Electric Type Guide: Strengths & Counters
Explore the Electric type: learn its strengths, weaknesses, resistances, immunities and practical tips for VGC and Showdown ladder play.
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Offense rank
#13 · Bad
Defense rank
#3 · Strong
Offensive power
97%
Defensive strength
103%
What Is Electric Strong Against? Offensive Matchups
Strong against
Not very effective against
Has no effect
Lightning zaps Water dwellers and drops Flying targets, but diffuses into fellow Electric users, is drained by Grass and Dragons, and grounds out entirely against Earth.
Super-Effective
- Water
Current flows through and shocks aquatic bodies.
- Flying
Airborne creatures are lightning rods in open sky.
Not Very Effective
- Electric
Equal voltage cancels into a low-impact exchange.
- Grass
Moist, fibrous tissue dissipates current.
- Dragon
Dragons are framed as stormproof, channeling lightning away.
Ineffective
- Ground
Charge discharges harmlessly into earth.
What Is Electric Weak To? Defensive Matchups
Weak to
Resists
Immune to
Ground nullifies Electric attacks and threatens back, while Electric types recycle charge, check Flying pressure, and route Steel contact through controlled current.
Weak To
- Ground
Earthing wires siphon off energy violently.
Resistant To
- Electric
Their own circuitry buffers incoming voltage.
- Flying
Insulating feathers and air gaps reduce impact.
- Steel
Metal conducts but rarely suffers damage itself.
Uneven Matchups
- Electric→Water2×←Water→1×
- Electric→Grass0.5×←Grass→1×
- Electric→Ground0×←Ground→2×
- Electric→Dragon0.5×←Dragon→1×
- Electric→Steel1×←Steel→0.5×
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