Question

Mine knows:

Thunderbolt: Good power, chance to paralyze, high accuracy, STAB.

Charge: Increases power of Thunderbolt, increases Sp. Def.

Toxic: Inflicts toxic poison.

Flamethrower: Good power, chance to burn, high accuracy, surprise attack.

Manectric learnset

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Manectric (M) @ Choice Specs
Trait: Lightningrod
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Thunderbolt
- Signal Beam
- Overheat
- Hidden Power [Ground]

Answer 1

I have seen a Manectric recently with this as its moveset:

Thunderbolt
Flamethrower
Signal Beam
Magnet Rise

Answer 2

Get rid of charge and toxic, they don't help with his low defense.
As Menectric is 1 of my favs, ive trained many over the years. This is the moveset I found best:

Thunderbolt(STAB, higher Special attack)

Hidden Power(if you can find an water or grass one to cover the ground weakness)If not grass or water hidden power, Charge Beam can be helpful, to lower the opponets special attack, and reflect will work here too.

Flamethrower(same reason as you)

The Last slot is for whatever the heck you want. I put Iron Tail as my Main Manectric has pretty good attack. But if you wnt toxic or charge, though I don't like them, you can add them in here.

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Thanks, I'll take both Iron Tail and Reflect.

Answer 3

Gen V

Manectric (M) @ Expert Belt

Trait: Lightningrod

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd

Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)

• Overheat
• Discharge
• Signal Beam
• Hidden Power [Ice]

Answer 4

all to SAtt, Spe

• Thunderbolt / Discharge
• Flamethrower
• Signal Beam
• HP Ice/Water/Grass/Fighting/Rock/Steel

Answer 5

Manectric

Ability: Lightning rod

Evs: 252 Speed, 252 S.attack, 6 hp

Nature: Timid

Item: Life orb/Damp rock

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Volt switch/Thunder/Thunderbolt: STAB+Switch/STAB(only with rain dance)/STAB

Thunder wave/Rain dance: Status or accurate Thunder

Flamethrower/Signal beam: Coverage

Hiddenpower(ice): Coverage

Answer 6

Manectric @ Life Orb

Trait: Lightingrod

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / Spe

Timid Nature (+Spe, -Atk)

• Rain Dance
• Thunder
• Hidden Power Water
• Volt Switch

Rain Dance to help out other moves.
Thunder is good STAB and powerful.
Hidden Power Water rounds out the coverage and gets the rain boost.
Volt Switch is used to scout switch out and STAB.
Ugh why didn't it get Grass Knot?

Answer 7

Manectric (M) @ Expert Belt
Trait: Lightningrod
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Sp.Atk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
Overheat
Discharge
Signal Beam
Hidden Power [Ice]

Answer 8

Edited and improved. Why the faq can't it learn Electroball?!DX

Modest/Timid Nature
EV trained in Sp. Attk and Speed
Lightning Rod Ability
Expert Belt/Air Balloon Held Item

Thunderbolt: Both STAB but don't know that power Electroball would get with Manetric's Speed.
Overheat: No one would suspect this and is as powerful as STAB Thunder.
Volt Switch: after useing Overheat too many times this is a good way to recover from it.
Hidden Power (Ice): Deals with weakness.

Works well with Sunny Day but I think there are better pkmn to use in a team like that.

Answer 9

Annoying Manectric -- To annoy opponent to extreme level!

Moveset:
Roar
Thunder Wave
Electro Ball
Volt Switch

Ev Spread: 252 spd, 252 sp. atk, 4 Hp Item: Focus Sash

How to make use of this strategy:
1st Thunder Wave opponent's Pokemon, and force it to switch out using Roar, and repeats the Wave-Roar combo. By doing this, you will able to cripple almost every Pokemon of ur opponent, and messing up their plan by force switching. After you are done with Thunder Wave, then you can start to spam Electro Ball. This will Deal Serious Damage to opponent's Pokemon after having them paralyzed, and probably will OHKO. Volt Switch is for some really unfavorable situation, like the opponent have Pokemon with Magic Guard or Thunder Rod etc.

However to use this strategy, you have to ensure Manectric is faster than any of ur opponent's Pokemon. If not you are not fast enough to cripples them before they hit you and you might end up fainting. Better strategy is baton passing Agility to Manetric, with evs and baton pass, I'm sure that Manetric will be faster than most of the Pokemon.