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

WaterFlying

Not very effective against

ElectricGrassDragon

Has no effect

Ground

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

Ground

Resists

ElectricFlyingSteel

Immune to

None

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

  • ElectricWater
    Water
  • ElectricGrass0.5×
    Grass
  • ElectricGround
    Ground
  • ElectricDragon0.5×
    Dragon
  • ElectricSteel
    Steel0.5×

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