Is Elekid Good in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Playthrough?
Brilliant Diamond Underground baby. Read the Electabuzz entry. Elekid has the same strengths in miniature.
Elekid trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Elekid trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Elekid trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Elekid has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Electivire has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Electivire trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Electivire has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Electivire trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Electivire has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Electivire has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Electivire has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Your Elekid should hit Level 30 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Most players are ready to trade before reaching Candice.
How to Get Elekid in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
A trade step sits in Elekid's 3-stage chain from Elekid. The step cards below map each stage with catch locations and evolution methods. Elekid shows up in the wild, so the starting catch is the easy part.
Where To Catch Elekid in BDSP
The path to Elekid starts with Elekid at Lv. 16-63 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 1Elekid ✓Glacial CavernLv.16-63CaveBrilliant DiamondRate 10%Unique encounterDazzling CaveLv.58-63CaveBrilliant DiamondPost-gameStargleam CavernLv.58-63CaveBrilliant DiamondPost-gameWhiteout CaveLv.58-63CaveBrilliant DiamondPost-game
Step 2Evolve into Electabuzz
Step 3Evolve into Electivire
Elekid Weakness
Elekid's Electric typing leaves it vulnerable to Ground. Not many exploitable gaps in the Electric typing defensive chart. Elekid's Electric typing only leaves 1 gap to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Electric, Flying, Steel |
What is Elekid Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Elekid
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Landorus's Rock Slide hits Elekid for 53-62%.
 Landorus Ground | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySheerforce ItemLife Orb NatureNaive Moves
Damage vs Elekid View Landorus builds →Rock Slide53-62% | ||
Elekid Evolutions
Elekid starts the chain as a baby form and evolves into Electabuzz at level 30. To get more eggs, breed the evolved versions. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Elekid. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
BDSP Elekid Best Moveset
95 Speed with hidden AbilityVital Spirit blocking sleep on an Electric pre-evo. 63/65 mixed offenses can't compete. The moveset waits for Electivire where 123 Attack takes the physical Electric route.
Best Build
Elekid best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Thunder Wave
- Protect
- Thunder Punch
- Discharge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Cross Chop and Dynamic Punch from the egg pool give Elekid something extra.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It generates electricity by whirling its arms. However, it can’t store the energy it makes.
Elekid Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Guide
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, For a casual playthrough, Elekid works as a placeholder. Electric coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Electabuzz. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Elekid appears in 18 games across 9 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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 7LGPE
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