Is Elekid Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Baby Electric available through breeding. AbilityStatic for contact paralysis. Evolves into Electabuzz at level 30, then Electivire through Electirizer trade in Gen 4. The breeding start adds steps but the Gen 4 evolution chain is worth pursuing.
Elekid resists most of Falkner's coverage and hits back hard.
Elekid has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Elekid has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Electabuzz trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Electabuzz has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Electabuzz trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Electivire has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Electivire has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Electivire has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Electivire has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Electivire has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Electivire has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Electivire has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Electivire has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Electivire resists most of Will's coverage and hits back hard.
Electivire resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Electivire trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Electivire resists most of Karen's coverage and hits back hard.
Electivire resists most of Lance's coverage and hits back hard.
Hatch
Hatch Elekid from an Egg you breed on Route 34.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- LV 19ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 28ElectricThunder PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 34ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 37ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 46ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
Evolve Elekid to Electabuzz
Elekid evolves into Electabuzz at Level 30. Your Elekid should hit Level 30 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30ElectricThunder PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 30ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 37ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 43ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 58ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
Evolve Electabuzz to Electivire
Electabuzz evolves into Electivire when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Brock.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 41)
- LV 41ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 41ElectricThunder PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 43ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 58ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
- LV 67NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Elekid in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Breed an Electabuzz at the Day-Care and the egg gives you Elekid. There is no wild version anywhere, so the baby comes purely from hatching its evolved form.
Catch Electabuzz at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Elekid.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Elekid
- 2
- 3
Badge 8How to Obtain Elekid in HGSS
- Step 1Elekid ✓
Breed from Electabuzz at the Day Care.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Electabuzzor evolve from Elekid (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into Electivire
How to Get Shiny Elekid in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Elekid hatches from Electabuzz, so breed the line Masuda-style with a foreign parent for a shiny. Compare Shiny Elekid odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Elekid Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here 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.
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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver with Elekid preloaded.
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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Elekid Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Elekid
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
HGSS Elekid Best Moveset
95 Speed outspeeding many fully evolved Pokemon, with 63 Attack and 65 Sp. Atk for modest output from both sides. AbilityStatic paralyzes on contact. Electabuzz, then Electivire.
Best Build
Elekid best EVs are Speed and Sp. Atk
Utility Moveset
- Ice Punch
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power Grass
- Cross Chop
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Barrier and Cross Chop from the egg pool give Elekid something extra. Pair those with Thunder and Thunderbolt for STAB and coverage across 7 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It rotates its arms to generate electricity, but it tires easily, so it only charges up a little bit.
Even in the most vicious storm, this Pokémon plays happily if thunder rumbles in the sky.
Elekid HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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 8 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 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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