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electrode
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Electrode

Ball Pokémon

Electric

It explodes in response to even minor stimuli. It is feared, with the nickname of “The Bomb Ball.”

Base Stats

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

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

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: 0.5%
All-Out Attacker
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Modest / Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Electrode is the second fastest relevant Pokemon in NeverUsed with a blistering Speed stat of 140 that allows it to outspeed many threats in the metagame. This, combined with a great offensive typing in Electric and a decent base Special Attack, makes Electrode a great revenge killer and late-game cleaner. Electrode's abilities, Soundproof and Aftermath, allow it to have some offensive utility in being able to switch into sound moves like Swellow's Boomburst and to chip away at physical attackers that KO it, respectively. However, Electrode is still not very strong, even if it runs a Modest nature, making it difficult to break through specially defensive Pokemon and common Electric-type checks such as Lanturn and Steelix. Due to its limited movepool, Electrode is forced to miss out on certain Electric-type checks, relying on Hidden Power to take on most others. It also faces competition from the other Electric-types and fast Pokemon in general, including Rotom, Swellow, and Floatzel, as they usually have more utility or better coverage than Electrode.

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Magnet
1.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc