Pokémon Electric type

This page has information about the Electric type in the Pokemon games. It applies to Diamond/Pearl/Platinum and previous games (the only exception being that the Dark and Steel types were not present in Red/Blue/Yellow).

Attack

Electric moves are super-effective against:

Electric moves are not very effective against:

Electric moves have no effect on:

Defense

These types are not very effective against Electric pokemon:

These types are super-effective against Electric pokemon:


Dual-type attack strength

The chart to the right shows the strengths and weaknesses of the Electric type on every possible type combination. The bottom row shows its strength against single-type pokemon.

The numbers in the squares show the fraction of normal damage the move will do (i.e. ½ means 50% damage, while 4 means 400%).

For example, to find how good a Electric-type move is against a Grass/Poison Pokémon, find the square that cross-references those types. You will see that it is 50%.

normal
fire
water 2 2
electric ½ ½
grass ½ ½ ¼
ice 2 ½ ½
fighting 2 ½ ½
poison 2 ½ ½
ground 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
flying 2 2 4 2 2 2 0
psychic 2 ½ ½ 0 2
bug 2 ½ ½ 0 2
rock 2 ½ ½ 0 2
ghost 2 ½ ½ 0 2
dragon ½ ½ ¼ ¼ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½
dark 2 ½ ½ 0 2 ½
steel 2 ½ ½ 0 2 ½
- 2 ½ ½ 0 2 ½
nor fir wat ele gra ice fig poi gro fly psy bug roc gho dra dar ste

Pokemon

There are 28 pokemon having the Electric type. See detailed list »

Pikachu
#025 • electric
Raichu
#026 • electric
Magnemite
#081 • electric / steel
Magneton
#082 • electric / steel
Voltorb
#100 • electric
Electrode
#101 • electric
Electabuzz
#125 • electric
Jolteon
#135 • electric
Zapdos
#145 • electric / flying
Chinchou
#170 • water / electric
Lanturn
#171 • water / electric
Pichu
#172 • electric
Mareep
#179 • electric
Flaaffy
#180 • electric
Ampharos
#181 • electric
Elekid
#239 • electric
Raikou
#243 • electric
Electrike
#309 • electric
Manectric
#310 • electric
Plusle
#311 • electric
Minun
#312 • electric
Shinx
#403 • electric
Luxio
#404 • electric
Luxray
#405 • electric
Pachirisu
#417 • electric
Magnezone
#462 • electric / steel
Electivire
#466 • electric
Rotom
#479 • electric / ghost