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electrode
#101

Electrode

Ball Pokémon

Electric

It is known to drift on winds if it is bloated to bursting with stored electricity.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 50
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 80
Sp. Def 80
Speed 150
Total 490

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Ball Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 66.6 kg
Base Exp 172
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender Genderless
Habitat Urban
Egg Groups Mineral

Sprites

electrode Front Front
electrode Back Back
electrode Front Shiny Front Shiny
electrode Back Shiny Back Shiny
electrode Official Art Official Art
electrode Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 2.7%
Special Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Aftermath / Static
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 84
SpA 252
Spe 172

Strategy Overview

When looking at Electrode, its base 140 Speed stat instantly jumps out; this makes Electrode the second fastest Pokemon in NU, only outsped by Ninjask. Its Special Attack is just good enough to complement its excellent Speed, allowing it to be an efficient revenge killer. This role is further enhanced by Electrode's good STAB, which lets it revenge kill important threats such as Swellow and Samurott. Unfortunately, Electrode is very frail, thus being open to Choice Scarf users and even uninvested attacks. It also has a shallow movepool, which limits its revenge killing potential. Because Electrode's Special Attack is still pretty mediocre overall, it fails to do much to common defensive Pokemon such as Lickilicky and Regice. Furthermore, Electrode has a lot of competition from the similarly built Electabuzz and Zebstrika, as the former has more power, while the latter has a much better movepool, and both are still fast enough to be effective revenge killers.

Most Used Moves

Taunt
97.0%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
96.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc