Competitive Information for Manectric [Sword/Shield]
Electric
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Lightning Rod ability are immune to Electric attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Manectric? 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.
Manectric is a pretty decent Electric-typed Pokemon. It's a frequent sight to see Manectric out in the 8th generation battlefield. Manectric's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Focus Sash / Air Balloon
Ability: Lightning Rod
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Volt Switch / Thunderbolt
- Howl
- Protect
- Roar
Special Sweeper Manectric (Popular/Trending)
Manectric is pretty popular Special Sweeper for single battles. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Manectric from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Air Balloon makes the holder ungrounded, which means Manectric is immune to Ground-type moves until the balloon pops when hit by a damaging move. With Lightning Rod, Manectric draws electric moves to itself to raise sp. Atk by 1; electric immunity.
◆ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Howl is a status move (raises your Manectric's and ally's attack by 1 stage).
◆ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Manectric this turn).
◆ Roar is a status move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Item: Focus Sash / Throat Spray
Ability: Lightning Rod
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Snarl
Special Sweeper Manectric (Lightning Rod)
Manectric is a fabulous Special Sweeper for single battles. It tries to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice or Snarl) and increases Manectric's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Manectric from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Lightning Rod, Manectric draws electric moves to itself to raise sp. Atk by 1; electric immunity.
◆ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
◆ Overheat is a special 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Manectric's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Manectric cannot move next turn).
◆ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
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Item: Expert Belt
Ability: Lightning Rod
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Charge Beam
- Rain Dance
- Thunder
- Flamethrower
Manectric Special Tank (Special Attack Lion)
Manectric is a notable Special Tank for single battles. The purpose of this moveset is to take a considerable amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. Expert Belt boosts the damage of Manectric's super effective moves by 20%. With Lightning Rod, Manectric draws electric moves to itself to raise sp. Atk by 1; electric immunity.
◆ Rain Dance is a status move (for 5 turns, heavy rain powers water moves).
◆ Thunder is a special STAB-boosted 110-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze. Can't miss in rain).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Manectric? 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 / Throat Spray
Ability: Lightning Rod
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Discharge / Thunderbolt
- Hyper Voice / Hyper Beam
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Snarl
Doubles Special Sweeper Manectric (Lightning Rod)
Manectric is an extraordinary Special Sweeper for double battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Throat Spray activates when a Pokemon uses a sound-based move (in this case Hyper Voice or Snarl) and increases Manectric's special attack stat by 2 stages. Focus Sash helps protect Manectric from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Lightning Rod, Manectric draws electric moves to itself to raise sp. Atk by 1; electric immunity.
◆ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
◆ Hyper Voice is a special 90-base power Normal-type move (no additional effect. Hits adjacent foes).
◆ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Manectric cannot move next turn).
◆ Overheat is a special 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Manectric's special attack by 2 stages).
◆ Flamethrower is a special 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
◆ Snarl is a special 55-base power Dark-type move (100% chance to lower the foes special attack by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Manectric 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 Manectric 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 Manectric
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Psychic Fangs
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Manectric's stats
- Agility
- Charge
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Manectric
- Flamethrower
- Howl
- Light Screen
- Overheat
- Protect
- Rest
- Roar
- Snarl
- Thunder
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic
- Volt Switch
Common Effort Values for Manectric in Sword and Shield
- Timid Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Timid Nature ( 4/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Manectric's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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