#0082 · Kanto · Generation 1

Magneton

Magnet Pokémon · Electric/Steel-type

Magneton is a Electric/Steel-type Pokémon, the Magnet Pokémon, number 82 (#0082) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the Kanto region. It is 1 m tall and weighs 60 kg.

Magneton is the Magnet Pokémon, three Magnemite locked together by magnetism. The Pokédex says it gives off strange radio signals that send computers haywire, and that its three brains become one rather than three times as clever.

How to pronounce Magneton

Magneton is pronounced MAG-nuh-ton. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Magneton said out loud:

In Japanese it is レアコイル (Rarecoil).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Magneton is 1.0 m tall and weighs 60 kg. It is three Magnemite joined by a strong magnetic force, usually with one on top and two below in a triangle. Each has a grey metal body, a single eye and horseshoe magnets, and the Pokédex says the group has about three times a Magnemite's electrical power. The Pokédex also says it raises the temperature by 2 degrees Celsius within 1 km (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit within 3,300 feet).

Behaviour

Magneton appears in greater numbers when sunspots flare up, and the Pokédex says many gather in high places when rain clouds form, waiting for lightning to strike. Fragile equipment can fail in areas where it lives. In the anime, Clemont's Magneton can split into its three Magnemite to dodge attacks.

Habitat

Bulbapedia says Magneton lives on rough terrain, often near power plants. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in Dalizapa Passage and Glaseado Mountain, and Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

Diet

Bulbapedia says it eats electrical currents, based on the anime episode 'The Poké Spokesman'.

Powers

Its Abilities are Magnet Pull and Sturdy, with Analytic hidden. It uses Tri Attack, Thunder Wave, Flash Cannon and Zap Cannon, and can set up Electric Terrain. With base Special Attack 120 and Defense 95 it is a strong special attacker with decent bulk.

Name origin

Magneton may combine 'magnet' with 'ton', and may draw on the magneton, a unit of magnetic moment, or the magnetron, a high-power vacuum tube. The Japanese name is Rarecoil (レアコイル), perhaps blending rare-earth magnets with electromagnetic coils.

Evolution notes

Magneton evolves from Magnemite at level 30. It becomes Magnezone if it levels up at a special magnetic field, or with a Thunder Stone from Generation VIII onwards, since Sword and Shield and Scarlet and Violet have no such field.

In the games

Magneton first appeared in Red and Green (Red and Blue outside Japan), where it is found in the Power Plant and Cerulean Cave. Scarlet and Violet's Paradox Pokémon Sandy Shocks resembles a Magneton.

In the anime

Magneton debuted in 'Sparks Fly for Magnemite', where it and a group of Magnemite helped fight off a Grimer attack on Ash and his friends. Clemont's Magneton turns up in 'Clemont's Got a Secret!' and lives at the Lumiose Gym.

Fun facts

• In 'Get Along, Little Pokémon', Magnemite evolves into Magneton by creating two new Magnemite instead of merging with real ones, which fits the games, where one Magnemite evolves alone.
• Bulbapedia says carvings of Magneton have been found at the Ruins of Alph.
• In the Red and Green beta, its English name was Recoil.
• Bulbapedia says Magneton has the 'most cosmopolitan distribution', turning up in some version of every regional Pokédex before Kitakami's, Orre's included.

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

Base stats

• HP: 50
• Attack: 60
• Defense: 95
• Sp. Atk: 120
• Sp. Def: 70
• Speed: 70

Magneton’s base stat total is 465. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Magneton weak to?

Magneton 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

What does Magneton evolve from?

Magneton evolves from Magnemite at level 30.

How does Magneton evolve?

Magneton evolves into Magnezone (Thunder Stone).

The whole family: Magnemite, Magneton, Magnezone.

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 Magneton learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Magneton learns the move the moment it evolves: Tri Attack.

TM moves (36)

Magneton can learn 36 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, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Steel Beam, Tera Blast, Charge, Gravity, Gyro Ball, Electroweb, Metal Sound.

Egg moves (2), which Magnemite can hatch knowing:Electroweb, Explosion.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Mineral.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 60 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 163.

Pokédex entries

Three Magnemite gathered to evolve into this Pokémon. The source of much vexation on my part, as its powerful magnetism destroys my research equipment. (Legends: Arceus)

This Pokémon is constantly putting out a powerful magnetic force. Most computers go haywire when a Magneton approaches. (Shield)

This Pokémon is three Magnemite that have linked together. Magneton sends out powerful radio waves to study its surroundings. (Sword)

Generates strange radio signals. It raises the temperature by 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit within 3,300 feet. (Y, Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)

When rain clouds form, many Magneton gather in high places to wait for lightning to strike. (Ultra Moon)

Delicate equipment can malfunction in areas inhabited by Magneton, which send out mysterious electrical signals. (Ultra Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Defense among Electric types in Gen 1: 95.
• Taller than 47% of all Pokémon (1 m).
• Heavier than 71% of all Pokémon (60 kg).
• Base stat total 465, ranked #466 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #76 of 1,025.
• One of 4 Pokémon that are both Electric and Steel.
• One of 107 gray Pokémon.
• Number 82 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 47 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 60: about 7.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 22 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: Magneton (Pokémon), Serebii: Magneton (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (MAG-nuh-ton): 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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