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Electric Pokémon weakness, resistance, and strength

Electric Pokémon weakness lets you bring the lightning, as you need to know how to take care of your Pikachu and how to defeat a Dedenne.

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Learning electric Pokémon weakness is super important to keeping your ‘mon charged and happy while successfully taking out other electrified critters with ease. Pokémon may have been around for years and years and it’s yet it’s still just as hard to figure out (and remember) which types can counter each other, or what Magnemite’s strengths are after all this time. Therefore, our guide explains these frazzled ‘mons strengths and resistances, so you can plan your teams effectively and hit the enemy where it really hurts.

If you need a refresher on other types from the Pokédex, here’s all you need to know about dark Pokémon weakness, fairy Pokémon weakness, fighting Pokémon weakness, rock Pokémon weakness, or bug Pokémon weakness.

Here’s our electric Pokémon weakness guide.

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What are electric Pokémon weaknesses?

Electric-type Pokémon have one real weakness, and one real weakness only:

It’s really as simple as that. Thanks to this weakness, electric ‘mon have basically zero effect on ground-type enemies. So, if you’re in a battle with a Magnemite, through a Mudbray at it and chances are it’ll be back in its Pokéball before long.

If you want to know how to beat ground Pokémon, it’s a good idea to check out our ground Pokémon weakness guide for some handy tips.

What are electric Pokémon resistances?

Electric Pokémon are resistant to a few types and only take half-damage from them. These are:

To better learn how to beat the steel and flying-types, you can check out our flying Pokémon weakness and steel Pokémon weakness articles.

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What are electric Pokémon strengths?

These sparky types can be assets to your team as they can deal some real damage – and there are plenty of small, cute, electrical ‘mons to pick from if you prefer that to big lizard-shaped monsters. Electric types are strong against water and flying types, and deal super effective damage, whereas they deal half damage to grass, dragon, and other electric types.

Do you want to catch them all in different formats? Here are all the Pokémon Go codes, Pokémon Unite codes, and a rundown of all the Pokémon characters we’ve met so far. If you’re wondering what ‘mon are in the spotlight, check out our guide on the current Pokémon Go events and Pokémon raids.