Eelektrik
Eelektrik is a Electric-type Pokémon, the EleFish Pokémon, number 603 (#0603) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 1.2 m tall and weighs 22 kg.
Eelektrik looks like an eel with simple circular patterns on its sides, but the Pokédex says those circles are electricity-generating organs, and it uses them to paralyse prey before it chomps.
How to pronounce Eelektrik
Eelektrik is pronounced ee-LEK-trik. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Eelektrik said out loud:
In Japanese it is シビビール (Shibibeel).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Eelektrik is 1.2 m long and weighs 22 kg. It is a blue-black eel with a beige underbelly, a round, toothy, leech-like mouth with red lips, and eyes ringed in yellow. Beige fins extend above and below its head, three yellow circular organs sit on each side of its body, and a red tail fin looks like a fan.
Behaviour
Eelektrik is a vigorous hunter with a big appetite. Spotting prey, it coils straight around it and shocks it with the organs on its sides.
Habitat
Bulbapedia says Eelektrik dwells in caves and marine environments. In Black 2 and White 2 it is found in Seaside Cave.
Diet
Eelektrik is a carnivore, and the Black 2 and White 2 Pokédex says the hunt ends with a chomp.
Powers
Eelektrik's only Ability is Levitate. It fights with Spark, Discharge, Thunderbolt and Wild Charge, powers itself up with Coil, and learns Crunch the moment it evolves.
Name origin
Eelektrik may combine 'eel' and 'electric'. The Japanese name is Shibibeel (シビビール), which may combine shibire ('numbness') or shibire-unagi ('electric eel'), biribiri (the sound of an electric shock) and 'eel'.
Design inspiration
Yusuke Ohmura designed the line, and Bulbapedia says Eelektrik was inspired by a large eel he fished from a river, with the aim of capturing its 'strong but disgusting' quality. Its toothed mouth may draw on the lamprey, and its blue and yellow colours resemble those of the ribbon eel.
Evolution notes
Eelektrik evolves from Tynamo at level 39, and into Eelektross if a Thunder Stone is used on it.
In the games
Eelektrik is reached by evolving Tynamo in Black and White, its first game. In Scarlet and Violet it swims in the North, South and West Paldean Seas and appears in 4-star Tera Raids. In Legends: Z-A it is available by evolving Tynamo, and the Mega Dimension DLC adds it to Hyperspace Lumiose.
In the anime
Eelektrik first appeared in the opening of the two Victini films. Its TV debut was in 'Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness!', where a Trainer's Eelektrik, competing in a cruise-ship tournament called the Marine Cup, lost to Ash's Pikachu.
Fun facts
- Bulbapedia says Oricorio and the Tynamo line are the only Pokémon listed in each of the three Pokédexes in Scarlet and Violet.
- In Japanese, lampreys are called yatsume-unagi, 'eight-eyed eels', and Bulbapedia suggests the spots on Eelektrik's sides may allude to a lamprey's gill slits.
- Unlike a lamprey, which has a single nostril, Eelektrik has two, Bulbapedia notes.
Base stats
- HP: 65
- Attack: 85
- Defense: 70
- Sp. Atk: 75
- Sp. Def: 70
- Speed: 40
Eelektrik’s base stat total is 405. Its highest stat is Attack.
Type matchups
What is Eelektrik weak to?
Eelektrik takes extra damage from Ground (2×) moves.
It resists Electric (½×), Flying (½×), Steel (½×).
Evolution
What does Eelektrik evolve from?
Eelektrik evolves from Tynamo at level 39.
How does Eelektrik evolve?
Eelektrik evolves into Eelektross (Thunder Stone).
The whole family: Tynamo, Eelektrik, Eelektross.
Abilities
- Levitate: Evades Ground moves.
Moves
Moves Eelektrik learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evo | Crunch | Dark | Physical | 80 |
| 1 | Headbutt | Normal | Physical | 70 |
| 1 | Thunder Wave | Electric | Status | — |
| 1 | Spark | Electric | Physical | 65 |
| 1 | Charge Beam | Electric | Special | 50 |
| 9 | Bind | Normal | Physical | 15 |
| 19 | Acid | Poison | Special | 40 |
| 29 | Discharge | Electric | Special | 80 |
| 44 | Thunderbolt | Electric | Special | 90 |
| 49 | Acid Spray | Poison | Special | 40 |
| 54 | Coil | Poison | Status | — |
| 59 | Wild Charge | Electric | Physical | 90 |
| 64 | Gastro Acid | Poison | Status | — |
| 69 | Zap Cannon | Electric | Special | 120 |
| 74 | Thrash | Normal | Physical | 120 |
“Evo” means Eelektrik learns the move the moment it evolves: Crunch.
TM moves (34)
Eelektrik can learn 34 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Thunder Fang, Acid Spray, Acrobatics, Charge Beam, Facade, Endure, Volt Switch, Rain Dance, U-turn, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Electro Ball, Light Screen, Thunder Wave, Rest, Flash Cannon, Eerie Impulse, Substitute, Crunch, Giga Drain, Thunderbolt, Electric Terrain, Wild Charge, Thunder, Tera Blast, Charge, Knock Off, Super Fang, Lunge, Electroweb, Throat Chop.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Amorphous.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 60 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 2 Attack effort values.
- Base experience yield: 142.
Pokédex entries
These Pokémon have a big appetite. When they spot their prey, they attack it and paralyze it with electricity. (White, Y, Alpha Sapphire)
It wraps itself around its prey and paralyzes it with electricity from the round spots on its sides. Then it chomps. (Black 2, White 2, X, Omega Ruby)
They coil around foes and shock them with electricity-generating organs that seem simply to be circular patterns. (Black)
Names around the world
| Japanese | シビビール |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Shibibeel |
| French | Lampéroie |
| German | Zapplalek |
| Spanish | Eelektrik |
| Italian | Eelektrik |
| Korean | 저리릴 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 麻麻鳗 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 麻麻鰻 |
Trivia
- Taller than 58% of all Pokémon (1.2 m).
- Heavier than 45% of all Pokémon (22 kg).
- Base stat total 405, ranked #605 of 1,025.
- One of 69 Electric-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 170 blue Pokémon.
- Number 110 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
- Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
- Can learn 43 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 60: about 7.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 3 distinct Pokédex entries.
Sources and fact-checking
- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Eelektrik (Pokémon), Serebii: Eelektrik (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (ee-LEK-trik): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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