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manectric
#310

Manectric

Discharge Pokémon

Electric

It rarely appears before people. It is said to nest where lightning has fallen.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 75
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 105
Sp. Def 60
Speed 105
Total 475

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Discharge Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 40.2 kg
Base Exp 166
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

manectric Front Front
manectric Back Back
manectric Front Shiny Front Shiny
manectric Back Shiny Back Shiny
manectric Official Art Official Art
manectric Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Special Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Lightning Rod
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Manectric has a solid Speed tier that lets it outspeed tons of offensive threats such as Jynx, Rotom, and Charizard. Its access to Overheat and Flamethrower combined with its high Special Attack stat allows it to bypass a few Ground-types and Steel-types such as Torterra, Ferroseed, and Steelix, which would check it otherwise. It is also a great offensive Pokemon with access to Volt Switch, which lets it whittle down Pokemon at a fast pace. Manectric's Electric immunity via Lightning Rod further lets it switch in for free occasionally and pressure the opponent's team late-game if it can grab a boost. Unfortunately, Manectric faces competition from other Electric-types such as Rotom, which is a much better pivot due to Rotom's useful set of resistances, and Electivire, which boasts more offensive versatility. It also struggles to get OHKOs on Pokemon like Camerupt, Gastrodon, and Piloswine, which are immune to its STAB move, without quite a bit of chip damage. Lastly, Manectric is very susceptible to priority users and faster Pokemon such as Sucker Punch Shiftry, Tauros, and Swellow due to its frailness.

Most Used Moves

Overheat
79.7%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
17.0%
Magnet
1.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc