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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Electric Type Pokemon

Electric Type Pokemon are strong against Water and Flying Type Pokemon. Learn what are the best Electric Type Pokemon you can get your hands on in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV)!

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Best Electric-type Pokemon for Tera Raids

Best Electric-type Pokemon for Tera Raids
Iron Hands Iron Hands Miraidon Miraidon

Iron Hands

Iron Hands Iron Hands

Tera Raid Build

Electric Icon Fighting Icon
Tera Type Nature
Electric Icon Adamant
( Atk, Sp.Atk)
EV Spread
HP:
76
Atk:
252
Sp.Def:
172
Ability Moveset
Quark Drive Belly Drum
Electric Terrain
Thunder Punch
Drain Punch
Held Item
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Shell Bell ImageShell Bell

Iron Hands with Belly Drum is one of the most useful Pokemon for Tera Raids. The move raises its Attack stat by 6 stages which allows Iron Hands to unleash massive damage with Thunder Punch.

It can recover lost health from using Belly Drum with Shell Bell or from healing cheers from its allies.

Iron Hands Best Tera Raid Build

Miraidon

Miraidon Miraidon

Tera Raid Build

Electric Icon Dragon Icon
Tera Type Nature
Electric Icon Modest
( Sp.Atk, Atk)
EV Spread
HP:
252
Sp.Atk:
252
Sp.Def:
4
Ability Moveset
Hadron Engine Electro Drift
Metal Sound
Dragon Pulse
Power Gem
Held Item
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Wise Glasses ImageWise Glasses

Miraidon's Electro Drift deals bonus damage when the target is weak against Electric-type attacks, making it an effective Pokemon to use against those types.

Additionally, Miraidon's Ability Hadron Engine will activate Electric Terrain at the start of the raid, powering up all Electric-type moves. This is further bolstered with its held Wise Glasses, which boosts special moves.

Miraidon Best Tera Raid Build

Best Electric-type Pokemon for Competitive Ranked Battle

Best Electric-type Pokemon for Ranked Battles
Iron Hands Iron Hands Sandy Shocks Sandy Shocks Magnezone Magnezone

Iron Hands

Iron Hands Iron Hands
Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature Adamant ( Atk, Sp.Atk)
EV Spread HP 12 / Atk 252 / Def 6 / Sp.Def 228 / Spe 12
Final Stat Values HP 231 / Atk 211 / Def 129 / Sp.Atk 63 / Sp.Def 117 / Spe 72
Ability Quark Drive
Tera Type Pokemon Electric Type Icon
Held Item
Moveset Swords Dance
Drain Punch
Thunder Punch
Ice Punch

Letting Iron Hands hold a Punching Glove will power up its punching moves by 10%, which can stack from Thunder Punch's STAB and damage boost when it Terastallizes with an Electric Tera Type, along with the stat boosts from Swords Dance.

Iron Hands Movesets and Best Builds

Sandy Shocks

Sandy Shocks Sandy Shocks
Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature Timid ( Spe, Atk)
EV Spread Def 4 / Sp.Atk 252 / Spe 252
Final Stat Values HP 160 / Def 118 / Sp.Atk 173 / Sp.Def 105 / Spe 168
Ability Protosynthesis
Tera Type Pokemon Electric Type Icon
Held Item
Moveset Thunderbolt
Volt Switch
Earth Power
Flash Cannon

This is a standard Choice Specs build for Sandy Shocks which exploits its high Special Attack stat. Letting it Terastallize with an Electric Tera Type will list 3 of its 4 weaknesses, and also boost the power of its Electric-type moves.

Sandy Shocks Movesets and Best Builds

Magnezone

Magnezone Magnezone
Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature Modest ( Sp.Atk, Atk)
EV Spread HP 252 / Def 4 / Sp.Atk 252
Final Stat Values HP 117 / Def 136 / Sp.Atk 200 / Sp.Def 110 / Spe 80
Ability Analytic
Tera Type Pokemon Grass Type Icon
Held Item
Moveset Thunderbolt
Flash Cannon
Tera Blast
Volt Switch

This Magnezone build makes use of Assault Vest to make it a specially-defensive tank against the commonly-used special attackers in the metagame.

It can also act as a pivot with Volt Switch and go back to your team in case it faces a Pokemon that it won't do well against.

