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 »
#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