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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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If you're looking for information on electric Pokémon weaknesses, then you're in the right spot because we've got everything you need to know in this guide. We can teach you how to look after your sparkling 'mon and keep them charged and happy, and we can also explain how best to take them down when you go up against them in a battle. So, if you're wondering how to protect your Magnemite, or you've got a grudge against Luxios, we've got everything you need to know about their strength and resistances so you can plan your battles accordingly.

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:

Nice and simple, electric types are only weak against one other type, and that's ground Pokémon. Because of this, electric 'mon such as Raichu, Zeraora, and Luxray tend to be pretty good defensively, with just a single type that can cause them serious damage, not taking into account any potential subtypes, of course.

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.

Electric Pokémon counters

Naturally, the best counters to electric Pokémon are ground Pokémon, considering the latter is their only weakness. It might seem like a limited pool, but there are some great options out there, including Rhyperior, Golem, Excadrill, and Garchomp.

What are electric Pokémon resistances?

 

Electric Pokémon are resistant against the electric, flying, and steel types, meaning they receive only half damage from them.

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.

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