Molk
Godlike Usmash
Hey dude, Alomomola+Magneton is a pretty solid core (Aromatisse+Magneton is a solid core too, maggy just loves its wish support). Here's some of my input on it, both as a core and how you could improve on your current variation.Defensive/Balanced Core
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Alomomola @ Leftovers
Ability: Regenerator
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
- Scald
- Toxic/Knock Off
- Wish
- Protect
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Magneton @ Eviolite
Ability: Magnet Pull
EVs: 128 HP / 252 SpA / 128 Spe
Modest Nature
- Substitute
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]/Flash Cannon
- Volt Switch
The general idea of this core idea came by sheer coincidence. I simply happened to use a team that used Alomomola and Magneton, and it made me realize how good of synergy they actually have! - Alomomola can Wish/Pass and Toxic things. And Magneton can trap the Steel types that fail to be poisoned by Toxic, set up a free sub and go on and kill Steel types from there. It's also an amazing momentum grabber if you bring it in on something that's not Steel (because then you'd obviously wanna take the time to kill it straight away). Of course not if they have a Ground type, but the thing is that you can bring in Alomomola then. And get a free Wish/Toxic/Scald off. Another thing that makes Magneton a great partner is the fact that it doesn't care about Toxic. It also has amazing coverage and can be a pain for your opponent if played conservately and correctly. Which is also a default asset that Alomomola has. But that's beside the point. And you also need to realize that these are only 2 members of the team, imagine what would be possible along with 4 others!
Going into the Alomomola set, you can surely assume that's it's very standard. The only thing that I think is changeable is switching up Toxic for Knock Off or Mirror Coat. But I just love Toxic! It breaks through walls that this duo normally wouldn't be able to break!
As for Magnetons set, the 128 EVs in Speed are there to outspeed Gligar. Not a huge threat or anything, but It's just convenient to be able to outspeed it. It also helps outspeeding other things in the tier. The only move I'd consider changing is Hidden Power [Ice], but the Bolt/Beam combo is just so solid! However, you can opt to play Flash Cannon or Hidden Power [Fire]. But me personally wouldn't suggest HP Fire, seeing as how the only things you'd play it for (Escavalier and Durant) can't really touch Magneton in the first place. Thunderbolt is more than enough.
As mentioned above by Arikado I don't really think that Magnet Pull Magneton is too hot in this metagame. It might be able to to *technically* trap Steel-types, but pretty much every common Steel-type in the current meta is either immune to trapping (Doublade), or has an easy way around Magneton (Escavalier has Drill Run, Durant has Superpower, Registeel 3HKOs it with Seismic Toss and beats it 1v1, Bronzong has Earthquake, Cobalion has Close Combat) ironically the only Steel-type Magneton can really safely switch in on is Magneton itself, and even then most Magneton carry Volt Switch regardless, so they really can't be trapped by maggy effectively. I'd much rather use Analytic in this meta just for the extra 1.3x boost on switch ins. I'm also kinda unsure about Substitute on Magneton, especially w/ Analytic, but to each his own i guess.
You might also want to change up Alomomola's EV spread a bit, because of the way Alomomola's stat spread works it actually doesn't lose much from taking EVs out of HP to put them into Special Defense, the loss in physical bulk really pales in comparison to the special bulk that Alomomola gains from a change in EVs. 104 HP / 252 Defense / 152 Special Defense Bold, 8 HP / 248 Defense / 252 Special Defense Bold, and 136 HP / 120 Defense / 252 Special Defense Calm are three EV spreads you could try here.
Anyways, onto the core itself. Yeah these two Pokemon work really well together. Magneton does quite a good job at taking the Electric-type moves, Grass-type moves, and Toxics aimed at Alomomola, and Alomomola is really really good at tanking Earthquakes and Fire Blasts in return for Magneton, not to mention that Magneton *really* appreciates that wish support to keep itself healthy throughout the game of course.
However to anyone who wants to try this core, one Pokemon that absolutely needs to be covered is Virizion. Swords Dance Lum Virizion has no problem setting up on both Magneton and Alomomola, and can easily break through both with just its STAB moves, so of course it's quite dangerous. Some Pokemon that can cover Virizion well for this core include Amoonguss (forms a great core with Alomomola as well), Golbat (Defogs for both Alomomola and Magneton), Weezing (sets up Toxic Spikes to rack up passive damage, really appreciates Alo's wish support), and Doublade (appreciates Alomomola's wish support). So keep that in mind while teambuilding w/ this one.