Magmortar: Best Moveset, PVP and Item Guide

The world of Pokémon has been a growing phenomenon since 1996, when the first pair of video games came out in stores. There are almost 900 individual Pokémon identified by the PokéDex and in this article, we are going to tell you everything you need to know about one of them – Magmortar. Magmortar is a pure-type Fire Pokémon introduced in Generation IV of the core game series. It is the final and only evolution of Magby, a Generation II Baby Pokémon, which can evolve into Magmar. Magmortar evolves from Magmar when traded while holding a Magmarizer or when exposed to a Magmarizer, depending on the game. Magmortar does not have a Mega Evolution, nor any alternative or regional forms in the series, which means that it cannot evolve or change further.

In this article, we are going to tell you all the information you’ll need if you want to breed an Magmortar in any of the games. We’re going to focus on both the core games, as well as other popular video games based on the Pokémon franchise.

Best moveset

In the Pokémon GO videogame, the best moves for your Magmortar are Fire Spin and Fire Blast if you’re battling Pokémon in Gyms. Namely, this moveset gives you the highest total DPS and is, likewise, the best moveset for PVP battles. The official description for Fire Spin reveals the following: “The target becomes trapped within a fierce vortex of fire that rages for four to five turns”; as for Fire Blast, the attack is described as follows: “The target is attacked with an intense blast of all-consuming fire. This may also leave the target with a burn.”

Other moves that Magmortar can learn across other games are:

• Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Magmortar
• Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Magmortar
• × indicates a move that cannot be used in Generation VIII

By leveling up

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
1	Smog	Poison	Special	30	70%	20
1	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100%	30
1	Ember	Fire	Special	40	100%	25
1	Smokescreen	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
12	Clear Smog	Poison	Special	50	—%	15
16	Flame Wheel	Fire	Physical	60	100%	25
20	Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10
24	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100%	10
28	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100%	15
34	Lava Plume	Fire	Special	80	100%	15
40	Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
46	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100%	15
52	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5
58	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85%	5
64	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5

By TM

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM00	Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85%	20
TM01	Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120	75%	5
TM03	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100%	15
TM05	Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100%	15
TM08	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
TM09	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
TM11	Solar Beam	Grass	Special	120	100%	10
TM13	Fire Spin	Fire	Special	35	85%	15
TM16	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85%	40
TM21	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
TM22	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
TM23	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25
TM24	Snore	Normal	Special	50	100%	15
TM25	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
TM26	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100%	10
TM31	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
TM34	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5
TM38	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Status	—	85%	15
TM39	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
TM41	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
TM43	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
TM46	Weather Ball	Normal	Special	50	100%	10
TM48	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95%	15
TM59	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
TM60	Power Swap	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
TM75	Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	65	100%	20
TM76	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
TM81	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100%	20
TM92	Mystical Fire	Fire	Special	75	100%	10
TM98	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100%	10
TR01	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15
TR02	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100%	15
TR07	Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
TR08	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100%	15
TR10	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
TR11	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10
TR13	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
TR15	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85%	5
TR20	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
TR26	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
TR27	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
TR31	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15
TR35	Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100%	10
TR36	Heat Wave	Fire	Special	95	90%	10
TR37	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100%	20
TR43	Overheat	Fire	Special	130	90%	5
TR55	Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	120	100%	15
TR64	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70%	5

Magmortat PVP Guide

In this section of our article, we are going to give you a detailed PVP guide for Magmortat, which can be applied to all known Pokémon video games. The guide is going to include several categories which are going to help you prepare a strategy involving Magmortat for your games.

Weaknesses and Counters

As a pure Fire-type Pokémon, Magmortar is weak against Ground-, Rock-, and Water-type moves, and is super effective against Grass-, Bug-, Steel- and Ice-type Pokémon. It is not immune to any specific type. It receives normal damage from Normal-, Fighting-, Flying-, Poison-, Ghost-, Electric-, Psychic-, Dragon-, and Dark-type moves.

Stats and Abilities

Magmortar’s Stats, based on the most recent available data, are:

Stats	Base Stats	Min-	Min	Max	Max+	Min-	Min	Max	Max+
HP	75	150		182		291		354
Attack	95	103	115	147	161	203	226	289	317
Defense	67	78	87	119	130	153	170	233	256
Special Attack	125	130	145	177	194	257	286	349	383
Special Defense	95	103	115	147	161	203	226	289	317
Speed	83	93	103	135	148	181	202	265	291

In Pokémon GO, Magmortar has a Base Stamina of 181, a Base Attack of 247, and a Base Defense of 172.

As for its abilities, they are:

• Flame Body: Contact with the Pokémon may burn the attacker.
• Vital Spirit: The Pokémon is full of vitality, and that prevents it from falling asleep. (Hidden Ability)

Magmortat item guide

The best item you can give to your Magmortar in the more recent games is the Fightinium Z (This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades Fighting-type moves to Z-Moves), which will significantly boost its attack power. Another good item you can give it is Leftovers (An item to be held by a Pokémon. The holder’s HP is slowly but steadily restored throughout every battle), as well as Electrium Z (This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades Electric-type moves to Z-Moves).