
Is Voltorb Good in Red & Blue Playthrough?
Fast and not much else. Voltorb is a filler Electric-type that exists to become Electrode. The speed is nice early on but the damage output is low.
Brock's typing presses Voltorb's defenses.
Misty's typing presses Voltorb's defenses.
Voltorb trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's typing presses Voltorb's defenses.
Electrode has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Electrode trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Electrode has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Giovanni's team hits Electrode's weaknesses hard.
Electrode has the type edge here and should clean up Lorelei's team.
Electrode trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Electrode has the type edge here and should clean up Agatha's team.
Electrode trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Electrode trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Catchable
Catch Voltorb on Route 10 (walking, Lv 14-17, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 14)
- LV 14NormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
- After Brock
- TM45ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 24
- LV 22NormalSelf-DestructPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Lt. Surge
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Vermilion Gym Leader Lt. Surge
- TM09NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20Silph Co.
- LV 36NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 43NormalExplosionPower 170Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Koga
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Kanto Power Plant
Evolve Voltorb to Electrode
Voltorb evolves into Electrode at Level 30. Your Voltorb should hit Level 30 before you reach Koga, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30NormalSelf-DestructPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Brock
- TM45ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 24
- After Lt. Surge
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Vermilion Gym Leader Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Rocket Game Corner
- TM09NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20Silph Co.
- After Erika
- TM40NormalSkull BashPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Safari Zone
- After Koga
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Kanto Power Plant
- LV 50NormalExplosionPower 170Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Voltorb in Red & Blue
Four common encounters across two spots, where Voltorb sits disguised as an item ball until you check it. A quick Electric-type to grab in either game on the way through.
2 locations to catch Voltorb
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Where To Catch Voltorb in RB
Voltorb is where the line starts, caught through walking and fixed encounters at Lv. 14-40. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
To plan your throws, open the Red & Blue catch rate calculator with Voltorb preloaded.
Voltorb Weakness
Voltorb is weak to Ground. Few weaknesses and 2 resistances make the typing clean. At base 100 Speed, Voltorb outspeeds most threats and doesn't need to tank what it can outrun.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Electric, Flying |
- Only 15 types exist — Dark, Steel, and Fairy are absent
- Ghost has no effect on Psychic (a known bug, fixed in Gen II)
- Special stat governs both offense and defense — no Sp.Atk / Sp.Def split
What is Voltorb Weak Against
AvgVoltorb Evolutions
Voltorb evolves into Electrode, but can't breed. At 330 stats as a Electric type, evolution is the only path. Evolving adds up to 160 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
RB Voltorb Best Moveset
100 Speed and 55 Special for MoveThunderbolt at small damage levels. MoveExplosion is the surprise option, dealing massive physical damage from something expected to just throw weak Electric moves. Outspeeds and either chips or detonates.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Explosion
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
- Thunder
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
TMs carry this one. Voltorb learns Thunder and Thunderbolt naturally for STAB, but the offensive range comes almost entirely from technical machines. Normal and beyond give it real matchup play.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- 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 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 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 17 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Usually found in power plants. Easily mistaken for a POKé BALL, they have zapped many people.
Voltorb Red & Blue Guide
Voltorb is a static encounter at Power Plant in Red & Blue. Voltorb appears at level 40. Prerequisite: Disguised as an item ball in the Power Plant. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
For Red & Blue, you can run Voltorb through the first few routes without issues. 330 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Electrode as fast as you can.
Yes. Hisuian Voltorb is a regional variant with different typing and a reworked stat spread. Introduced in Gen 8. Plays completely differently from the original.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Red & Blue, Voltorb has appeared in 20 titles over 9 generations. Along the way, it received a Hisuian form in Generation 8, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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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Where to go next after Voltorb.