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electivire
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Electivire

Thunderbolt Pokémon

Electric

It pushes the tips of its tails against its foes and then lets loose a high-voltage current. Its foes are burned to a crisp in an instant.

Base Stats

HP 75
Attack 123
Defense 67
Sp. Atk 95
Sp. Def 85
Speed 95
Total 540

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Thunderbolt Pokémon
Height 1.8 m
Weight 138.6 kg
Base Exp 243
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 30
Base Happiness 70
Gender 75% ♂ / 25% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Humanshape

Sprites

electivire Front Front
electivire Back Back
electivire Front Shiny Front Shiny
electivire Back Shiny Back Shiny
electivire Official Art Official Art
electivire Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

pu Usage: 1.8%
Mixed Attacker
Moves
Volt Switch / Thunderbolt
Focus Blast / Ice Punch
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Motor Drive / Vital Spirit
Nature
Naive
EVs
Atk 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Electivire is a mixed wallbreaker with great coverage options and a Speed tier that permits it to outspeed and revenge kill common slower wallbreakers like Omastar, Oricorio-G, and Aurorus. Since there are so many different possibilities in terms of sets and coverage moves, Electivire can be unpredictable, though many of its options aren't usually as viable. Despite its offensive prowess, its frailty and middling Speed make it susceptible to faster attackers such as Lycanroc, Choice Scarf users like Primeape and Dodrio, and priority moves such as Kangaskhan's Fake Out and Skuntank's Sucker Punch. Regardless of its impressive Attack, it struggles to break through physical walls, thus forcing it to rely on its weaker Special Attack in some cases. Since its Special Attack is nothing to write home about, it relies on super effective moves specifically designed to break its checks, thus failing to handle those neutral to its attacks such as Clefairy and defensive Spiritomb. It also faces harsh competition from fellow Electric-types, the most noteworthy being Eelektross, which totally eclipses Electivire besides having much lower Speed and lacking niche coverage moves like Earthquake. Other superior Electric-types include Rotom-F, which can break down Ground-types like Mudsdale with Blizzard and cripple other defensive switch-ins with Trick, and Alolan Raichu, which can break past specially defensive switch-ins like Clefairy with Psyshock, and can outpace base 95s that Electivire runs the risk of having to Speed tie with such as Primeape and Jynx.

Most Used Moves

Ice Punch
72.0%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
14.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc