Fighting STAB hits Magneton super effectively.

  6. Excadrill

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

Where you can use Magneton

Magneton is in the regional Pokédex of 9 games we cover: