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

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 61		121 - 168	232 - 326
Attack: 58		56 - 121	108 - 236
Defense: 55		54 - 117	103 - 229
Sp. Atk: 84		80 - 149	155 - 293
Sp. Def: 68		65 - 132	126 - 258
Speed: 85		81 - 150	157 - 295
Total: 411	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.

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.

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.

Pokémon

Pure Electric-type Pokémon

#		Name
025	File:025MS.gif	Pikachu
026	File:026MS.gif	Raichu
100	File:100MS.gif	Voltorb
101	File:101MS.gif	Electrode
125	File:125MS.gif	Electabuzz
135	File:135MS.gif	Jolteon
172	File:172MS.gif	Pichu
179	File:179MS.gif	Mareep
180	File:180MS.gif	Flaaffy
181	File:181MS.gif	Ampharos
239	File:239MS.gif	Elekid
243	File:243MS.gif	Raikou
309	File:309MS.gif	Electrike
310	File:310MS.gif	Manectric
311	File:311MS.gif	Plusle
312	File:312MS.gif	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	File:081MS.gif	Magnemite	File:ElectricIC.gif	File:SteelIC.gif
082	File:082MS.gif	Magneton	File:ElectricIC.gif	File:SteelIC.gif
145	File:145MS.gif	Zapdos	File:ElectricIC.gif	File:FlyingIC.gif
462		Magnezone	File:ElectricIC.gif	File:SteelIC.gif
479		Rotom	File:ElectricIC.gif	File:GhostIC.gif

Secondary Electric-type Pokémon

#		Name	Type 1	Type 2
170	File:170MS.gif	Chinchou	File:WaterIC.gif	File:ElectricIC.gif
171	File:171MS.gif	Lanturn	File:WaterIC.gif	File:ElectricIC.gif

Moves

Damage-dealing moves

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

Non-damaging moves

Name	Category	Contest	Power	Accuracy	PP	Target	Notes
Charge		Smart	—	—%	20	User	Boosts the power of the Electric move it uses next. It also raises the user's Special Defense stat.
Magnet Rise		Cute	—	—%	10	User	The user becomes immune to Template:Type2 attacks for five turns.
Thunder Wave		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.
• 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.
• Because Electric's only weakness is to Ground, a pure Electric-type Pokémon with Levitate would have no weaknesses.
• Magnemite and Magneton were originally exclusively Electric-type in Generation I until Generation II and on, when it became an Electric-type and Steel-type. Obviously, Magnezone has always been an Electric/Steel type.

In other languages

• French: Electrik
• German: Elektro
• Italian: Elettro
• Spanish: Eléctrico
• Korean: 전기 jeon'gi
• Hebrew: חשמל hashmal