Is Magneton Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Electric/Steel for the first time, and it matters. AbilityMagnet Pull traps Steven's Skarmory and Aggron in battle, preventing switches. Magneton handles Winona, Wallace, and Glacia at the E4. Native to Hoenn via New Mauville. The type change from Gen 2 is a huge upgrade.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Magneton resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Magneton trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Magneton trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Magneton resists most of Winona's coverage and hits back hard.
Magneton trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Magneton trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Drake's team hits Magneton's weaknesses hard.
Magneton trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Magneton in New Mauville (walking, Lv 26, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 26)
- LV 26ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 26ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wattson
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 44NormalTri AttackPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10
Catch Magnemite
Catch Magnemite in New Mauville (walking, Lv 22-26, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- LV 26ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 50ElectricZap CannonPower 150Accuracy 50%PP 5
How to Get Magneton in Ruby & Sapphire
Magneton shares the New Mauville rooms with Magnemite but only as a rare find at level 26. Leveling a caught Magnemite to 30 is the steadier route.
Wild Magneton may be holding when caught:
Metal Coat (5% chance) A hold item that raises the power of STEEL-type moves.1 location to catch Magneton1 location to catch Magnemite
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 5Catch Magnemite at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 30 — it evolves into Magneton.
Badge 5Where To Catch Magneton in RS
The path to Magneton starts with Magnemite at Lv. 22-26 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
To plan your throws, open the Ruby & Sapphire catch rate calculator with Magneton preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Magneton in Ruby & Sapphire
Magneton also walks New Mauville, though it shows up rarely, so put in the wild encounters and hope one comes back shiny. Compare Shiny Magneton odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Magneton Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds calculator with Magneton already selected.
Magneton Weakness
Type-wise, Magneton takes extra damage from Ground, Fire, and Fighting. Watch out for Ground attacks, those deal 4x damage. Poison moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. With 12 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Magneton's physical bulk (base 95 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ground |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Fighting |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Electric, Grass, Ice, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Flying, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Magneton Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Magneton
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x167-196%KO Dig 4x91-109%KO | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x141-167%KO Dig 4x79-94% Flamethrower 2x46-54% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Sandslash builds →Dig 4x119-141%KO Focus Punch 2x94-111%KO | ||
 Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Marshtomp builds →Dig 4x106-126%KO Rock Smash 2x14-17% | ||
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Combusken builds →Focus Punch 2x126-148%KO Overheat 2x147-174%KO Dig 4x70-84% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Graveler builds →Dig 4x112-133%KO Focus Punch 2x91-109%KO Flamethrower 2x43-52% | ||
 Numel FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Numel builds →Overheat 2x119-141%KO Dig 4x81-96% Rock Smash 2x10-12% | ||
 Trapinch Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Trapinch builds →Dig 4x119-141%KO Rock Smash 2x14-17% | ||
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Torkoal builds →Overheat 2x147-174%KO Rock Smash 2x14-17% | ||
 Nincada BugGround | C | |
 Slugma Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Slugma builds →Overheat 2x128-152%KO Rock Smash 2x7-10% | ||
 Baltoy GroundPsychic | D | |
Magneton Evolutions
Evolved from Magnemite. Magneton is the final form in this two-stage line. No compatible partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+25 over Magnemite), and Magneton peaks at 465 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Magneton is genderless — breed with Ditto to produce Magnemite eggs. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyRS Magneton Best Moveset
Steel-types can't escape. AbilityMagnet Pull traps them while 120 Sp. Atk fires MoveThunderbolt and MoveHidden Power Fire to eliminate them. Steel/Electric typing resists nearly half the types in the game. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. The premier Steel killer in the format.
Best Build
Magneton best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Attacker Moveset
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power Fire
- Toxic
- Thunder Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Leveling does the heavy lifting. Magneton picks up Zap Cannon and Hyper Beam along the way, building toward a complete offensive set. TMs add Normal coverage, but the foundation's already strong by then.
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
All 17 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
MAGNETON emits a powerful magnetic force that is fatal to mechanical devices. As a result, large cities sound sirens to warn citizens of large-scale outbreaks of this POKéMON.
MAGNETON emits a powerful magnetic force that is fatal to electronics and precision instruments. Because of this, it is said that some towns warn people to keep this POKéMON inside a POKé BALL.
Magneton Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Yes. Wild Magneton in Ruby & Sapphire can hold Metal Coat (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Metal Coat.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Magneton has appeared in 21 games: nearly every mainline game. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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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