Magmortar Pokemon GO Moveset: Best Moves Available
By Jack O'Dwyer
Magmortar in Pokemon GO has a moveset of a variety of types, duetting with its November Community Day counterpart, Electrivire.
Niantic Labs recently featured Magmar as part of its on-going Community Day feature. On Nov. 21, trainers were able to encounter this fire-type at a dramatically increased rate than normal. Additionally, its pre-evolved form, Magby, was slated to hatch from 2 k.m. eggs exclusively for the duration of the event. Trainers who chose to evolve their captured Magmar during or two hours post-programming received another surprise—Magmortar had Thunderbolt as its charged move.
? Did you know? It’s been said that one of this month’s #PokemonGOCommunityDay featured Pokémon, Magmar, has a body that’s covered by flames that shimmer like the sun. ?
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) November 21, 2020
Magmortar Pokemon GO Moveset
Magmortar is a pure fire-type like the rest of its evolutionary line. As such, Magmortar is weak against ground, rock, and water-types. It does well against ice, grass, fairy, bug, steel, and other fire-types. Therefore, the best counters would be Kingler, Rampardos, Kyogre, Therian Landorus, Groudon, Excadrill, and Rhyperior.
Magmortar has the following stats:
- Maximum CP: 3541
- Maximum HP: 164
- Attack: 247
- Defense: 172
- Stamina: 181
Sorry, Niantic, but Thunderbolt is far from the best charged move for Magmortar. Trainers should focus on building Same Type Attack Bonus (STAB) damage and stick with fire-type moves, instead. Its best quick move choice is Fire Spin while its best charged move is Fire Blast.
This Pokemon does best as a PvE offense choice. However, there are far superior fire-type attackers out there due to its lack of the charged move Overheat.
Magmortar hails from the Sinnoh region with a PokeDex number of #467. It is the evolved form of Magmar, a Pokemon originally from the Kanto region. Magmortar is best known for its combat tactic of "shooting fireballs, which burn [enemies] to a blackened crisp." Trainers can evolve their Magby into Magmar with 25 candies, and then further into Magmortar with 100 candies and a Sinnoh Stone.
Update 12/14/2021: A previous version of this article only listed Magmortar's CP value up to level 40. This value has been adjusted to correspond to the new cap at level 50.