Is Electabuzz Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Route 10 near the Power Plant in Kanto, postgame. Crystal's Odd Egg can hatch an Elekid though, giving Electabuzz access much earlier through the baby. If you get the Elekid hatch, Electabuzz provides strong Electric coverage through mid and late Johto.
Elekid trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Elekid has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Elekid trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Electabuzz trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Electabuzz resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Electabuzz trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Electabuzz trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Electabuzz trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Electabuzz resists most of Will's coverage and hits back hard.
Electabuzz resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Electabuzz trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Electabuzz resists most of Lance's coverage and hits back hard.
Gift Elekid
Elekid is given to you as a gift on Route 34 at Lv 5. Hatch Odd Egg received from Day-Care Man (random). Hatch the Odd Egg received from the Day-Care Man on Route 34. The Egg randomly hatches into one of seven baby Pokemon, with a 14% chance of being Shiny.
Recommended Moves
- LV 9ElectricThunder PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM48FireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- LV 41ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- TM07ElectricZap CannonPower 150Accuracy 50%PP 5Gift from the Power Plant manager after returning the Machine Part
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
- LV 49ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
Evolve Elekid to Electabuzz
Elekid evolves into Electabuzz at Level 30. Your Elekid should hit Level 30 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30ElectricThunder PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM48FireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
- LV 47ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 58ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
How to Get Electabuzz in Crystal
Electabuzz has just one rare spawn, on Route 10 near the Power Plant, sitting around level 16. With no other source in the game, that single route is where every Electabuzz hunt happens.
1 location to catch Electabuzz1 location to catch Elekid
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Elekid at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 30 — it evolves into Electabuzz.
Badge 1Where To Catch Electabuzz in C
The only way to get Electabuzz during the story is evolving Elekid (on Route 34, Lv 30).
- Step 2Electabuzz ✓or evolve from Elekid (Step 1)
To plan your throws, open the Crystal catch rate calculator with Electabuzz preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Electabuzz in Crystal
Electabuzz turns up wild in Crystal's Kanto side, yet the Odd Egg's Elekid gives a far better shiny shot at 1 in 7, so hatch one and evolve up. Compare Shiny Electabuzz odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Electabuzz Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is Odd Egg, about 1 in 50 on each try.
Odd Egg: Accept the Odd Egg from the Day-Care Man on Route 34. Each baby has its own shiny chance of 1 to 3 percent, fixed when you take the egg, so save first and reset until it hatches shiny.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 6-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 15-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 35-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 114-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Crystal shiny odds calculator with Electabuzz already selected.
Electabuzz Weakness
Ground moves hit Electabuzz for super-effective damage. Not many exploitable gaps in the Electric typing defensive chart. Electabuzz's special bulk (base 85 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Electric, Flying, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Electabuzz Weak Against
Good
Electabuzz Evolutions
Electabuzz is what Elekid becomes. Breed it for Elekid eggs (average hatch time). A small partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Elekid pushed Electabuzz to 490 total stats. Sp.Atk saw the largest single gain at +30. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Electabuzz to get Elekid eggs using 15 partners from the Human-Like egg group. Notable egg moves include Barrier, Cross Chop, Karate Chop and 2 more.
C Electabuzz Best Moveset
105 Speed outspeeds the majority of threats, and MoveThunderbolt from 95 Sp. Atk hits solidly. MoveIce Punch adds coverage catching Ground and Grass types that resist Electric. MoveThunder Wave for paralysis when the damage isn't enough. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Fast Electric attacker with coverage that fills the gaps.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Ice Punch
- Cross Chop
- Thunder
- Hidden Power Grass
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Electabuzz misses out on Barrier and Cross Chop. That's 5 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Zap Cannon and Thunder, with coverage across 8 types rounding things out.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
24 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When two ELECTABUZZ touch, they control the electric currents to communicate their feelings.
Electabuzz Crystal Guide
In Crystal, Electabuzz has 490 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Crystal, use Electabuzz as a pivot. Special attacks are the main output. It outspeeds most threats, Thunder is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Electabuzz appears in 21 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Electabuzz have the longest track record of availability in the series.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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