Is Electrode Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Fastest Pokemon in Crystal. Electrode outspeeds everything and MoveThunderbolt hits Water and Flying trainers before they can move. But the damage ceiling is low, and Crystal's move tutor means other Pokemon can carry the same Electric coverage with more power behind it.
Falkner's team hits Voltorb's weaknesses hard.
Voltorb trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Voltorb trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Voltorb trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Voltorb trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's typing presses Electrode's defenses.
Electrode has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Electrode trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Electrode trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Electrode trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Electrode trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Electrode has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Electrode has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Electrode trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Electrode has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Electrode trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Electrode has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Electrode has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Electrode trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Electrode has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Electrode has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Trade Voltorb
Voltorb can be received through an in-game trade in Olivine City. Trade Krabby. Trade a Krabby to the NPC in a house in Olivine City.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- LV 23NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 37NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 39NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Lt. Surge
- TM07ElectricZap CannonPower 150Accuracy 50%PP 5Gift from the Power Plant manager after returning the Machine Part
- TUTORElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
Evolve Voltorb to Electrode
Voltorb evolves into Electrode at Level 30. Your Voltorb should hit Level 30 before you reach Jasmine, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 44NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Lt. Surge
- TM07ElectricZap CannonPower 150Accuracy 50%PP 5Gift from the Power Plant manager after returning the Machine Part
- TUTORElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
How to Get Electrode in Crystal
The only wild Electrode is a fixed overworld ball disguised among the items in the Team Rocket hideout, set at level 23. Everywhere else you make one by leveling a Voltorb to 30.
1 location to catch Electrode3 locations to catch Voltorb
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Catch Voltorb at any of the 3 locations below, then level it up to 30 — it evolves into Electrode.
Badge 4
Badge 5 Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8How to Obtain Electrode in C
Available earlier: pick up Voltorb on Olivine City (before Badge 5) and evolve it at Lv 30. Wild Electrode first appears at Team Rocket HQ (after Badge 6).
- Step 2Electrode ✓or evolve from Voltorb (Step 1)
How to Get Shiny Electrode in Crystal
Electrode powers the machine inside the Team Rocket HQ at Mahogany, three fixed level 23 battles; save beforehand and soft-reset until one of them shines. Compare Shiny Electrode odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Electrode Calculator
3 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.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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 Crystal shiny odds calculator with Electrode already selected.
Electrode Weakness
Ground moves hit Electrode for super-effective damage. Not many exploitable gaps in the Electric typing defensive chart. Electrode's Electric typing only leaves 1 gap to cover.
| 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 Electrode Weak Against
Good
Electrode Evolutions
Electrode is what Voltorb becomes. Breed it for Voltorb eggs (average hatch time). No compatible partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Voltorb pushed Electrode to 480 total stats. Speed saw the largest single gain at +40. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Electrode is genderless — breed with Ditto to produce Voltorb eggs. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyC Electrode Best Moveset
140 Speed means acting first every single turn. MoveThunderbolt from 80 Sp. Atk chips at moderate power, and MoveExplosion converts the entire HP pool into one massive physical hit. Held ItemLeftovers sustains until the moment arrives to detonate. The choice each turn is always chip or close.
Best Build
Screens Setter Moveset
- Explosion
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
- Reflect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool tells the story here. Electrode learns Self-Destruct and Explosion naturally, plus enough variety that TMs feel like bonuses. Normal and Rock coverage extends the reach beyond that.
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
14 of 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The more energy it charges up, the faster it gets. But this also makes it more likely to explode.
Electrode Crystal Guide
Electrode is a static encounter at Johto Team Rocket Hq in Crystal. Electrode appears at level 23. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
In Crystal, use Electrode as a pivot. Special attacks are the main output. It outspeeds most threats, Thunderbolt is the primary attack.
Electrode has a Hisuian form that swaps the typing and reshuffles the stats. Introduced in Gen 8. Worth checking if the original version doesn't fit your team.
Game Availability
Available since Red & Blue, Electrode appears in 20 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Hisuian form in Generation 8.
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 8PLAHisuian
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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