Electivire
Electric
Best attacking moveset: Thunder Shock and Wild Charge, worth 13.9 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Electivire can learn 10 combinations. Thunder Shock with Wild Charge does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.
Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.
Type matchups
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Kick | Fighting | 5 | 0.5s | +5 |
| Thunder Shock | Electric | 4 | 0.5s | +7 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Punch | Ice | 50 | 2.0s | -33 |
| Thunder | Electric | 100 | 2.5s | -100 |
| Thunder Punch | Electric | 50 | 2.0s | -33 |
| Wild Charge | Electric | 90 | 2.5s | -50 |
| Flamethrower Legacy | Fire | 65 | 2.0s | -50 |
Shiny
Yes. Shiny Electivire has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, evolution, photobomb.
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 3,481 at level 50, 3,079 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 1,759 CP at level 20, or 2,199 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 1,680 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 249 attack · 163 defense · 181 stamina |
What it costs
| Candy to evolve | 25 Candy |
|---|---|
| Second charged move | 75,000 Stardust and 75 Candy |
| Buddy distance | 5 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 5,000 Stardust and 5 Candy |
| Size | 1.8 m and 138.6 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Electivire does not have one best moveset, it has 5. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Flying, Water, Steel.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Thunder Shock + Wild Charge | 22.5 | |
| Water | Thunder Shock + Wild Charge | 22.5 |
| Steel | Low Kick + Flamethrower | 15.9 |
| Ice | Low Kick + Flamethrower | 15.9 |
| Normal | Low Kick + Wild Charge | 15.1 |
| Rock | Low Kick + Wild Charge | 15.1 |
| Dark | Low Kick + Wild Charge | 15.1 |
| Bug | Thunder Shock + Flamethrower | 14.8 |
| Fighting | Thunder Shock + Wild Charge | 13.9 |
| Poison | Thunder Shock + Wild Charge | 13.9 |
| Ghost | Thunder Shock + Wild Charge | 13.9 |
| Fire | Thunder Shock + Wild Charge | 13.9 |
| Psychic | Thunder Shock + Wild Charge | 13.9 |
| Fairy | Thunder Shock + Wild Charge | 13.9 |
| Grass | Thunder Shock + Flamethrower | 13.5 |
| Ground | Thunder Shock + Ice Punch | 13.0 |
| Dragon | Thunder Shock + Ice Punch | 13.0 |
| Electric | Low Kick + Flamethrower | 9.7 |
Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Electivire is actually for.
Counters: what beats Electivire
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Groudon | Ground | Mud Shot + Precipice Blades Legacy | 29.2 |
 Eternatus | PoisonDragon | Poison Jab + Dynamax Cannon Legacy | 28.1 |
 Excadrill | GroundSteel | Mud Slap + Earthquake | 27.7 |
 Mamoswine | IceGround | Mud Slap + High Horsepower | 27.2 |
 Regigigas | Normal | Hidden Power + Crush Grip Legacy | 26.3 |
 Rhyperior | GroundRock | Mud Slap + Earthquake | 26.3 |
 Garchomp | DragonGround | Mud Shot + Earthquake | 26.0 |
 Landorus | Ground | Mud Shot + Earth Power | 25.9 |
 Blacephalon | FireGhost | Incinerate + Mind Blown Legacy | 25.6 |
 Krookodile | GroundDark | Mud Slap + Earthquake | 25.0 |
Ranked by damage per second against Electivire's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.