Level 30To Magmar

Trade holding MagmarizerTo Magmortar

MagmortarLast stage shown

#0467 · GENERATION 4

Magmortar Build Guide

Fire

Special attacker with coverage

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMHeavy-Duty Boots

ABILITYFlame Body

NATUREModest

Flamethrower

Thunderbolt

Focus Blast

Scorching Sands

How to play

Use Flamethrower for consistent Fire damage or choose coverage against a suitable target. Flame Body may burn a contact attacker, but activation is not guaranteed.

Watch out for

Key risk. Boots protect from entry hazards, not direct damage. Focus Blast can miss and this set has no recovery move. Water, Ground and Rock attacks are super effective; Thunderbolt does not make switching into Water attacks safe.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

Use Flamethrower for consistent Fire damage or choose coverage against a suitable target. Flame Body may burn a contact attacker, but activation is not guaranteed.

A Water type comes in on the Fire STAB

Water deals 2× to Magmortar and Thunderbolt deals 2× back, so the exchange favors neither side unless Magmortar moves first. It has no Speed to promise that and no recovery move on the set.

Focus Blast is the move you need

Focus Blast can miss, and against a Dark or Normal target it is the only option that scores — Fighting hits both for 2× where Fire is shrugged off or ignored. Scorching Sands is the Ground answer to Fire and Rock switches instead.

Entry hazards are running

Heavy-Duty Boots remove the hazard tax, not the direct damage. Ground, Rock and Water are the three types that hit Magmortar for 2×, and none of them care what item it holds.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Magmortar in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Flame Body can burn a contacting attacker, but activation is a chance rather than a result, so switching into a physical hit is a wager and not a wall. Thunderbolt is the reason Magmortar can answer a Water switch-in at all, and it does not make the switch safe for Magmortar.

Watch the tradeoff. Boots protect from entry hazards, not direct damage. Focus Blast can miss and this set has no recovery move. Water, Ground and Rock attacks are super effective; Thunderbolt does not make switching into Water attacks safe.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Magmortar or Chandelure?

Chandelure offers Ghost typing and Flash Fire instead of this Fire-only defensive profile.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Magmortar	Chandelure
HP	75	60
Attack	95	55
Defense	67	90
Sp. Attack	125	145
Sp. Defense	95	90
Speed	83	80

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A Flying teammate covers Ground attacks. A Water or Ground partner helps with Rock attackers; add Speed elsewhere.

Gyarados

Ground immunity and Water resistance help cover weaknesses.

Read Gyarados guide →Compare teammates →

Gastrodon

Resists Rock and provides Water immunity through Storm Drain.

Read Gastrodon guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

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Alternative: Chandelure

Chandelure offers Ghost typing and Flash Fire instead of this Fire-only defensive profile.

Read Chandelure guide →

Try Chandelure →

Type matchups

Weak to

Water2×Ground2×Rock2×

Resistances and immunities

Fire0.5×Grass0.5×Ice0.5×Bug0.5×Steel0.5×Fairy0.5×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP75

Attack95

Defense67

Sp. Attack125

Sp. Defense95

Speed83

Evolution chain

Magby#240
Level 30
Magmar#126
Trade holding Magmarizer
Magmortar#467

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

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Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

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Magmortar

Fire

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Understand your team

Offense80

Defense66

Coverage22

Synergy8

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Ground attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Rock attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Your own types can hit 4 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.
No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Magmortar	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	½×	0	1
Water	2×	1	0
Electric	1×	0	0
Grass	½×	0	1
Ice	½×	0	1
Fighting	1×	0	0
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	2×	1	0
Flying	1×	0	0
Psychic	1×	0	0
Bug	½×	0	1
Rock	2×	1	0
Ghost	1×	0	0
Dragon	1×	0	0
Dark	1×	0	0
Steel	½×	0	1
Fairy	½×	0	1

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

NormalNeutral

FireResisted

WaterResisted

ElectricNeutral

Grass✓ Super effective

Ice✓ Super effective

FightingNeutral

PoisonNeutral

GroundNeutral

FlyingNeutral

PsychicNeutral

Bug✓ Super effective

RockResisted

GhostNeutral

DragonResisted

DarkNeutral

Steel✓ Super effective

FairyNeutral

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.