Is Electrode Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Voltorb evolves at level 30. AbilitySoundproof blocks sound-based moves entirely. The highest Speed stat in the early game means Electrode always goes first. Limited offensive power, but the Speed advantage falls off against the E4.
Voltorb trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Voltorb has the type edge here and should clean up 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 Brock's team.
Electrode has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Lt. Surge's typing presses Electrode's defenses.
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 Sabrina's team.
Electrode trades roughly evenly with 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 a trainer in Olivine City.
Recommended Moves
- LV 12ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- LV 26ElectricCharge BeamPower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 29NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 43NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
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 30ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 30NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 51NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Electrode in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Electrode hides at the very end of the game. A few rare Cerulean Cave spawns sit around levels 40 to 46, but the easier grab is the static Voltorb-and-Electrode trio you battle inside the Team Rocket hideout. Cave catches stay scarce.
2 locations to catch Electrode3 locations to catch Voltorb
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch 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 8Where To Catch Electrode in HGSS
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 ✓Team Rocket HQ - B2FLv.23Interact with PokemonLimitedCerulean Cave - 1FLv.40CaveRate 5%Cerulean Cave - 2FLv.41CaveRate 5%Cerulean Cave - B1FLv.46CaveRate 5%or evolve from Voltorb (Step 1)
To plan your throws, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver catch rate calculator with Electrode preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Electrode in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Electrode turns up in Cerulean Cave, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Electrode odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Electrode Calculator
3 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.
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 | 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Electrode Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Electrode
 Marowak Ground | C | |
 Mamoswine IceGround | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Electrode View Mamoswine builds →Earthquake 2x138-163%KO | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
 Quagsire WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodCliff Edge Gate Surfing | ||
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
 Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Electrode View Camerupt builds →Earth Power 2x96-113%KO | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
 Pupitar RockGround | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Steelix SteelGround | B | |
 Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
 Dugtrio Ground | A | |
 Donphan Ground | B | |
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 onlyHGSS Electrode Best Moveset
Fastest Pokemon in the original 151 at 150 Speed, outspeeding virtually everything on the field. The moveset fires special Electric attacks from 80 Sp. Atk and has MoveExplosion as a self-destruct exit. AbilitySoundproof blocks sound moves. Speed without real power.
Best Build
Electrode best EVs are Sp. Def and Speed
Support Moveset
- Explosion
- Thunder Wave
- Taunt
- Thunderbolt
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 and more 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. 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
It is dangerous. If it has too much electricity and has nothing to do, it amuses itself by exploding.
It stores an overflowing amount of electric energy inside its body. Even a small shock makes it explode.
Electrode HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Electrode is a static encounter at Johto Team Rocket Hq in HeartGold & SoulSilver. 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Electrode as a pivot. Splits damage between physical and special. 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.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Jolly on Electrode. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the pivot role.
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
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