http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-dp/219.shtml
50 HP / 50 Atk / 120 Def / 80 SAtk / 80 SDef / 30 Spd
So overlooked. I think most of us use it only for egg hatching, and there are others who can do that. Being without Smogon gets boring, so I decided to look at Macargo's SerebiiDex page since I caught one in Pearl. To my surpise, it learns Recover. Considering this is the first generation in which it has Recover, I feel this is a pretty big acheivement for this rightly underrated Physical Wall. In honor of Macargo receiving Recover, I make this thread.
Physical Movepool:
Rock Slide
Stone Edge
Body Slam
Earthquake
Explosion
Gyro Ball
Special Movepool:
Lava Plume
Flamethrower
Ancient Power
Earth Power
Solar Beam
Fire Blast
Overheat
Heatwave
Support Movepool:
Recover
Acid Armour
Amnesia
Yawn
Stealth Rock
Light Screen
Reflect
Curse
Rock Polish
Will-o-Wisp
Nice large support movepool. The attacking movepools don't really matter, unless you go with a Curse set, but 4x weak to Water and Ground pretty much prevent that.
Macargo @ Leftovers
Bold Nature *252 HP, 252 DEF, 4 SATK*
- Will-o-Wisp
- Recover
- Stealth Rock / Light Screen / Reflect
- Flamethrower / Ancient Power
A pretty nice set for an underused Pokemon. So OU pokes would kill for the first two moves. I personally would choice Light Screen and Flamethrower. Light Screen compliments it's special defense. Speaking of Special Defense, if you are ever crazy enough to use Macargo on an OU team, pair it with Hippowdon for a large boost to it's SDef because of endless sandstorm.
Really, Macargo is a cool UU poke that won't see a lot of use. No matter, I'll probably end up using in OU just for kicks. If anything deserved Hard Rock as an ability, it was this. Oh well, there's always next gen.