Magcargo
#0219

Magcargo

Magcargo
📏 0.8 m ⚖️ 55 kg 🎯 75 · Average difficulty

Magcargo’s body temperature is approximately 18,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Water is vaporized on contact. If this Pokémon is caught in the rain, the raindrops instantly turn into steam, cloaking the area in a thick fog.

Magcargo is a Fire/Rock-type Pokémon. It takes double damage from Fighting and Rock, quadruple damage from Water and Ground, and resists seven types. Its base stats add up to 430: the highest is Defense (120) and the lowest is Speed (30).

It is the second stage of its evolution line, along with Slugma. Its abilities are Magma Armor and Flame Body, and its Hidden Ability is Weak Armor. It is in the Amorphous egg group and can breed with 59 species. In Scarlet and Violet it learns 16 moves by level-up and 47 by TM.

BASE STATS

AT LV 100
HP 60
230-324
Attack 50
94-218
Defense 120
220-372
Sp. Atk 90
166-306
Sp. Def 80
148-284
Speed 30
58-174
TOTAL 430
EVs on defeat: Defense +2

ABILITIES

The Pokémon’s hot magma coating prevents it from being frozen.

Contact with the Pokémon may burn the attacker.

Weak Armor (hidden)

The Pokémon's Defense stat is lowered when it takes damage from physical moves, but its Speed stat is sharply boosted.

BREEDING

GroupsAmorphous
Gender50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Breeds with59

MOVES

Data from Scarlet/Violet 16 moves
Start Shell Smash Normal Status — — 15
Lv. 1 Ember Fire Special 40 100% 25
Lv. 1 Rock Throw Rock Physical 50 90% 15
Lv. 1 Smog Poison Special 30 70% 20
Lv. 1 Yawn Normal Status — — 10
Lv. 1 Earth Power Ground Special 90 100% 10
Lv. 13 Harden Normal Status — — 30
Lv. 20 Clear Smog Poison Special 50 — 15
Lv. 22 Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100% 5
Lv. 27 Incinerate Fire Special 60 100% 15
Lv. 29 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90% 10
Lv. 34 Lava Plume Fire Special 80 100% 15
Lv. 36 Amnesia Psychic Status — — 20
Lv. 43 Body Slam Normal Physical 85 100% 15
Lv. 47 Recover Normal Status — — 5
Lv. 54 Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100% 15

WEAKNESSES & RESISTANCES

EVOLUTION LINE

Slugma #0218 Slugma
Lv. 38 ▶ Magcargo #0219 Magcargo