#0081 · Kanto · Generation 1

Magnemite

Magnet Pokémon · Electric/Steel-type

Magnemite is a Electric/Steel-type Pokémon, the Magnet Pokémon, number 81 (#0081) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the Kanto region. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 6 kg.

Magnemite is the Magnet Pokémon, a floating steel ball with a single eye. If it runs out of electricity it drops to the ground, and the Pokédex says batteries will get it moving again.

How to pronounce Magnemite

Magnemite is pronounced MAG-nuh-mite. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Magnemite said out loud:

In Japanese it is コイル (Coil).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Magnemite is 0.3 m across and weighs 6 kg. It has a grey, spherical metal body, a single large eye, and a horseshoe magnet with a red and a blue tip on each side, plus three Phillips-head screws. The Pokédex says the units on its sides give off electromagnetic waves that let it float, and Bulbapedia notes that its magnets produce a stronger field the faster they spin.

Behaviour

Magnemite does not like company and may simply flee if approached. It is drawn to anything giving off electricity or a magnetic field, and since electrical lines are now buried underground, the Pokédex says attacks on power plants have increased.

Habitat

Bulbapedia says Magnemite is found in places with strong magnetic fields, such as power plants and caves. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in East Province, and in Legends: Z-A it is not available.

Diet

The Shield Pokédex says it subsists on electricity.

Powers

Its Abilities are Magnet Pull and Sturdy, with Analytic hidden. It attacks with Thunder Shock, Spark, Flash Cannon and Discharge. Base Special Attack 95 is its strength, but with only 25 HP it is fragile.

Name origin

Magnemite may combine 'magnet' with 'mite' or 'might', and may play on the iron-oxide minerals magnetite and maghemite. The Japanese name is Coil (コイル), which may come from the Japanese word for an electromagnetic coil.

Design inspiration

Ken Sugimori designed Magnemite, from an idea by Satoshi Tajiri. It is built from magnets and screws, and Bulbapedia suggests it may be a living picture of electromagnetism, a fan reading.

Evolution notes

Magnemite evolves into Magneton at level 30, which can become Magnezone.

In the games

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Magnemite are the clients of the second mission, and one later joins the team. Magnemite debuted in Red and Green (Red and Blue outside Japan), where it is found in the Power Plant.

In the anime

Debuted in 'Sparks Fly for Magnemite', where it was drawn to Ash's cold-ridden Pikachu during a power cut in Gringey City. Jasmine's Magnemite first appeared perched on her shoulder in 'Fight for the Light!'.

Fun facts

• Magnemite topped the Generation V charts for GTS trades, which Bulbapedia puts down to a scheme for attracting more visitors to your Join Avenue in Black 2 and White 2.
• Despite the floating Pokédex entries, it does not have the Ability Levitate and can still be hit by Ground moves; it simply learns Magnet Rise.
• In 2008, Japanese internet users flooded a Yahoo! Kids poll with votes for Magnemite, and it later won the Kanto section of the 2021 Pokémon of the Year poll.
• The Pokémon Company posted a Magnemite music video, 'Where is Coil? Here is Coil!', on 31 May 2017.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Magnemite (Pokémon) · Serebii: Magnemite (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 25
• Attack: 35
• Defense: 70
• Sp. Atk: 95
• Sp. Def: 55
• Speed: 45

Magnemite’s base stat total is 325. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Magnemite weak to?

Magnemite takes extra damage from Ground (4×), Fire (2×), Fighting (2×) moves.

It resists Flying (¼×), Steel (¼×), Normal (½×), Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×), Psychic (½×), Bug (½×), Rock (½×), Dragon (½×), Fairy (½×).

It is immune to Poison moves.

Evolution

How does Magnemite evolve?

Magnemite evolves into Magneton at level 30.

The whole family: Magnemite, Magneton, Magnezone.

• Magneton evolves into Magnezone (Thunder Stone).

Abilities

• Magnet Pull: Prevents Steel opponents from fleeing or switching out.
• Sturdy: Prevents being KOed from full HP, leaving 1 HP instead. Protects against the one-hit KO moves regardless of HP.
• Analytic (hidden ability): Strengthens moves to 1.3× their power when moving last.

Moves

Moves Magnemite learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (35)

Magnemite can learn 35 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Protect, Confuse Ray, Charge Beam, Facade, Swift, Endure, Volt Switch, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Sleep Talk, Electro Ball, Reflect, Light Screen, Thunder Wave, Rest, Flash Cannon, Eerie Impulse, Iron Head, Substitute, Iron Defense, Heavy Slam, Thunderbolt, Helping Hand, Electric Terrain, Wild Charge, Thunder, Steel Beam, Tera Blast, Charge, Gravity, Gyro Ball, Electroweb, Metal Sound.

Egg moves (2):Electroweb, Explosion.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Mineral.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 190 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Sp. Atk effort value.
• Base experience yield: 65.

Pokédex entries

A bizarre Pokémon with but a single eye embedded in an iron sphere. I suspect this creature levitates due to the magnetism it emits from its arms, which resemble horseshoe-shaped magnets. (Legends: Arceus)

It subsists on electricity. As Magnemite flies, it emits electromagnetic waves from the units on each side of its body. (Shield)

At times, Magnemite runs out of electricity and ends up on the ground. If you give batteries to a grounded Magnemite, it'll start moving again. (Sword)

It is hatched with the ability to defy gravity. It floats while emitting powerful electromagnetic waves. (Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)

Perhaps because electrical lines are often buried these days, the number of Magnemite attacks on power plants has increased. (Ultra Moon)

It's frequently the cause of power outages, which is why some power plants send out electrical signals that it can't stand. (Ultra Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lightest Electric type in Gen 1: 6 kg, shared with 1 other.
• Shortest Electric type in Gen 1: 0.3 m.
• Slowest Electric type in Gen 1: 45 Speed.
• Taller than 4% of all Pokémon (0.3 m).
• Heavier than 18% of all Pokémon (6 kg).
• Base stat total 325, ranked #761 of 1,025.
• One of 4 Pokémon that are both Electric and Steel.
• One of 107 gray Pokémon.
• Number 81 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 45 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 190: about 24.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 20 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Magnemite (Pokémon), Serebii: Magnemite (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (MAG-nuh-mite): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 19 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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