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Magnemite @ Salac Berry
Ability: Magnet Pull
Level: 5
EVs: 156 HP / 36 Def / 76 SpD / 236 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Charge Beam
- Flash Cannon
- Substitute
- Rest
This Magnemite set takes advantage of the very passive and fairly common Steel-type Ferroseed, using Ferroseed's inability to do much damage to it to boost its Special Attack with Charge Beam and Speed with Salac Berry. Substitute allows Magnemite to safely activate Salac Berry, and Rest lets it PP stall Ferroseed while giving it more opportunities to boost its Special Attack. Once boosted, Magnemite sweeps through teams with its unresisted STAB move combination, as at +1 with max Speed, it outspeeds all unboosted Pokemon in the tier, as well as outspeeding or tying the current best Choice Scarf users: Porygon and Mudbray. Magnemite appreciates support from teammates that can lure in Ferroseed and allow it to begin its sweep, like Porygon and Staryu, which are all checked or walled by Ferroseed and invite it in. Memento Diglett can give Magnemite a safe switch in, allowing it to more easily set up and even keep a Substitute for the rest of its sweep.
Check out this replay from SCL semifinals, where KSG uses Salac Berry Magnemite in tandem with Porygon and Diglett to successfully lure in and trap Ferroseed!
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen8lc-593235
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