Metal Sonic
Resurgence
northsouth (Magneton) @ Eviolite
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 240 HP / 252 SpA / 16 Spe
Modest Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Substitute / Magnet Rise
- Charge Beam / Hidden Power Fire
- Flash Cannon / Hidden Power Fire
This Magneton is very good for killing Steel-types. Does Registeel suck a lot? Maybe you want to kill Doublade? Screw Bronzong?
Magneton's removal of annoying Steel-types with Magnet Pull (instead of Analytic) helps threatening sweepers like Mega Altaria, Boomburst Exploud and Dragalge to get through the opponent's team. Some defensive Steel-types such as Gyro Ball Toxic Bronzong, or Iron Head Registeel cannot do shit onto Magneton, giving it a free kill and opening holes in the opponent's team.
240 HP EVs is to give it 301 HP, so it can survive 3 Seismic Tosses from Registeel.
The cool part of this set is Charge Beam Substitute. If your opponent cannot do ANYTHING to you, you can Substitute and Charge Beam in their face to gain power. This is also effective against Moonblast Cresselia / Aromatisse / Fairies. While hiding behind a Substitute at +2 SpA, Magneton is guaranteed another free kill against the opponent's team, so you get 2 kills for one Pokemon.
However, if you prefer to have more reliability in defeating Steel-types, you may consider using Magnet Rise to stop the Steel-types that carry a Ground-type move, such as Bronzong or Registeel's clutch Earthquake.
Escavaliers nowadays carry Drill Run, a Ground-type attack that OHKOes Magneton. For this reason, if you don't have a different Escavalier counter, you will have to use Magnet Rise, and perhaps carry Hidden Power Fire . Oh, and HP Fire might not OHKO if he uses Assault Vest. But punching a huge hole into the snail should be able to open it up for your sweeper to sweep anyway, since it has no recovery and is super slow.
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