Is magnazone a weak pokemon?

[brendonb]

I like him a lot, but not against a ground pokemon

A LITTLE ABOUT MIRROR MOVES:

For the purposes of Mirror Move, every Pokémon X in battle keeps a short list of attacks that have targeted it. Every time Pokémon Y executes a move that targets Pokémon X, Pokémon X adds that move to the top of the list and notes that Pokémon Y was the one that used it. It doesn't matter if the move misses or fails; if it targeted Pokémon X, it goes on Pokémon X's list. If there is already a move on the list that Pokémon Y used, the older move is removed from the list. Pokémon X only cares about the last move that each other Pokémon on the field used against it. Hence, the list is at most one move long in Single Battles and at most three moves long in Double Battles. Only moves that can be replicated by Mirror Move appear on this list. Moves that cannot be replicated by Mirror Move do not replace existing moves on the list, with few exceptions. If a Pokémon Y leaves play for any reason (switches out, faints, get Roared away, etc.), its move is removed from Pokémon X's list. When a Pokémon uses Mirror Move, it executes the move at the top of its list (the most recently used one). The number of rounds that have passed since the user was targeted with the move does not matter. Replicated moves with a single target will have their target chosen randomly from the available opponents.

 

[TheBattler]

Magnezone's main use is to kill other steel Pokemon and be a hard hitting Pokemon who can take hits. Hence, a good moveset would involve Substitute and Magnet Rise to get rid of it's ground weakness. It's attacks would involve Thunderbolt or Discharge and possibly Hidden Power Ice.

If you need a Pokemon to take special attacks for your team, then you probably won't need Magnet Rise or Substitute, and Mirror Coat would probably be pretty nice. Explosion would probably be another good attack, as Magnezone would lose alot of HP from Mirror Coating so much, and then you can take a frail Pokemon down as it's last act.

It also learns Reflect and Light Screen, so those are good options, seeing as how a Pokemon who takes special attacks would need to be useful for supporting the rest of your team.

 

[Diabolico]

Magnezone's main use is to kill other steel Pokemon and be a hard hitting Pokemon who can take hits. Hence, a good moveset would involve Substitute and Magnet Rise to get rid of it's ground weakness. It's attacks would involve Thunderbolt or Discharge and possibly Hidden Power Ice.

If you need a Pokemon to take special attacks for your team, then you probably won't need Magnet Rise or Substitute, and Mirror Coat would probably be pretty nice. Explosion would probably be another good attack, as Magnezone would lose alot of HP from Mirror Coating so much, and then you can take a frail Pokemon down as it's last act.

It also learns Reflect and Light Screen, so those are good options, seeing as how a Pokemon who takes special attacks would need to be useful for supporting the rest of your team.

Sounds like a good idea to me. Thank you.