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==Trivia==
==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.
* The three Electric-type Gym Leaders all have light colored hair. Lt. Surge and Volkner both have blond hair, and Wattson has white hair.
* There are no dual-typed Electric-type Pokémon in [[Generation III]], due to a lack of Electric-types in that generation.
* In the anime, the Electric-type has had some degree of exclusivity with Ash, as his {{AP|Pikachu}} was the only Electric-type Pokémon owned by a main character up until {{an|Dawn}} captured {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}} in ''[[DP019|Twice Smitten, Once Shy]]''.
* In the anime, the Electric-type has had some degree of exclusivity with Ash, as his {{AP|Pikachu}} was the only Electric-type Pokémon owned by a main character up until {{an|Dawn}} captured {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}} in ''[[DP019|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 {{wp|Vietnam War|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.
* Each Electric-type Gym Leader is seen wearing a military-style outfit; Lt. Surge wears a uniform reminiscent of that of {{wp|Vietnam War|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.

Revision as of 21:45, 19 April 2009

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:

Electric-type Pokémon:

Characteristics

Defensively, the Electric-type is a mixed bag. Some outliers benefit from their typing (Magnezone, Zapdos and Lanturn) and can be incredibly bulky. But the problem is the prevalence of Earthquake which is a very common Physical move. 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 what resists it doesn't cause a problem. 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 moves, but can be of three other contest types. None are of the Tough type.

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

Pokémon

Pure Electric-type Pokémon

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

Half Electric-type Pokémon

Primary Electric-type Pokémon

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

Secondary Electric-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2
170 170 Chinchou Water Electric
171 171 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.
  • Magnemite and Magneton were originally exclusively Electric-type in Generation I until Generation II and on, when they became Electric-type and Template:Type2.

In other languages

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