Yes magnets has good power, but using specs calcs when I don't think that specs is even the best set is kinda ehh. I feel like I'll section out its sets and give my opinion on them all so I can share my views and maybe share clarity on how this pokemon from my experiences.



Scarfed set: Ahh this is a threat to offensive teams, however if that said offensive team is running a lanturn / stunfisk / torterra or even their own trapping magnets, it's nearly useless in every sense and really lacks any power to revenge kill or check certain pokemon such as the pixies (uxie / mesprit). Its bulk is really underwhelming without an eviolite and is nearly always a sitting duck unless it has team support to help get rid of its counters and checks meaning that it is a pretty mediocre set that is prediction reliant and 9/10 times a sitting duck. I'd even go out as far as saying that shit set is the worst magnets set by far and i'd even consider not even taking it into factor when I am deciding to vote.



Specs set: Big powaa, wall breaker status. This has switch ins, more switch ins than CB sawk in my opinion and it makes people not click magnetons stabs since every team has a lanturn or a stunfisk sitting their ready to absorb the hit which makes people NEED to make the prediction the first time around in order to potentially break it later on in the game IF magneton gets enough switch in opportunities. People are overestimating the bulk of a non evio magneton set and in an ideal situation, you're not switching this thing in on anything since you want it to be able to live a hit potentially at some point to fire off a nuke. Also, people calcing the "modest specs analytic big power hp ground" to its counters, they're barely being 2 hit ko'd and the player switchin in their lanturn is easily able to pivot out to a pokemon that can avoid the hp ground if it needs to and can shift momentum for the opposition team. From that point on, it will get harder and harder to bring magneton in safely and will never end up clicking its main stab which is volt switch or t-bolt / flash cannon. So yes it has great wall breaking sets, but unless you're playing A) a team that doesn't prepare for this S rank threat or B) a player that can't tie his own shoelaces, you're going to lose momentum easily.



Eviolite set: This is by far the best set in my opinion since you're not choice locked, you have greater bulk and a great ability to check pokemon and even an option to boost its power using analytic ability making it a very viable set and a set I have decided to use myself. This is the set I look at most when I think of whether to ban or not magneton since its the most effective set rather than theorymonning every magneton to be specs in power and scarf in speed and eviolite in bulk... This set really lacks immediate power in my opinion, it needs to force a switch or to be slower in order to boost its attack and it also needs to force a switch. Now looking at magneton's stats, running a base 70 all out attack in magneton is alright, it's got decent bulk, checks sneasel to an extent and can beat fletch reliably whilst also going toe to toe with lanturn, however would I consider this set to be broken? I don't think so. It is checked by a variety of electric types that have grown in popularity and has also been given a few counters such as stunfisk and lanturn which are extremely noice for the team using them since they are excellent utility mons which can get up stealth rock, spread hazard or pivot on the magneton to gain momentum for the team which means that magnets is really nullified to the point it's just an average NU mon that has counters.



I think it's a good pokemon, it's an even better pokemon on paper however and that's why it has caused so much centralization in the team builder. It has to sacrifice its bulk and ability to switch up moves to boost EITHER its power or speed whilst having a pretty mediocre base speed and power distribution if you don't add specs, meaning that its in reality just not as good as people are hyping it up to be.



tl;dr scarf set is ass, specs is prediction reliant, evio is best set but in reality just an nu mon with answers that people theory mon so much to the point that it's the next best thing since iplaytennislol. I don't think I'll be banning it any time soon.