Is Electrike Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Route 110 near Mauville City, perfectly timed. AbilityStatic paralyzes on contact and AbilityLightning Rod draws Electric moves. Manectric at 26 is the main Electric-type in RS. Available right before you'd want Electric coverage for Winona and Wallace. Hoenn's definitive local Electric option.
Roxanne's typing presses Electrike's defenses.
Electrike trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Electrike's defenses.
Manectric has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Manectric trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Manectric resists most of Winona's coverage and hits back hard.
Manectric has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Manectric has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Manectric trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Manectric has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Manectric has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Manectric trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Manectric trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Electrike on Route 110 (walking, Lv 12-13, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- LV 20ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Wattson
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 36ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
- After Wallace
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Meteor Falls
Evolve Electrike to Manectric
Electrike evolves into Manectric at Level 26. Your Electrike should hit Level 26 before you reach Flannery, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 26)
- LV 26ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 26ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Wallace
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Meteor Falls
- LV 45ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
How to Get Electrike in Ruby & Sapphire
Common across four spots in two grassy areas, levels 12 to 26. Electrike doesn't roam far, but it shows up reliably wherever it does, so filling the dex slot is quick.
2 locations to catch Electrike
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 5Where To Catch Electrike in RS
Electrike is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 12-26 across 6 total spots in the chain.
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Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Ruby & Sapphire for Electrike.
How to Get Shiny Electrike in Ruby & Sapphire
Electrike prowls the grass of Route 110 and Route 118, so work through the wild encounters until a shiny one appears. Compare Shiny Electrike odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Electrike Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Ruby & Sapphire 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Electrike Weak Against
Good
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 102 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Crunch, Curse, Headbutt and 2 more to offspring.
RS Electrike Best Moveset
Electric pre-evolution heading toward Manectric. AbilityStatic paralyzes on contact and AbilityLightning Rod draws Electric moves, but stats are too low for any format.
Best Build
Electrike best EVs are Sp. Atk and HP
Special Attacker Moveset
- Thunder
- Charge
- Quick Attack
- Crunch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Electrike misses out on Crunch and Curse. That's 5 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Thunder and Thunderbolt, with Normal and Dark coverage 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
All 19 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
ELECTRIKE stores electricity in its long body hair. This POKéMON stimulates its leg muscles with electric charges. These jolts of power give its legs explosive acceleration performance.
ELECTRIKE runs faster than the human eye can follow. The friction from running is converted into electricity, which is then stored in this POKéMON’s fur.
Electrike Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Electrike can be caught in the wild at Hoenn Route 110 and Hoenn Route 118 in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
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
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