1v1 [BW] Magnezone (Custap Berry)

[Lumii]

[SET]
name: Custap Berry
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Flash Cannon
move 3: Hidden Power Rock / Metal Sound
move 4: Endure
item: Custap Berry
ability: Sturdy
nature: Modest
evs: 80 HP / 252 SpA / 36 SpD / 140 Spe
ivs: 30 Def / 30 SpD / 30 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Set Description
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Thunderbolt is Magnezone's most reliable STAB move and should be used against Keldeo, Manaphy, and Tornadus. Flash Cannon is used to beat Landorus-T, Rhyperior, and Terrakion. Hidden Power Rock is Magnezone's best way to beat Volcarona, while Metal Sound gives it a better matchup against stall Snorlax and Cresselia. Sturdy or Endure + Custap Berry allows Magnezone to delay KOs from faster Pokemon and use another move if they lack priority moves, which allows it to beat Landorus-T, Manaphy, and Chandelure.

EVs
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252 Special Attack EVs and a Modest nature maximize Magnezone's damage output for better odds against bulky Genesect sets. 140 Speed EVs let it outspeed Adamant Crustle. 80 HP EVs allow Magnezone to take Seismic Toss from Snorlax three times. The remaining EVs are invested in Special Defense for more favorable odds against Choice Specs Latios.

Usage Tips
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Custap Berry Magnezone does not have any difficult matchups to play around; it is almost always recommended to use the move that leads to the most damage. If the foe is faster and would KO Magnezone on a turn, Magnezone can use Endure to survive and force its Custap Berry to activate on the following turn, which may allow it to get an extra move off.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lumii, 493772]]
- Quality checked by: [[neomon, 408904], [Itchy, 518399]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]

 

[neomon]

[SET]
name: Custap Berry
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Flash Cannon
move 3: Hidden Power Rock / Metal Sound
move 4: Endure
item: Custap Berry
ability: Sturdy
nature: Modest
evs: 80 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA / 172 SpD
ivs: 30 Def / 30 SpD / 30 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Set Description
=============
Thunderbolt is Magnezone's most reliable STAB move and should be used against Keldeo, Manaphy, and Tornadus. Magnezone's Flash Cannon is used to beat Landorus-T, Rhyperior, and Terrakion. Hidden Power Rock is Magnezone's best way to beat Volcarona, while Metal Sound allows Magnezone to have a better matchup against stall Snorlax sets and Cress. Sturdy + Endure + Custap Berry allow Magnezone to use another damaging move against any Pokemon without priority moves, which allows it to beat Landorus-T, Manaphy, and Chandelure.

EVs
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80 HP EVs allow Magnezone to live Seismic toss from Snorlax three times, while 172 Special Defense and 4 Defense EVs what does the spdef investment do make Genesect's Download get an Attack boost instead of a Special Attack boost. 252 Special Attack EVs and a Modest nature maximize Genesect's Magnezone's damage output, which allows it to have better odds against non-Occa Genesect sets.

Usage Tips
=============
Custap Berry Magnezone does not have any difficult matchups to play around; it is always recommended to use the move that leads to the most damage. If the opponent can KO Magnezone on a turn, Magnezone can use Endure to force its Custap Berry to activate on the following turn, which may allow it to get an extra move off.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Choice Specs Magnezone is an option worth considering due to its increased damage output. However, since it most often cannot move twice in a battle like Choice Scarf and Custap Berry Magnezone sets can, it is very often outclassed by other sets. Choice Specs Magnezone can run Electroweb to deal with this, but even that, in many cases, does not do enough to make it better than other sets.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lumii, 493772]]
- Quality checked by: [[username1, userid1], [username2, userid2]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

 

[Itchy]

Lumii, post: 9321458, member: 493772

[SET]
name: Custap Berry
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Flash Cannon
move 3: Hidden Power Rock / Metal Sound
move 4: Endure
item: Custap Berry
ability: Sturdy
nature: Modest
evs: 80 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA / 172 SpD
ivs: 30 Def / 30 SpD / 30 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Set Description
=============
Thunderbolt is Magnezone's most reliable STAB move and should be used against Keldeo, Manaphy, and Tornadus. Magnezone's Flash Cannon is used to beat Landorus-T, Rhyperior, and Terrakion. Hidden Power Rock is Magnezone's best way to beat Volcarona, while Metal Sound allows Magnezone to have a better matchup against stall Snorlax and Cresselia sets. Sturdy + Endure + Custap Berry allow Magnezone to use another damaging move against any Pokemon without priority moves, which allows it to beat Landorus-T, Manaphy, and Chandelure volcarona may be good addition here as well (only loses to like wisp charti which like eh).

