Electric (type)

Template:ElementalTypes The Electric type (Japanese: でんきタイプ Electric type) is one of the seventeen elemental types. Notable Trainers that specialize in Electric-type Pokémon are Lt. Surge of Vermilion City, Wattson of Mauville City, Volkner of Sunyshore City, and Kamitsure of Nimbasa City. Prior to Generation IV, where moves are designated physical or special based on the move itself rather than its type, all Electric-type moves were special.

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

Offense

Electric-type Pokémon often have high Speed and Special Attack stats making many of them good Special sweepers. Electric-type's ability to hit the very common Water-type and Flying-type types Super Effectively is important for many offensive Pokémon. Despite a lack of reliable powerful moves, Thunderbolt is one of the most commonly used moves due to its mix of power, accuracy and type coverage. Thunder also sees common usage on Rain Dance based teams due to its perfect accuracy in rain. Additionally, Thunder Wave, being one of the most reliable forms of inducing Paralysis, is commonly seen on a wide variety of defensive Pokémon.

Defense

On average, Electric types have average Defense and above average Special Defense. As a single type, Electric is one of only two types to have only one weakness, the other being Normal-type. The downside to this is that, Ground attacks are very common types offensively. While they also have a small number of resistances, many dual typed Electrics have secondary types giving them a large total number of resistances, such as Magnezone who, along with his pre-evolved forms, has the most resistances of all Pokémon. Also Shibirudon and its family, pure Electric-type Pokémon, have the ability Levitate effectively giving them no weaknesses.

In Contests, Electric-type moves are usually Cool; no Electric-type move is considered Tough.

Pokémon

As of Generation V, there are 39 Electric-type Pokémon or 6.01% of all Pokémon, making it tied with the Dark type as the twelfth most common elemental type.

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 522 Blitzle 523 Zebstrika 602 Shibishirasu 603 Shibibiiru 604 Shibirudon

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 Electric Fire Electric Water Electric Ice Electric Flying Electric Grass 587 Emolga Electric Flying 642 Voltolos Electric Flying

Secondary Electric-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 170 Chinchou Water Electric 171 Lanturn Water Electric 595 Bachuru Bug Electric 596 Galvantula Bug Electric 618 Maggyo Ground Electric 644 Zekrom Dragon 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. Cross Thunder Physical ??? 100 100% 5 One foe If attacked by Cross Flame this move power increases until the end of turn. Discharge Special Cool 80 100% 15 Everyone else Has a 30% chance of causing paralysis. Electro Ball Special ??? Varies 100% 10 One foe Deals more damage the faster the user is compared to the target. ElecNet Special ??? 55 95% 15 All foes Lowers the target's Speed. Lightning Strike Physical ??? 130 85% 5 One foe Has a 20% chance of paralyzing the opponent. Shock Wave Special Cool 60 —% 20 One foe Never misses. Spark Physical Cool 65 100% 20 One foe Has a 30% chance of paralyzing the opponent. 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 Change Special ??? 70 100% 20 One foe User switches out after dealing damage. Volt Tackle Physical Cool 120 100% 15 One foe User takes 33% recoil damage. Wild Charge Physical ??? 90 100% 15 One foe User takes 25% 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 male 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 at least one Electric-type Pokémon whose names begin with the letters E, M, and P. Coincidentally, these letters, when put together, form the abbreviation for an electricity-related phenomenon.
• In Generation III, all Electric moves were Cool moves except for Charge.
• Generation V introduced the largest number of Electric-type Pokémon, a total of 11. Generation I introduced 9, Generation II introduced 8, Generation IV introduced 7 and Generation III introduced the fewest, only 4.
• The only type combination, that is doubly weak to Electric-type attacks already exists - in fact, every generation so far introduced at least one Pokémon with that typing.
  • The same is true for Grass and Flying.
  • The only combinations weak to Psychic and Water also exist, but unlike the others there have not been 1 introduced in each generation.
• There are no Electric-types in the Purple or Pink Color Dex groups.
• The three Pokémon that have had their types changed between generations (Magnemite, Magneton, and Rotom's alternate forms) are all part Electric-type.
• There is an Electric-type Gym Leader in every region except for Johto, which does not share any type specialties with the Kanto gyms.
• Generation III is the only generation in which all introduced Electric-type Pokémon have pure Electric typing.
  • However, in Generation I, all non-legendary Electric-type Pokemon had pure Electric typing, as Magnemite and Magneton did not adopt a secondary type until Generation II.

In other languages

Language Title Japanese でんき (電気) denki Mandarin Chinese 電/电 diàn Dutch Elektrisch Finnish Sähkö French Canada Electrik Europe Electrik German Elektro Greek Ηλεκτρικός - Ilektrikos / Κεραυνός - Keravnos Hebrew חשמל hashmal Italian Elettro Korean 전기 jeon'gi Norwegian Elektrisk Polish Elektryczny Brazilian Portuguese Elétrico Russian Электрический elektricheskii Spanish Latin America Eléctrico Spain Eléctrico