Is Electabuzz Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Route 10 in Kanto, postgame only. Strong Electric option but Ampharos is available much earlier in Johto and does the same job. Electabuzz is a Kanto upgrade if Ampharos isn't cutting it anymore.
Electabuzz resists most of Falkner's coverage and hits back hard.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up 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 has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Electabuzz trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Electabuzz trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Electabuzz trades roughly evenly with 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 trades roughly evenly with 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.
Catchable
Catch Electabuzz on Route 10 (walking, Lv 15, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 15)
- LV 15ElectricThunder 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
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
- LV 47ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 58ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
How to Get Electabuzz in Gold & Silver
One route, a handful of encounters, uncommon in daylight and rare otherwise. Electabuzz keeps to that single Kanto spot, so the time of day decides how hard the catch runs more than the location does.
1 location to catch Electabuzz
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Electabuzz in GS
- Step 1Breed Elekid from ElectabuzzBREEDINGAvailableLeave Electabuzz with a compatible partner at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Elekid egg.
- Step 2Electabuzz ✓or evolve from Elekid (Step 1)
To plan your throws, open the Gold & Silver catch rate calculator with Electabuzz preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Electabuzz in Gold & Silver
Electabuzz appears wild on Route 10, and any one you meet there can flash shiny colors if you stay patient through the encounters. Compare Shiny Electabuzz odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Electabuzz Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
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 | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
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 Gold & Silver 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, Karate Chop, Meditate and 1 more.
GS Electabuzz Best Moveset
105 Speed and 95 Sp. Atk power solid MoveThunderbolt alongside MoveIce Punch for coverage catching Ground and Grass types that resist Electric. MoveThunder Wave paralyzes what the damage can't finish. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Fast Electric attacker with Ice coverage filling 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 Karate Chop. That's 4 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
Electricity runs across the surface of its body. In darkness, its entire body glows a whitish-blue.
Its body constantly discharges electricity. Getting close to it will make your hair stand on end.
Electabuzz Gold & Silver Guide
Yes. Electabuzz is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Electabuzz becomes available after the main story is complete in Gold & Silver.
In Gold & Silver, Electabuzz has 490 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Gold & Silver, 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
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