Magmortar
Fire
Best attacking moveset: Fire Spin and Fire Blast, worth 13.0 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Magmortar can learn 12 combinations. Fire Spin with Fire Blast does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.
Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.
Type matchups
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Spin | Fire | 13 | 1.0s | +9 |
| Karate Chop | Fighting | 10 | 1.0s | +13 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brick Break | Fighting | 40 | 1.5s | -33 |
| Fire Blast | Fire | 140 | 4.0s | -100 |
| Fire Punch | Fire | 50 | 2.0s | -33 |
| Psychic | Psychic | 95 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Scorching Sands | Ground | 90 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Thunderbolt Legacy | Electric | 80 | 2.5s | -50 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Magmortar has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, evolution, photobomb.
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 3,541 at level 50, 3,132 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,790 CP at level 20, or 2,237 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,710 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 247 attack · 172 defense · 181 stamina |
What it costs
| Candy to evolve | 25 Candy |
|---|---|
| Second charged move | 75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy |
| Buddy distance | 5 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 5,000 Stardust and 5 Candy |
| Size | 1.6 m and 68 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Magmortar does not have one best moveset, it has 8. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Bug, Steel, Grass.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Bug | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 21.3 |
| Steel | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 21.3 |
| Grass | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 21.3 |
| Ice | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 21.3 |
| Rock | Karate Chop + Scorching Sands | 17.7 |
| Fighting | Karate Chop + Psychic | 16.2 |
| Poison | Fire Spin + Psychic | 16.1 |
| Electric | Fire Spin + Scorching Sands | 15.5 |
| Fire | Karate Chop + Scorching Sands | 15.5 |
| Normal | Karate Chop + Brick Break | 15.4 |
| Dark | Karate Chop + Brick Break | 15.4 |
| Fire Spin + Thunderbolt | 15.4 | |
| Water | Karate Chop + Thunderbolt | 15.3 |
| Ground | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 13.0 |
| Ghost | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 13.0 |
| Psychic | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 13.0 |
| Fairy | Fire Spin + Fire Blast | 13.0 |
| Dragon | Karate Chop + Psychic | 11.4 |
Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Magmortar is actually for.
Counters: what beats Magmortar
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Inteleon | Water | Water Gun + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 28.4 |
 Kyogre | Water | Waterfall + Origin Pulse Legacy | 28.3 |
 Glimmora | RockPoison | Rock Throw + Meteor Beam | 27.9 |
 Groudon | Ground | Mud Shot + Precipice Blades Legacy | 27.8 |
 Rampardos | Rock | Smack Down + Rock Slide | 27.7 |
 Kingler | Water | Bubble + Crabhammer | 26.9 |
 Eternatus | PoisonDragon | Poison Jab + Dynamax Cannon Legacy | 26.8 |
 Greninja | WaterDark | Water Shuriken + Hydro Cannon Legacy | 26.8 |
 Gigalith | Rock | Lock On + Meteor Beam Legacy | 26.6 |
 Excadrill | GroundSteel | Mud Slap + Earthquake | 26.4 |
Ranked by damage per second against Magmortar's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.