Magnezone Movesets and Best Builds

Best Electric-type Pokemon for Story Playthrough

Best Electric-type Pokemon for the Story
Rotom Rotom Luxray Luxray Kilowattrel Kilowattrel

Rotom

Rotom Rotom
Best Build for the Story
Nature Modest ( Sp.Atk, Atk)
EV Spread Sp.Atk 252 / Spe 252
Ability Levitate
Tera Type Pokemon Electric Type Icon
Held Item
Moveset Thunderbolt
Nasty Plot
Shadow Ball
Discharge

Rotom is a viable special attacker that you can use during your story playthrough. It is immune to Ground, Normal, and Fighting-type moves thanks to its typing, but you can improve this by Terastallizing it into an Electric Tera Type and remove all of its weaknesses thanks to Levitate.

You can also change Rotom's forms with the Rotom Catalog item if you want to use a different Rotom form and get access to exclusive moves!

Rotom Learnset, How to Get, and How to Change Form

Luxray

Luxray Luxray
Best Build for the Story
Nature Adamant ( Atk, Sp.Atk)
EV Spread Atk 252 / Spe 252
Ability Intimidate
Tera Type Pokemon Electric Type Icon
Held Item
Moveset Wild Charge
Crunch
Thunder Fang
Ice Fang

Luxray is another commonly-used Electric-type Pokemon in story playthroughs. Its high Attack stat helps it become an effective physical attacker, which you can utilize with Wild Charge or Thunder Fang.

You can let Luxray hold a Sitrus Berry as Wild Charge does recoil damage when used.

Luxray Learnset, How to Get, and Evolution

Kilowattrel

Kilowattrel Kilowattrel
Best Build for the Story
Nature Timid ( Speed, Attack)
EV Spread Sp.Atk 252 / Spe 252
Ability Wind Power
Tera Type Pokemon Electric Type Icon
Held Item
Moveset Electro Ball
Discharge
Thunderbolt
Agility

This build capitalizes Kilowattrel's high Speed, which boosts the power of Electro Ball, especially when it can use Agility before using it.

Kilowattrel Learnset, How to Get, and Evolution

Best Pokemon to Terastallize to Electric

Best Pokemon to Terastallize to Electric
Iron Leaves Iron Leaves Wash Rotom Wash Rotom Iron Thorns Iron Thorns

Iron Leaves

Iron Leaves Iron Leaves

Tera Raid Build

Grass Icon Psychic Icon
Tera Type Nature
Electric Icon Adamant
( Atk, Sp.Atk)
EV Spread
HP:
252
Atk:
252
Def:
4
Ability Moveset
Quark Drive Electric Terrain
Wild Charge
Taunt
Swords Dance
Held Item
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet SV - Shell Bell ImageShell Bell

This Tera Raid build for Iron Leaves takes advantage of its high Attack stat and the synergy between its Ability Quark Drive and Electric Terrain.

Quark Drive will boost Iron Leaves' highest stat, which is Attack for this build, and Electric Terrain will boost the power of Electric-type attacks by 30%. It can then unleash damage with Wild Charge, while recovering health at the same time thanks to Shell Bell.

Iron Leaves Best Tera Raid Build

Wash Rotom

Wash Rotom Wash Rotom
Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature Modest ( Sp.Atk, Atk)
EV Spread HP 248 / Def 32 / Sp.Atk 228
Final Stat Values HP 156 / Def 131 / Sp.Atk 169 / Sp.Def 127 / Spe 106
Ability Levitate
Tera Type Pokemon Electric Type Icon
Held Item
Moveset Hydro Pump
Thunderbolt
Will-O-Wisp
Protect

Wash Rotom is great against Pokemon that are weak to its STAB moves, and can comfortably switch into Ground-type attacks thanks to its Levitate Ability. Terastallizing into Electric ensures that Wash Rotom has no weaknesses.

Wash Rotom Movesets and Best Builds

Iron Thorns

Iron Thorns Iron Thorns
Best Build for Ranked Battle
Nature Impish ( Def, Sp.Atk)
EV Spread HP 196 / Atk 76 / Def 188 / Sp.Def 44 / Spe 4
Final Stat Values HP 200 / Atk 16 / Def 169 / Sp.Def 110 / Spe 93
Ability Quark Drive
Tera Type Pokemon Electric Type Icon
Held Item
Moveset Wild Charge
Body Press
Rock Blast
Ice Punch

This build takes advantage of Iron Thorns' high Defense stat, making it an effective bulky physical attacker especially when Electric Terrain and Sandstorm is present in the field.

Letting it have Electric Tera Type will allow it to remove most of its weaknesses and boost the power of Wild Charge.

Iron Thorns Movesets and Best Builds

Best Tera Type for Electric-type Pokemon

Electric Tera Type

Electric-type Pokemon benefit from having an Electric Tera Type as it will further power up Electric-type moves like Thunderbolt, Thunder Punch, and the like once they Terastallize.

