Shadow Magnezone
Attack
Defense
Stamina
Best Movesets
Analysis
Shadow Magnezone is generally one of the best TDO options among Electric Types thanks to its laundry list of resistances. However, it also sports a very high DPS as well. In many raids, it has the potential to be the best possible option in terms of overall performance. It is definitely worth raising, and will greatly buff any raid team that has it.
Offense
- Shadow Magnezone's strongest moveset is Spark and Wild Charge, making it a powerful Electric Type attacker.
- Metal Sound and Flash Cannon can allow Shadow Magnezone to operate as a Steel Type attacker.
- Volt Switch is a bit below Spark in terms of performance, but really falls off in comparative practice due to how slow it is.
- Charge Beam is easily the weakest of the three Fast Move options.
- Zap Cannon can outperform Wild Charge when used in Party Play. On its own, it is significantly worse than Wild Charge.
- Mirror Shot has no utility on an offensive Shadow Magnezone.
Defense
- Volt Switch is one of the strongest Fast Moves in the game for defense, making it the go-to option.
- Charge Beam is second-place by a fairly large margin, while Spark is genuinely below the competition
- Mirror Shot is the Charged Move of choice due to its solid power post-STAB and low energy cost.
- Wild Charge is powerful and comes out fairly frequently, but using it alongside Volt Switch makes Shadow Magnezone even weaker to Ground Types.
- Zap Cannon and Flash Cannon should be TM'd away.
Volt Switch outclasses all of Magnezone's other Fast Attack options in terms of both DPT and EPT.
Wild Charge is the main highlight of Magnezone, dealing out big damage with a very respectable 1.8 DPE (Damage Per Energy). Flash Cannon provides strong Steel-type coverage, but its high energy cost is discouraging. Zap Cannon costs an insane 80 energy to use, which might be too risky considering Magnezone's unexciting bulk. The addition of Mirror Shot from the Dec 11, 2019 rebalance gives Magnezone a low energy charge move that is useful for baiting shields.
Although fragile, Magnezone sees play thanks to its incredible damage potential between Volt Switch and Wild Charge. Its Steel typing provides it with many useful resistances, allowing it to overcome its frailty. In addition to countering Water- and Flying-type Pokemon, Magnezone can shred apart some of Great League's finest tanks such as Bastiodon and Registeel, provided that it can hide being shields. With that said, Magnezone will fold VERY quickly to super effective Fast Attack pressure, such as just about any Counter, Incinerate, or even Mud Shot.
Shadow Magnezone is often the preferred option. With the Shadow boost, Magnezone's Wild Charge is capable of tearing gaping holes even against Gligar, Whiscash, and Quagsire, all of which are tanky Pokemon that resist Electric.
