Is Electivire Good in Black & White Playthrough?
Electirizer trade on Electabuzz. Electric with AbilityMotor Drive absorbing Electric for Speed boost. If obtained postgame, wide coverage for the Battle Subway.
Elekid has the type edge here and should clean up Cilan's team.
Elekid has the type edge here and should clean up Chili's team.
Elekid has the type edge here and should clean up Cress's team.
Elekid has the type edge here and should clean up Lenora's team.
Elekid trades roughly evenly with Burgh's team.
Elekid trades roughly evenly with Elesa's team.
Clay's team hits Elekid's weaknesses hard.
Elekid has the type edge here and should clean up Skyla's team.
Elekid has the type edge here and should clean up Brycen's team.
Drayden's typing presses Elekid's defenses.
Elekid trades roughly evenly with Shauntal's team.
Elekid trades roughly evenly with Grimsley's team.
Elekid trades roughly evenly with Caitlin's team.
Elekid trades roughly evenly with Marshal's team.
Elekid trades roughly evenly with Alder's team.
Electivire cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
How to Get Electivire in Black & White
Electivire's 3-stage chain starts with Elekid, which appears at decent rates in the locations below. Level through 3 stages while you find a trade partner. Everything except the trade step is solo.
How to Obtain Electivire in BW
Step 1Catch ElekidWhite ForestLv.5GrassWhiteRate 15%Any
Step 2Evolve into ElectabuzzBREEDINGAvailableLeave Electivire with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Electabuzz egg.
Step 3Electivire ✓
Electivire Weakness
Type-wise, Electivire takes extra damage from Ground. Few weaknesses and 3 resistances make the typing clean. Motor Drive grants an additional Electric immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. With 75 HP and balanced defenses, Electivire can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Electric, Flying, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Electivire Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Electivire
 Drilbur Ground | C | |
Drilbur Ground | C | |
Drilbur Ground | C | |
 Hippopotas Ground | C | |
 Sandile GroundDark | C | |
Palpitoad WaterGround | D | |
Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
Hippopotas Ground | C | |
 Krokorok GroundDark | C | |
Palpitoad WaterGround | D | |
Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
 Hippowdon Ground | B | |
 Seismitoad WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodIcirrus City Surfing | ||
Krokorok GroundDark | C | |
 Stunfisk GroundElectric | C | |
Obtain MethodIcirrus City Super Rod | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
Krookodile GroundDark | B | |
Hippowdon Ground | B | |
Golurk GroundGhost | C | |
Seismitoad WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodIcirrus City Surfing | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
 Landorus Ground | B | |
Obtain MethodAbundant Shrine Interact Encounter | ||
Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
Krookodile GroundDark | B | |
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
In Black & White, Excadrill threatens a KO with Earthquake (161-190%).
S | ||
Recommended Build AbilityIron Barbs ItemLeftovers NatureCareful Moves View Ferrothorn builds →
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Excadrill GroundSteel | A | |
Recommended Build AbilitySandforce ItemChoice Scarf NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Electivire View Excadrill builds →Earthquake 2x161-190%KO Rapid Spin27-32% Rock Slide40-47% | ||
Electivire Evolutions
Getting Electivire requires a trade, not just grinding levels. The chain starts at Elekid. Breed this form to get Elekid eggs (average hatch time). Attack grew the most through evolution (+60 over Elekid), and Electivire peaks at 540 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Electivire to get Elekid eggs using 53 partners from the Humanshape egg group. Notable egg moves include Barrier, Cross Chop, Dynamic Punch and 8 more.
BW Electivire Best Moveset
123 Attack at 95 Speed with AbilityMotor Drive absorbing Electric moves for a Speed boost. The moveset fires physical Electric TermStab and wide TermCoverage from MoveIce Punch, MoveEarthquake, and MoveCross Chop. 95 Sp. Atk provides mixed attacking. The physical movepool is the real strength.
Best Build
Electivire best EVs are Speed and Attack
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Ice Punch
- Flamethrower
- Earthquake
- Thunder Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Barrier and Cross Chop aren't available any other way for Electivire, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Thunder and Thunderbolt for solid options.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- 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. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, 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, Egg, 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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Heedless of enemy attacks, it closes in, shoves its tails onto the foe, then looses high voltage.
Electivire Black & White Guide
For Black & White, we rate Electivire B-Tier: a solid option in Black & White for the right team. At 540 BST, it fits the wallbreaker role. Icepunch with Life Orb is the standard set.
In Black & White, Electivire's biggest threats include Swampert (Ground), all carrying super-effective STAB moves. Only 1 weakness means fewer dedicated counters to worry about.
Electivire is obtained by trade-evolving Electabuzz. Catch or evolve a Electabuzz first, then trade. Trade needs a Game Boy Advance link cable and a second GBA running another Gen 3 game (FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald). Trade Electabuzz to a friend, then have them trade it back. The 2026 Switch re-release supports the same trade through local wireless on the Pokemon Center 2F Wireless Club, with no cables required. The Electirizer must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
Motor Drive is the go-to ability for Electivire. It absorbs electric moves, raising Speed one stage. Its hidden ability Vital Spirit can work in specific setups.
Base 95 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many. On offense, Electivire is a mixed attacker with base 123 Attack and 95 Sp. Atk. Defensively? Enough bulk to take a hit or two. Best used as a wallbreaker.
Game Availability
Obtainable through a trade evolution, Electivire appears in 13 titles across 7 generations since Diamond & Pearl. The evolution method adds a barrier that wild-catchable Pokemon don't have.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves