Is Magby Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Route 227 at level 51, deep postgame. AbilityFlame Body halves egg hatch steps. Magmortar through trade with Magmarizer is the goal, but Magmar is available at Fuego Ironworks much earlier. Skip Magby and catch Magmar during the story instead.
Roark's team hits Magby's weaknesses hard.
Magby has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Magby trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Magby has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's team hits Magby's weaknesses hard.
Magby has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Magby has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Magby trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Magby has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Bertha's team hits Magby's weaknesses hard.
Flint's team hits Magby's weaknesses hard.
Magby trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Magby has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Magby has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Magby has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Magby trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Trade
Magby cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 28FireFire PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 34FireLava PlumePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 37FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 46FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM50FireOverheatPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
- TUTORFireHeat WavePower 150Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Magby in Platinum
Magby likewise has no wild spawn, so the route to one is breeding. Catch a Magmar at the volcanic ironworks, leave it at the Day Care, and the egg it produces hatches into a Magby.
Wild Magby may be holding when caught:
Magmarizer (5% chance) A box packed with a tremendous amount of magma energy. It is loved by a certain Pokemon.Catch Magmar at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Magby.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 5How to Obtain Magby in Pt
How to Get Shiny Magby in Platinum
Magby skips the wild, so breed a Magmar with a foreign Ditto and hatch eggs; Magmar smolders at the Fuego Ironworks. Compare Shiny Magby odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Magby Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Platinum shiny odds for Magby.
Magby Weakness
Magby is weak to Water, Ground, and Rock. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. 3 weaknesses is about average, nothing too hard to play around.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Ground, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Magby Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Magby
 Palkia WaterDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSpear Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magby View Palkia builds →Surf 2x205-241%KO Earth Power 2x129-152%KO Stone Edge 2x156-184%KO | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magby View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x463-545%KO Earthquake 2x206-243%KO Surf 2x68-80% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magby View Rhydon builds →Earthquake 2x252-296%KO Stone Edge 2x252-296%KO Surf 2x52-62% | ||
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magby View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 2x252-296%KO Stone Edge 2x168-198%KO Surf 2x80-95% | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magby View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x168-198%KO Stone Edge 2x112-132%KO | ||
 Omastar RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Omanyte (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magby View Omastar builds →Hydro Pump 2x205-241%KO Ancient Power 2x104-123%KO Mud Shot 2x63-74% | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magby View Kabutops builds →Waterfall 2x182-214%KO Stone Edge 2x225-265%KO Dig 2x121-143%KO | ||
 Kingler Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magby View Kingler builds →Crabhammer 2x252-296%KO Dig 2x135-159%KO Rock Slide 2x126-149%KO | ||
 Regirock Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 228 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magby View Regirock builds →Stone Edge 2x200-236%KO Earthquake 2x134-157%KO | ||
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magby View Golduck builds →Hydro Pump 2x176-207%KO Dig 2x91-107%KO | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magby View Tyranitar builds →Stone Edge 2x258-304%KO Earthquake 2x172-202%KO Surf 2x92-109%KO | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magby View Empoleon builds →Hydro Pump 2x200-236%KO Earthquake 2x119-140%KO Rock Slide 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magby View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 2x193-227%KO Stone Edge 2x128-151%KO | ||
 Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magby View Floatzel builds →Waterfall 2x168-198%KO Dig 2x112-132%KO Rock Tomb 2x70-83% | ||
Magby Evolutions
Magby is the baby form here. It evolves into Magmar at level 30, but you can't breed it directly. Hatch one by breeding the evolved forms instead. Evolving adds up to 175 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Pt Magby Best Moveset
Hints of the mixed Fire attacker profile Magmortar eventually delivers, with 75 Attack and 83 Speed at the baby stage. The moveset has Fire attacks and AbilityFlame Body for contact burns. Magmortar is one trade evolution away.
Best Build
Magby best EVs are Speed and Attack
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Thunder Punch
- Flare Blitz
- Mach Punch
- Overheat
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Magby. Barrier and Cross Chop come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Overheat and Flare Blitz and coverage across 8 types.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
25 of 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its magma-like blood circulates throughout its body. Its body’s heat can top 1,100 degrees F.
Magby Platinum Guide
In Platinum, Magby has 365 BST and evolves into Magmar. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Magby first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 18 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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