Flying Tera Type

Having a Flying Tera Type can help Electric-type Pokemon avoid the only type that they are weak against, which is Ground. Ground-type moves will not be able to hit Flying-type Pokemon unless they are grounded, making Ground-type attackers ineffective against Electric-type Pokemon if those are the only moves they have.

You can change your Pokemon's Tera Type to Flying with Flying Tera Shards.

Ice Tera Type

Electric-type Pokemon can also get an Ice Tera Type, which boosts Ice-type attacks that are effective against Ground-type Pokemon.

Electric-type attackers can include an Ice-type move like Ice Fang in their moveset and have an Ice Tera Type to specifically deal with opposing Ground-type Pokemon.

You can change your Pokemon's Tera Type to Ice with Ice Tera Shards.

Best Pokemon to Terastallize

Best Electric Type Pokemon By Base Stat

Best Electric Type Pokemon by Base Stats

Key
H - HP
A - Attack
B - Defense
C - Special Attack
D - Special Defense
S - Speed
Pokémon H A B C D S Total
Miraidon ImageMiraidon 100 85 100 135 115 135 670
Raging Bolt ImageRaging Bolt 125 73 91 137 89 75 590
Raikou ImageRaikou 90 85 75 115 100 115 580
Regieleki ImageRegieleki 80 100 50 100 50 200 580
Zapdos ImageZapdos 90 90 85 125 90 100 580
Thundurus (Incarnate Forme) ImageThundurus (Incarnate Forme) 79 115 70 125 80 111 580
Thundurus (Therian Forme) ImageThundurus (Therian Forme) 79 105 70 145 80 101 580
Sandy Shocks ImageSandy Shocks 85 81 97 121 85 101 570
Iron Hands ImageIron Hands 154 140 108 50 68 50 570
Iron Thorns ImageIron Thorns 100 134 110 70 84 72 570
Electivire ImageElectivire 75 123 67 95 85 95 540
Magnezone ImageMagnezone 70 70 115 130 90 60 535
Jolteon ImageJolteon 65 65 60 110 95 130 525
Luxray ImageLuxray 80 120 79 95 79 70 523
Heat Rotom ImageHeat Rotom 50 65 107 105 107 86 520
Wash Rotom ImageWash Rotom 50 65 107 105 107 86 520
Frost Rotom ImageFrost Rotom 50 65 107 105 107 86 520
Fan Rotom ImageFan Rotom 50 65 107 105 107 86 520
Mow Rotom ImageMow Rotom 50 65 107 105 107 86 520
Eelektross ImageEelektross 85 115 80 105 80 50 515
Ampharos ImageAmpharos 90 75 85 115 90 55 510
Toxtricity (Amped Form) ImageToxtricity (Amped Form) 75 98 70 114 70 75 502
Toxtricity (Low Key Form) ImageToxtricity (Low Key Form) 75 98 70 114 70 75 502
Vikavolt ImageVikavolt 77 70 90 145 75 43 500
Zebstrika ImageZebstrika 75 100 63 80 63 116 497
Bellibolt ImageBellibolt 109 64 91 103 83 45 495
Alolan Golem ImageAlolan Golem 80 120 130 55 65 45 495
Pawmot ImagePawmot 70 115 70 70 60 105 490
Kilowattrel ImageKilowattrel 70 70 60 105 60 125 490
Hisuian Electrode ImageHisuian Electrode 60 50 70 80 80 150 490
Electrode ImageElectrode 60 50 70 80 80 150 490
Alolan Raichu ImageAlolan Raichu 60 85 50 95 85 110 485
Raichu ImageRaichu 60 90 55 90 80 110 485
Oricorio (Pom-Pom Style) ImageOricorio (Pom-Pom Style) 75 70 70 98 70 93 476
Galvantula ImageGalvantula 70 77 60 97 60 108 472
Lanturn ImageLanturn 125 58 58 76 76 67 460
Rotom ImageRotom 50 50 77 95 77 91 440
Morpeko ImageMorpeko 58 95 58 70 58 97 436
Pincurchin ImagePincurchin 48 101 95 91 85 15 435
Dedenne ImageDedenne 67 58 57 81 67 101 431
Minun ImageMinun 60 40 50 75 85 95 405
Plusle ImagePlusle 60 50 40 85 75 95 405
Pachirisu ImagePachirisu 60 45 70 45 90 95 405

This is a list of fully-evolved Electric-type Pokemon by total base stats. For a full comparison of all Pokemon including unevolved forms, try our List of Pokemon by Base Stats.

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1 Lucasabout 1 year

Base Stat Totals on the non-base Rotom Forms are wrong. The totals add up to 520.

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