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

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×			0×	None

Characteristics

In battle, Electric-types can prove useful as both offensive and defensive players. Electric types make for very good offensive Pokémon, as they have decent Speed and high Special Attack stats. Plus, electric attacks come in handy against two very prominent types: Water and Flying. Although Grass is also super effective against water, many water pokémon eventually learn Ice moves and make using grass a gamble; which makes electric the safer choice.

From a defensive point of view, Electric-type Pokémon are fairly useful. A handful of Electric-types have many resistances and few weaknesses. Even as a single type, electric has more resistances than weaknesses. Also, some electric Pokémon have a good amount of HP and fairly high Defense/Special Defense. Zapdos and Magnezone are prime examples of Electric's defensive capabilities. Zapdos is able to avoid Electric's one weakness, ground, via its secondary type flying. Magnezone makes a splendid defensive player, as it has a whopping 12 resistances.

In contests, Electric-type moves are usually Cool, but no electric move is considered Tough.

In total, there are 28 Electric-type Pokémon .

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

• 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.
  • In addition, all Electric-type Gym Leaders have been male so far.
• Every generation has introduced Electric-type Pokémon whose names begin with the letters E, M, and P, these letters, when put together, form the abbreviation for an electricity-related phenomenon: Electromagnetic Pulse.
• In Generation III, all Electric moves were Cool moves except for Charge.
• There is yet to be a Pokémon with double resistance to the Electric-type, though there are multiple types which do resist it.
• Every dual typed Electric-type Pokémon has a type combination unique to itself or to other members of its family.
• Out of all types, the Electric-type is the most unpaired, with only seven dual-type Electric Pokémon. Five among these belong to the only three-stage dual-typed Electric family (Magnemite's) and the only two-stage dual-typed Electric family (Chinchou's), while the other two are only available from the wild once per game.
• Generation I introduced the most amount of Electric-type Pokémon, a total of 9. Generation II introduced 8, Generation IV introduced 7 and Generation III introduced the least, only 4.

In other languages

• Dutch: Elektrisch
• Finnish: Sähkö
• French: Electrik
• German: Elektro
• Italian: Elettro
• Japanese: でんき (電気) denki
• Korean: 전기 jeon'gi
• Polish: Elektryczny
• Spanish: Eléctrico
• Brazilian Portuguese: Elétrico
• Hebrew: חשמל "hasmal"