EVs
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252 Special Attack EVs and a Modest nature maximize Magnezone's damage output, which allows it to have better odds against non-Occa Genesect sets. 80 HP EVs allow Magnezone to live Seismic toss from Snorlax three times, while the remaining 176 EVs can be split into 172 Special Defense and 4 Defense EVs to make Genesect's Download get an Attack boost instead of a Special Attack boost. this is just incorrect: magnezone needs 204 spdef and 0 defense investment to make this happen. if you can't find a new spread that you like, just use max hp / max spa

Usage Tips
=============
Custap Berry Magnezone does not have any difficult matchups to play around; it is always recommended to use the move that leads to the most damage. If the opponent can KO Magnezone on a turn, Magnezone can use Endure to force its Custap Berry to activate on the following turn, which may allow it to get an extra move off.

[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Choice Specs Magnezone is an option worth considering due to its increased damage output. However, since it most often cannot move twice in a battle like Choice Scarf and Custap Berry Magnezone sets can, it is very often outclassed by other sets. Choice Specs Magnezone can run Electroweb to deal with this, but even that, in many cases, does not do enough to make it better than other sets.
eh if it's just bad don't bother (this is on me)
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lumii, 493772]]
- Quality checked by: [[neomon, 408904], [Itchy, 518399]]
- Grammar checked by: [[username1, userid1]]

2/2 after we work it out in dms (I'll edit my gif in when that happens)

 

[Lumii]

Itchy I made changes, lmk if it looks good now!

 

[Lumii]

Talked to Itchy, made the fixes in DMs, is 2/2 now.

GP Team another one is ready for y'all! tysm!!

 

[Adeleine]

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[SET]
name: Custap Berry
move 1: Thunderbolt
move 2: Flash Cannon
move 3: Hidden Power Rock / Metal Sound
move 4: Endure
item: Custap Berry
ability: Sturdy
nature: Modest
evs: 80 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA / 172 SpD
ivs: 30 Def / 30 SpD / 30 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Set Description
=============
Thunderbolt is Magnezone's most reliable STAB move and should be used against Keldeo, Manaphy, and Tornadus. Magnezone's Flash Cannon is used to beat Landorus-T, Rhyperior, and Terrakion. Hidden Power Rock is Magnezone's best way to beat Volcarona, while Metal Sound allows Magnezone to have gives it a better matchup against stall Snorlax sets (or you could just remove "sets" without re-adding it) and Cresselia sets. Sturdy or + Endure + Custap Berry allows Magnezone to delay KOs from faster Pokemon and use another damaging move against any Pokemon without if they lack priority moves, which allows it to beat Landorus-T, Manaphy, and Chandelure.

EVs
=============
252 Special Attack EVs and a Modest nature maximize Magnezone's damage output for better odds against bulky Genesect sets. 140 Speed EVs let it outspeed Jolly Crustle. 80 HP EVs allow Magnezone to live take Seismic toss Toss from Snorlax three times. (why 4 Def?) The remaining EVs are invested in Special Defense to give a more favorable roll for more favorable odds against Choice Specs Latios.

Usage Tips
=============
Custap Berry Magnezone does not have any difficult matchups to play around; it is almost always recommended to use the move that leads to the most damage. (talk about metal sound here, bc thats an exception to the advice) If the opponent can foe is faster and would KO Magnezone on a turn, Magnezone can use Endure to survive and force its Custap Berry to activate on the following turn, which may allow it to get an extra move off.

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Lumii, 493772]]
- Quality checked by: [[neomon, 408904], [Itchy, 518399]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Adeleine, 517429]]

GP Team done

 

[Itchy]

https://www.smogon.com/dex/bw/pokemon/magnezone/1v1/
New set is live!

Edits before upload for transparency: Added the Speed benchmark to the EVs (it was not there) and edited the EV section slightly (the speed was actually for Adamant Crustle; Jolly Crustle was impossible to outspeed without giving up the stoss HP)