Level 30To Electabuzz

Trade holding ElectirizerTo Electivire

ElectivireLast stage shown

#0466 · GENERATION 4

Electivire Build Guide

Electric

Physical attacker with Electric immunity

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMLife Orb

ABILITYMotor Drive

NATUREJolly

Thunder Punch

Ice Punch

Earthquake

Knock Off

How to play

A predicted Electric attack can activate Motor Drive, granting immunity to that attack and raising Speed. Attack with Thunder Punch or use coverage against a suitable target.

Watch out for

Key risk. Motor Drive is not an unconditional Speed boost and can be bypassed by some ability-ignoring effects. Life Orb costs HP. Ground attacks are super effective; Flying types avoid Earthquake.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

A predicted Electric attack can activate Motor Drive, granting immunity to that attack and raising Speed. Attack with Thunder Punch or use coverage against a suitable target.

An Electric move is coming your way

That is the free turn Motor Drive exists for. Abilities that ignore other abilities remove both the immunity and the raise, so the prediction is only safe against a normal attacker.

You are planning a switch-in

Ground is the only type that deals 2× to Electivire, and it resists seventeen others — which makes a Ground teammate the whole defensive answer rather than one option among many.

A Grass or Ground type resists your Electric move

Electric is half-damaged by Grass and useless against Ground, so Ice Punch is the coverage that breaks both — Ice hits Grass and Ground for 2×. Earthquake cannot help here, because a Ground attacker is immune to it.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Electivire in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Motor Drive converts an Electric attack into a Speed raise instead of damage, and that is the ability doing the work, not the typing — Electivire’s Electric typing alone only halves that hit. Life Orb then takes HP on every attack that connects.

Watch the tradeoff. Motor Drive is not an unconditional Speed boost and can be bypassed by some ability-ignoring effects. Life Orb costs HP. Ground attacks are super effective; Flying types avoid Earthquake.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Electivire or Jolteon?

Jolteon offers greater natural Speed and special attacks with Volt Absorb instead of Motor Drive.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Electivire	Jolteon
HP	75	65
Attack	123	65
Defense	67	60
Sp. Attack	95	110
Sp. Defense	85	95
Speed	95	130

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A Flying teammate covers Ground attacks. A special attacker helps avoid relying entirely on physical damage.

Corviknight

Ground immunity and U-turn help position an attacker safely.

Read Corviknight guide →Compare teammates →

Milotic

Adds special damage and recovery alongside this physical attacker.

Read Milotic guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

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Alternative: Jolteon

Jolteon offers greater natural Speed and special attacks with Volt Absorb instead of Motor Drive.

Read Jolteon guide →

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Type matchups

Weak to

Ground2×

Resistances and immunities

Electric0.5×Flying0.5×Steel0.5×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP75

Attack123

Defense67

Sp. Attack95

Sp. Defense85

Speed95

Evolution chain

Elekid#239
Level 30
Electabuzz#125
Trade holding Electirizer
Electivire#466

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

Build your Electivire team

Start with Electivire. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.

Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

SLOT 01#466

Electivire

Electric

SLOT 02

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SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense80

Defense64

Coverage11

Synergy8

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Ground attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Your own types can hit 2 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.
No teammate has a base Speed of 100 or higher. Consider adding a faster option.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Electivire	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	1×	0	0
Water	1×	0	0
Electric	½×	0	1
Grass	1×	0	0
Ice	1×	0	0
Fighting	1×	0	0
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	2×	1	0
Flying	½×	0	1
Psychic	1×	0	0
Bug	1×	0	0
Rock	1×	0	0
Ghost	1×	0	0
Dragon	1×	0	0
Dark	1×	0	0
Steel	½×	0	1
Fairy	1×	0	0

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

NormalNeutral

FireNeutral

Water✓ Super effective

ElectricResisted

GrassResisted

IceNeutral

FightingNeutral

PoisonNeutral

GroundImmune target

Flying✓ Super effective

PsychicNeutral

BugNeutral

RockNeutral

GhostNeutral

DragonResisted

DarkNeutral

SteelNeutral

FairyNeutral

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.