Is Electrike Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Valley Windworks via Swarm. Electric-type with AbilityStatic. Manectric at level 26 is decent but Luxray and Magnezone cover the Electric slot better. Swarm encounters are inconsistent.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Electrike here.
Gardenia's typing presses Electrike's defenses.
Electrike trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Manectric has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Manectric has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Manectric trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Manectric has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Volkner's typing presses Manectric's defenses.
Manectric has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Bertha's team hits Manectric's weaknesses hard.
Manectric trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Manectric has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Manectric resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Manectric resists most of Mars's coverage and hits back hard.
Manectric resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Manectric trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Electrike in Valley Windworks (walking, Lv 9-10, common). Swarm (daily, announced in Sandgem Town).
Recommended Moves
- LV 20ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Fantina
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 215
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 33ElectricThunder FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- After Crasher Wake
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Iron Island
- LV 41ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 49ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Electrike to Manectric
Electrike evolves into Manectric at Level 26. Your Electrike should hit Level 26 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 26)
- LV 26ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Fantina
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 49ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 61ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM50FireOverheatPower 140Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Electrike in Platinum
Electrike shows up only as a daily swarm at Valley Windworks, with the active swarm posted in Sandgem Town. No swarm day, no Electrike, and the spawns sit at a single-digit level.
1 location to catch Electrike
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Where To Catch Electrike in Pt
- Step 2Evolve into ManectricBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Electrike egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Platinum for Electrike.
How to Get Shiny Electrike in Platinum
Electrike sparks through the grass at the Valley Windworks, common enough to chain to 40 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Electrike odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Electrike Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Platinum shiny odds for Electrike.
Electrike Weakness
Ground moves hit Electrike for super-effective damage. Its Electric typing keeps the defensive matchups simple. Lightning Rod grants an additional Electric immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Electric, Flying, Steel |
Electrike Evolutions
Electrike evolves into Manectric. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Electrike. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Electrike easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Crunch, Curse, Discharge and 6 more to offspring.
Pt Electrike Best Moveset
Electric at 65 in both Sp. Atk and Speed. AbilityLightning Rod redirects Electric moves to Electrike in doubles. The moveset has basic special attacks but nothing competitive alone. Evolve to Manectric.
Best Build
Electrike best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Special Tank Moveset
- Flamethrower
- Hidden Power Ice
- Rain Dance
- Thunder
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Electrike misses out on Crunch and Curse. That's 9 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Thunder and Thunderbolt, with coverage across 7 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. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
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
27 of 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Using electricity stored in its fur, it stimulates its muscles to heighten its reaction speed.
Electrike Platinum Guide
In Platinum, Electrike does the job early-game if you need a Electric type on your team. Evolve it into Manectric before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Electrike first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 15 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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