Electric (type)

Template:ElementalTypes Template:TypeNotice Some notable trainers that specialize in the Electric-type include Lt. Surge of Vermilion City, Wattson of Mauville City and Volkner of Sunyshore City.

Statistical averages

Overall

Stat
HP: 61
Attack: 58
Defense: 55
Sp.Atk: 84
Sp.Def: 68
Speed: 85
Total: 0

Fully evolved

Stat
HP: 67.75
Attack: 70.55
Defense: 78.55
Sp.Atk: 87.80
Sp.Def: 89.35
Speed: 92.15
Total: 0

Battle properties

Electric-type moves:

• Are super effective against: Flying, Water
• Are not very effective against: Dragon, Electric, Grass
• Have no effect against: Ground

Electric-type Pokémon:

• Resist: Electric, Flying, Steel
• Are weak to: Ground
• Have immunity to: None

Characteristics

Defensively, the Electric-type is fairly well off. Its resistances aren't especially notable aside from Flying, but it has only one weakness, to Ground. Having only one weakness means Electric-type Pokémon can take a few hits while dishing out heavy damage or using stat-boosting moves. However, Earthquake is a very popular and powerful Ground move for Pokémon that focus on Physical moves. Many Electric types can use Magnet Rise, thus giving them temporary immunity to Template:Type2 moves.

Offensively, the Electric-type is also pretty well off. Flying and Water are fairly common types, while all its resistances are rare. Ground-type Pokémon can be covered by a Hidden Power of the right type.

Also, Pokémon like Pikachu can learn the move Grass Knot which applies more damage to heavier foes and, as Ground-types are typically heavy, this should be extremely effective.

When used in contests, Electric-type moves typically become Cool-type, but can also be of the other four Contest types, excluding Tough.

In total, there are 29 Pokémon with the Electric-type.

Pokémon

Pure Electric-type Pokémon

# Name 025 Pikachu 026 Raichu 100 Voltorb 101 Electrode 125 Electabuzz 135 Jolteon 172 Pichu 179 Mareep 180 Flaaffy 181 Ampharos 239 Elekid 243 Raikou 309 Electrike 310 Manectric 311 Plusle 312 Minun 403 Shinx 404 Luxio 405 Luxray 417 Pachirisu 466 Electivire

Half Electric-type Pokémon

Primary Electric-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 081 Magnemite Electric Steel 082 Magneton Electric Steel 145 Zapdos Electric Flying 462 Magnezone Electric Steel 479 Rotom Electric Ghost

Secondary Electric-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 170 Chinchou Water Electric 171 Lanturn Water Electric

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

Name Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Target Notes Charge Beam Special Beauty 50 90% 10 One Foe Has a 70% chance of raising the user's Special Attack one stage. Discharge Special Cool 80 100% 15 Everyone Else Has a 30% chance of causing paralysis. Shock Wave Special Cool 60 —% 20 One Foe Never Misses. Spark Physical Cool 65 100% 20 One Foe Has a 30% chance of causing paralysis. Thunder Special Cool 120 70% 10 One Foe Has a 10% chance of paralyzing the opponent. Thunder Fang Physical Smart 65 95% 15 One Foe Has a 10% chance of paralyzing the opponent and cause flinching. Thunderbolt Special Cool 95 100% 15 One Foe Has a 10% chance of paralyzing the opponent. ThunderPunch Physical Cool 75 100% 15 One Foe Has a 10% chance of paralyzing the opponent. ThunderShock Special Cool 40 100% 30 One Foe Has a 10% chance of paralyzing the opponent. Volt Tackle Physical Cool 120 100% 15 One Foe User takes 33% recoil damage. Zap Cannon Special Cool 120 50% 5 One Foe Paralyzes the opponent.

Non-damaging moves

Name Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Target Notes Charge Status Smart — —% 20 User Boosts the power of the Electric move it uses next. It also raises the user's Special Defense stat. Magnet Rise Status Cute — —% 10 User The user becomes immune to Template:Type2 attacks for five turns. Thunder Wave Status Cool — 100% 20 One Foe Paralyzes the opponent.

Trivia

• The three Electric-type Gym Leaders all have light colored hair. Lt. Surge and Volkner both have blond hair, and Wattson has white hair.
• In the anime, the Electric-type has had some degree of exclusivity with Ash, as his Pikachu was the only Electric-type Pokémon owned by a main character up until Dawn captured Pachirisu in Twice Smitten, Once Shy.
• Each Electric-type Gym Leader is seen wearing a military-style outfit; Lt. Surge wears a uniform reminiscent of that of Vietnam soldiers, Wattson wears what appears to be an aviator's jacket, and Volkner wears what appears to be a military uniform similar to that of the dress uniform of Turkish troops.
• Every generation has introduced Electric-type Pokémon whose names begin with the letters E, M, and P. In fact, the names beginning with E all start with the three letters ele.
• In Generation III, all damaging Electric moves were of the Cool contest type. The only non Cool move was Charge.
• There is yet to be a Pokémon with double resistance to the Electric-type, though there are multiple types which do resist it.
• The sprites of most Electric-type Pokémon flash yellow when they are brought into battle in Pokémon Emerald, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

In other languages

• Dutch: Elektrisch
• French: Electrik
• German: Elektro
• Italian: Elettro
• Japanese: でんき (電気) denki
• Korean: 전기 jeon'gi
• Spanish: Eléctrico