Shadow Magnezone

Shadow Magnezone is generally one of the best TDO options among Electric Types thanks to its laundry list of resistances. However, it also sports a very high DPS as well. In many raids, it has the potential to be the best possible option in terms of overall performance. It is definitely worth raising, and will greatly buff any raid team that has it.

Best PvE Offensive Moveset

• Shadow Magnezone's strongest moveset is Spark and Wild Charge, making it a powerful Electric Type attacker.
• Metal Sound and Flash Cannon can allow Shadow Magnezone to operate as a Steel Type attacker.
• Volt Switch is a bit below Spark in terms of performance, but really falls off in comparative practice due to how slow it is.
• Charge Beam is easily the weakest of the three Fast Move options.
• Zap Cannon falls off hard compared to Wild Charge.
• Mirror Shot has no utility on an offensive Shadow Magnezone.

Best PvE Defensive Moveset

• Volt Switch is one of the strongest Fast Moves in the game for defense, making it the go-to option.
• Charge Beam is second-place by a fairly large margin, while Spark is genuinely below the competition
• Mirror Shot is the Charged Move of choice due to its solid power post-STAB and low energy cost.
• Wild Charge is powerful and comes out fairly frequently, but using it alongside Volt Switch makes Shadow Magnezone even weaker to Ground Types.
• Zap Cannon and Flash Cannon should be TM'd away.

Volt Switch outclasses all of Magnezone's other Fast Attack options in terms of both DPT and EPT.

Wild Charge is the main highlight of Magnezone, dealing out big damage with a very respectable 1.8 DPE (Damage Per Energy). Flash Cannon provides strong Steel-type coverage, but its high energy cost is discouraging. Zap Cannon costs an insane 80 energy to use, which might be too risky considering Magnezone's unexciting bulk. The addition of Mirror Shot from the Dec 11, 2019 rebalance gives Magnezone a low energy charge move that is useful for baiting shields.