Competitive Information for Electivire [Diamond/Pearl]
Electric
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Motor Drive ability are immune to Electric attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Electivire? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Electivire is an awesome Electric-typed Pokemon. It's a normal sight to see Electivire out in the 4th generation battlefield. Electivire can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Electivire's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Life Orb / Expert Belt
Ability: Motor Drive
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Cross Chop
- Earthquake
- Ice Punch
- Thunder Punch
Physical Sweeper Electivire (Popular/Trending)
Electivire is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Electivire's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Motor Drive, Electivire's speed is raised 1 stage if hit by an electric move; electric immunity.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Motor Drive
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 Atk / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Thunder Punch
- Earthquake
- Karate Chop / Brick Break
Physical Sweeper Electivire (Motor Drive)
Electivire is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Electivire from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Electivire's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Motor Drive, Electivire's speed is raised 1 stage if hit by an electric move; electric immunity.
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Karate Chop is a physical 50-base power Fighting-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
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Item: Expert Belt
Ability: Motor Drive
Nature: Naive (+Spe, -SpD)
EVs: 123 Hp / 232 Def / 155 Spe
Moveset:
- Charge Beam
- Signal Beam
- Earthquake / Thunderbolt
- Fire Punch / Brick Break
Electivire Physical Wall (Mixed Attack Electivire*)
Electivire is a notable Physical Wall. It is meant to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Motor Drive, Electivire's speed is raised 1 stage if hit by an electric move; electric immunity.
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Fire Punch is a physical 75-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Electivire? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Motor Drive
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 76 Hp / 252 Atk / 180 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Return
- Thunder Punch
Doubles Physical Sweeper Electivire (Motor Drive)
Electivire is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Electivire from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Electivire's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Motor Drive, Electivire's speed is raised 1 stage if hit by an electric move; electric immunity.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Thunder Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Electivire learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Electivire can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Electivire
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Follow Me, Helping Hand, Protect, Feint, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Electivire's stats
- Barrier
- Charge Beam
- Meditate
Most notable and possible best moves for Electivire
- Cross Chop
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
- Flamethrower
- Hidden Power Grass
- Ice Punch
- Light Screen
- Other
- Protect
- Rest
- Taunt
- Thunder Punch
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Electivire in Diamond and Pearl
- Naive Nature ( 0/36/0/252/0/220/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Optimize Electivire's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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