Why is substitute on a magnezone so popular?

Feb. 21, 2012

Ive seen some magnezone movesets and most of them have substitute in them. Any particular reason why?

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

i think it is because of magnezones stats.a magnezone has a Def of 115, Sp Def of 90 and a 70 hp which is a little nice,a substitute creates a copy of pokemon with 1 hp more than the sacrificed hp.it can take some hits and even if the foe succeeds to do more damage than that substitute,it will still not damage magnezone.maybe,a substitute can take 2-3 super effective hits from both fire and fighting types so it will give you one free turn to attack with a powerful move,stat raise or some support(magnet rise) without getting fainted.with its typing,most attacks rather than fire,fighting and ground is not very effective so this means if the foe is not a fire,fighting or ground type,substitute will last long enough to ko those opponents.also it is used for checking foes moveset.hope this helps