#0462 · Sinnoh · Generation 4

Magnezone

Magnet Area Pokémon · Electric/Steel-type

Magnezone is a Electric/Steel-type Pokémon, the Magnet Area Pokémon, number 462 (#0462) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the Sinnoh region. It is 1.2 m tall and weighs 180 kg.

Magnezone is the Magnet Area Pokémon, a flying-saucer shape that people keep mistaking for a UFO. The Pokédex says it seems to send and receive signals from an unknown source, and some people think it is controlled from space.

How to pronounce Magnezone

Magnezone is pronounced MAG-nuh-zohn. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Magnezone said out loud:

In Japanese it is ジバコイル (Jibacoil).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Magnezone is 1.2 m tall and weighs 180 kg. A wide metal disc with one big red-pupilled eye, it has a Magnemite-like unit on each side, a tall yellow rod on top like an antenna, and a third magnet behind like a tail. Its magnets let it manipulate gravity and float, and in the anime and manga that anti-gravity can carry people with ease. The Pokédex says an internal radar tracks intruders.

Behaviour

Magnezone guards its territory and can be aggressive, though in the anime it rarely attacks without provocation. The Pokédex says its magnetism can be so strong that two stick together and cannot move. Bulbapedia, citing Pokémon Sleep, adds that its screws and magnets spin while it sleeps.

Habitat

Bulbapedia notes it is seldom seen in the wild. In Scarlet and Violet it is found around East Province and the Great Crater of Paldea, and Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

Powers

Its Abilities are Magnet Pull and Sturdy, with Analytic hidden. It uses Tri Attack, Zap Cannon, Magnetic Flux and Mirror Coat, and can set up Electric Terrain. With base Special Attack 130 and Defense 115 it is a heavy special attacker, though its Speed is only 60.

Name origin

Magnezone may combine 'magnetic zone', another name for a magnetic field, with 'Magneton'. The Japanese name is Jibacoil (ジバコイル), perhaps from jiba ('magnetic field'), jibaku ('self-detonation') and 'electromagnetic coil'.

Design inspiration

Magnezone looks like a fused Magneton, with one Magnemite grown large and two now small side units, and perhaps a flying saucer. Its shape and name may also echo the Hiragumo tea kettle of the warlord Matsunaga Hisahide, who legend says blew it up with gunpowder rather than let Oda Nobunaga take it. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Magneton becomes Magnezone when it levels up inside a special magnetic field, or with a Thunder Stone from Generation VIII onwards.

In the games

Magnezone first appeared in Diamond and Pearl. In the Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky Mystery Dungeon games, Officer Magnezone is the region's main officer and hauls away the outlaws you arrest.

In the anime

Zero's Magnezone led an army of Magnemite and Magneton in the film 'Giratina and the Sky Warrior'. A wild Magnezone made its series debut in 'Regaining the Home Advantage!', fighting a Metagross over a crater.

Fun facts

• It was the first Pokémon to debut as an Electric and Steel type; Magnemite and Magneton were pure Electric when they first appeared.
• In HeartGold and SoulSilver you cannot evolve Magneton into Magnezone, yet Jasmine and Lt. Surge appear to have evolved theirs in their rematches.
• A September 2013 Pokémon Direct labelled Magnezone as female, although it is genderless.

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

Base stats

• HP: 70
• Attack: 70
• Defense: 115
• Sp. Atk: 130
• Sp. Def: 90
• Speed: 60

Magnezone’s base stat total is 535. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Magnezone weak to?

Magnezone 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 Magnezone evolve from?

Magnezone evolves from Magneton (Thunder Stone).

Magnezone is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Magnemite, Magneton, Magnezone.

• Magnemite evolves into Magneton at level 30.

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 Magnezone learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (42)

Magnezone can learn 42 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Protect, Confuse Ray, Charge Beam, Facade, Swift, Endure, Volt Switch, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Electro Ball, Reflect, Light Screen, Thunder Wave, Rest, Body Press, Flash Cannon, Eerie Impulse, Iron Head, Substitute, Iron Defense, Heavy Slam, Thunderbolt, Helping Hand, Electric Terrain, Wild Charge, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Steel Beam, Tera Blast, Charge, Gravity, Gyro Ball, Double-Edge, Supercell Slam, Electroweb, Metal Sound, Hard Press.

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: 30 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 241.

Pokédex entries

I theorize that a special magnetic field influenced this Pokémon, changing its molecular structure and causing it to evolve. It emits strange radio waves toward space from its antenna. (Legends: Arceus)

It's thought that a special magnetic field changed the molecular structure of this Pokémon's body, and that's what caused the Pokémon's evolution. (Shield)

Some say that Magnezone receives signals from space via the antenna on its head and that it's being controlled by some mysterious being. (Sword)

There are still people who believe that this Pokémon came from outer space. It emanates a powerful magnetic field. (Ultra Moon)

It uses radar to monitor its territory. Intruders are quickly disposed of with a hyper beam. (Ultra Sun)

As it zooms through the sky, this Pokémon seems to be receiving signals of unknown origin, while transmitting signals of unknown purpose. (Moon)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Electric type in Gen 4: 180 kg.
• Highest Defense among Electric types in Gen 4: 115.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Electric types in Gen 4: 130.
• Highest Sp. Def among Electric types in Gen 4: 90, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 58% of all Pokémon (1.2 m).
• Heavier than 90% of all Pokémon (180 kg).
• Base stat total 535, ranked #146 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #34 of 1,025.
• One of 4 Pokémon that are both Electric and Steel.
• One of 107 gray Pokémon.
• Number 76 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 55 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 30: about 3.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 11 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: Magnezone (Pokémon), Serebii: Magnezone (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (MAG-nuh-zohn): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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