Biology
Eelektross is an eel-like Pokémon that resembles a lamprey, with a long tentacle-like, finned limb extending from its head. It has red eyes, a dark blue body, and possesses clawed, paddle-like arms with yellow spots and yellow-and-red palms. It has a beige fin on the upper portion of its body and beige fin-like legs below.
It lives in the ocean, but it crawls ashore using its arms in order to hunt. It latches onto prey with its sucker mouth and shocks them with electricity from its fangs, before dragging them as it returns into the ocean.
In the anime
Major appearances
Eelektross made its main series debut in Battle For The Underground! , under the ownership of Emmet . It was first seen super-charging a maintenance car that Emmet and Ingo were using to catch up to Team Rocket. Eelektross was later used in a Tag Battle against Cilan and Ash in Lost at the Stamp Rally! , where it battled Tepig and Pansage alongside Ingo's Chandelure , and won. Eelektross reappeared in a fantasy in A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team! , and in a flashback in Survival of the Striaton Gym! .
In Curtain Up, Unova League! and Mission: Defeat Your Rival! , Kendrick 's Eelektross battled Cameron 's Ferrothorn . It was defeated after its opponent launched a Pin Missile attack into its mouth.
In XYS06 , an Eelektross was trapped in Lumiose City 's subway system and caused its trains to go haywire with Ion Deluge .
Minor appearances
Eelektross debuted in White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram . One appeared in the opening sequence of the former movie.
In Strong Strategy Steals the Show! , Russet 's Eelektross battled Manning 's Jellicent and won.
An Eelektross appeared in a fantasy in Clemont's Got a Secret! .
An Eelektross appeared in Trial on a Golden Scale! under the ownership of one of Nito ’s henchmen.
Pokédex entries
Episode
Pokémon
Source
Entry
BW048
Eelektross
Ash's Pokédex
Eelektross, the EleFish Pokémon. Eelektross's mouth locks onto its opponents, where upon it delivers an electric shock.
In the manga
In the TCG
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Generation V
Unova B W : #110
Unova B2 W2 : #179
Black
They crawl out of the ocean using their arms. They will attack prey on shore and immediately drag it into the ocean.
White
With their sucker mouths, they suck in prey. Then they use their fangs to shock the prey with electricity.
Black 2
It latches on to prey with its sucker mouth, sinking in its fangs and shocking the prey with powerful electricity.
White 2
Generation VI
Kalos #—
Hoenn #—
X
With their sucker mouths, they suck in prey. Then they use their fangs to shock the prey with electricity.
Y
They crawl out of the ocean using their arms. They will attack prey on shore and immediately drag it into the ocean.
Omega Ruby
With their sucker mouths, they suck in prey. Then they use their fangs to shock the prey with electricity.
Alpha Sapphire
They crawl out of the ocean using their arms. They will attack prey on shore and immediately drag it into the ocean.
Generation IX
Paldea #343
Scarlet
They crawl out of the ocean using their arms. They will attack prey on shore and immediately drag it into the ocean.
Violet
It latches on to prey with its sucker mouth, sinking in its fangs and shocking the prey with powerful electricity.
Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
In side games
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
Range
At Lv. 50
At Lv. 100
85
145 - 192
280 - 374
115
108 - 183
211 - 361
80
76 - 145
148 - 284
105
99 - 172
193 - 339
80
76 - 145
148 - 284
50
49 - 112
94 - 218
Total:
515
Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs , IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature .
Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs , IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature .
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
Learnset
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Eelektross
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Eelektross
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Eelektross
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Eelektross
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Eelektross in that game.
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Eelektross
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Eelektross
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Eelektross
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Eelektross
Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations
Side game data
Pokémon Rumble Rush
Walking Speed: 1.42 seconds
Base HP: 56
Base Attack: 80
Base Defense: 55
Base Speed: 60
Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
Trivia
Eelektross and its pre-evolved forms were designed by Yusuke Ohmura .[1]
Eelektross and its pre-evolved forms are the only Pokémon with no type weaknesses.
Eelektross's White, Black 2, White 2, X and Omega Ruby Pokédex entries mention that Eelektross can use its fangs to shock its prey with electricity. Despite this, Eelektross did not learn Thunder Fang until Generation IX .
Origin
Eelektross and its pre-evolved forms are based on eels,[1] perhaps specifically the electric eel (which is actually a type of knifefish , despite its name). They may also be based on lampreys and leeches . Its Electric typing may be an allusion to bioelectrogenesis .
Name origin
Eelektross may be a combination of eel , electric , and possibly boss or gross .
Shibirudon may be a combination of 痺れ shibire (numbness) or 痺鰻 shibire-unagi (electric eel) and don (Spanish for lord) or -don (common suffix in dinosaur names derived from the Ancient Greek word for tooth).
In other languages
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