Hi everyone. Welcome to another Pokémon of the Week. Today we’re
reviewing Magmortar, the blast Pokémon.
Once I finished the main part of the game, I started training
one of these guys, I haven’t seen its full potential because of
destiny, but I’m very pleased with the results so far. Magmortar
has good special attack, unfortunately being slow and weak to
water and ground attacks is dangerous, so you have to use full
power to take at least a couple Pokémon with you.
Flame body is a nice ability; if you manage to burn your foe
with this effect you already have a huge strategic and
psychological advantage.
Let’s move on to the move combinations, let’s see what’s up with
this guy…
Magmortar.
Nature: Modest (+ Special attack, - Attack).
Equip: Heat rock.
EV´s: 252 Special attack, 252 Speed, 4 HP.
- Flamethrower
- Solar beam
- Thunderbolt
- Sunny day
With 252 speed EV’s Magmortar will still be slow; however you
have a chance to be faster than some commons. Sunny day and Heat
rock are now a pretty usual strategy. If you feel lucky get Fire
blast instead of flamethrower.
Magmortar.
Nature: Modest (+ Special attack, - Attack).
Equip: Power herb.
EV´s: 252 Special attack, 252 Speed, 4 HP.
- Flamethrower
- Solar beam
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic / Focus blast
This is my favorite; I don’t really like weather conditions.
Power Herb is a pretty nice surprise, but you can use Salac
berry if you don’t agree. Psychic is a pretty decent and strong
attack. Focus blast is the same as Fire blast; use it only if
you feel lucky because of the accuracy.
When should I use this Pokémon?
Fire types were popular once, and they still are, however they
are very few and most of them aren’t really used on competitive
battles. I’d suggest using this if you are an experienced
trainer who knows about fast Pokémon and correct switching…
Batton pass some speed to this and it’s great.
What should I use against this Pokémon?
Nowadays Garchomps are very popular. Dugtrio, Dragon dance
Tyranitar and Aerodactyl are guaranteed to take Magmortar down…
Bottom line:
Still like it, it will not be as popular as punching Electivire,
but I think this one has some talent.
Remember, if you have DP versions and want to trade or battle
with me. I already have a list of haves and wants here in the
Pojo Forums; the URL is http://www.pojo.biz/board/showthread.php?t=442831
for trading (have some good shinies and legendaries). If you
want to battle then send me a PM or send an e-mail to reeve.ryu@gmail.com.
Rating:
3/5
Hope you enjoyed.
Reeve.
Carbunkle
So, now we get the evolutions for the old pokemon.
This time its Magmars evolution which you need a Magmarizer on
it and trade
it.
Name: Magmortar
Ability: Flame Body
Type: Fire
Nature: Quiet (+S.Atk, -Speed)
Item: Charcoal
EV's: 252 S.Atk, 252 Atk (Hp)
Ability is good if you make or get near contact with the other
pokemon
because of the 30% chance to burn it. Else it's good for
hatching eggs.
Nature to get the S.Atk. up which will be good.
Item is to strengthen it's fire attacks.
Weakness against Ground, Water and rock which we will take care
of.
Attacks:
1) Thunderbolt
2) Fire Blitz
3) Protect
4) Earthquake
Well, Strategy time.
Protect if you can and will be lucky if you can make it work
against an
super effective attack.
Thunderbolt is against water types. Earthquake against rock,
still nothing
against ground pokemons but that doesnt do anything, specially
with Fire
Blitz, sure recoil but BIG damage.
Very fun.
4/5 (only rises because he looks so cool)
Still waiting for D/P to be released. Anyone that also want
Fione now can
just contact me as soon as I can get the Ditto over to it when I
get D/P.
Over and Out
/Carbunkle
Nathan
Another week, another Pokemon
to review. This week we have Magmortar, the Burning Genie.
Magmortar
Fire
Ability: Flame Body (When a Pokemon makes contact with Magmortar,
it has a 30% chance of being Burned.) Base Stats:
HP: 75
Atk: 95
Def: 67
SpAtk: 125
SpDef: 95
Spd: 83
So here we have Magmortar. Low HP/Def, suprisingly high Atk,
stupendus SpAtk, high SpAtk, and barly above-average Spd. This
thing is built to... well, its stats are made to use Special
attacks, anyway. Lets look at some movesets, shall we?
I like Fire Blast/Thunderbolt/Psychic/HP Ice, myself. Now for
the spread. You want to get at least 242, to outspeed Starmie.
If you want to go a little faster, you can go up to 249, and
outspeed Alakazam and Duggy. Max out SpAtk, and put the rest in
HP. Use this set like any other Choice set, and you should do
fine.
Endure when you expect a hit that will OHKO you, and then have
at it.
HP Ice, then Grass, then Psychic, in order of decending
goodness.
Magmortar@Heat Rock
Modest Nature (Atk-, SpAtk+)
SpAtk: 252, HP: 129, SpDef: 129
-Sunny Day
-Fire Blast/Flamethrower
-Solarbeam
-Thunderbolt/HP Ice
Your basic Sunnybeamer. The spread is kinda meh, so feel free to
use another one, if you find one.
So there's Magmortar. Worse than Electivire, in my opinion, but
it still can see play. Just watch out for any sort of Physical
attacks, and you should be fine.
Overall: 3.5/5
Looks: 3/5 (Meh, not so pretty. It shouldn't have legs, IMO, and
if it had a buster arm like Megaman, then it would be 10/5)
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