Competitive Information for Electivire [Sword/Shield]
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 Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Electivire is a notable Electric-typed Pokemon. Electivire are common Pokemon to see in the SS metagame. 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 / Brick Break
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
- Wild Charge
- Ice Punch
Physical Sweeper Electivire (Popular/Trending)
Electivire is a wonderful Physical Sweeper for single battles. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Expert Belt boosts the damage of Electivire's super effective moves by 20%. 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.
◆ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Electivire's last move failed).
◆ Wild Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze 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:
- Wild Charge / Thunder Punch
- Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum
- Hammer Arm
- Body Slam
Physical Sweeper Electivire (Motor Drive)
Electivire is an astounding Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is 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.
◆ 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).
◆ Stomping Tantrum is a physical 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Electivire's last move failed).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Electivire's speed by 1 stage).
◆ Body Slam is a physical 85-base power Normal-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
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Item: Choice Band
Ability: Motor Drive
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Wild Charge
- Cross Chop
- Earthquake
- Ice Punch
Electivire Physical Sweeper (Lightning Strike)
Electivire is an interesting Physical Sweeper for single battles. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. 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.
◆ Cross Chop is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (high critical hit ratio).
◆ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
◆ Ice Punch is a physical 75-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Electivire? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield 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 Sword/Shield 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 / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Wild Charge / Thunder Punch
- Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Electivire (Motor Drive)
Electivire is a stupendous Physical Sweeper for double battles. It's primary goal is 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.
◆ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent Pokemon speed by 1 stage).
◆ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to make the foes flinch).
◆ Wild Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
◆ Thunder Punch is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Electivire's speed by 1 stage).
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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 Sword/Shield. 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 SS Move and Ability Combos for Electivire
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- 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: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Feint
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave
Moves that boost Electivire's stats
- Charge
Most notable and possible best moves for Electivire
- Brick Break
- Cross Chop
- Earthquake
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Stomping Tantrum
- Taunt
- Volt Switch
- Wild Charge
Common Effort Values for Electivire in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252 )
- Optimize Electivire's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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