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Gengar’s Pokédex · Johto · Generation II

#240 Magby

Fire

  • SpeciesLive Coal Pokémon
  • Japanese nameBubii
  • PronunciationMAG-BEE
  • Height2′ 4″ 0.71 m
  • Weight47.0 lb 21.15 kg
  • Gender♂ 75% · ♀ 25%
Magby official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

A MAGMA BABY.

Evolution

  1. MagbyLevel 30Magmar
Magby in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Magby as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

GoldStadium 2 Each and every time it inhales and exhales, hot embers dribble out of its mouth and nostrils.
Silver It is found in volcanic craters. Its body temp. is over 1100 degrees, so don’t underestimate it.
Crystal It naturally spits an 1100-degree flame. It is said when many appear, it heralds a volcanic eruption.

Where to find Magby

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Gold Must Breed from Magmar Any Breed
Silver Any Breed
Crystal Any Breed

How to catch

Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
G/S ✓
Crystal ✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

  • Normal×1
  • Fire×0.5
  • Water×2
  • Electric×1
  • Grass×0.5
  • Ice×0.5
  • Fighting×1
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×2
  • Flying×1
  • Psychic×1
  • Bug×0.5
  • Rock×2
  • Ghost×1
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×1
  • Steel×0.5
  • 3 weaknesses and 5 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 3 : 5 (60%).

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • NormalNormal
  • FireBad
  • WaterBad
  • ElectricNormal
  • GrassGood
  • IceGood
  • FightingNormal
  • PoisonNormal
  • GroundNormal
  • FlyingNormal
  • PsychicNormal
  • BugGood
  • RockBad
  • GhostNormal
  • DragonBad
  • DarkNormal
  • SteelGood
  • 4 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).

Moves learned by levelling up

G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Ember Fire Special
7 Leer Normal Status
13 Smog Poison Physical
19 Fire Punch Fire Special
25 Smokescreen Normal Status
31 Sunny Day Fire Status
37 Flamethrower Fire Special
43 Confuse Ray Ghost Status
49 Fire Blast Fire Special

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

  • Flamethrower

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM01Dynamicpunch
  • TM02Headbutt
  • TM03Curse
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM11Sunny Day
  • TM13Snore
  • TM17Protect
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM23Iron Tail
  • TM27Return
  • TM29Psychic
  • TM31Mud-Slap
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM38Fire Blast
  • TM41Thunderpunch
  • TM43Detect
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • TM46Thief
  • TM48Fire Punch

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Humanshape Pokémon group 4

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Karate Chop Mate with a male from Machop Family.
Mega Punch Mate with Hitmonchan.
Barrier Mate with Mr. Mime.
Screech Mate with a male Electabuzz.
Cross Chop (C) Mate with a male from Machop Family in crystal.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank
HP 45 263-293 35/4522.70%
Attack 75 218-248 19/4955.96%
Defense 37 142-172 46/5514.72%
Speed 83 234-264 15/4772.57%
Special Attack 70 208-238 22/4655.96%
Special Defense 55 178-208 30/4130.85%
Total 365 1243-1423 44/8734.46%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library