#0101 · Kanto · Generation 1

Electrode

Ball Pokémon · Electric-type

Electrode is a Electric-type Pokémon, the Ball Pokémon, number 101 (#0101) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the Kanto region. It is 1.2 m tall and weighs 66.6 kg.

Electrode is the Ball Pokémon, the smiling evolution of Voltorb and the fastest Pokémon in Generation I. The Pokédex gives it a nickname that tells you what to expect: the Bomb Ball.

How to pronounce Electrode

Electrode is pronounced ih-LEK-trohd. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Electrode said out loud:

In Japanese it is マルマイン (Marumine).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Electrode is an upside-down Poké Ball, white on top and red below, with black slit eyes, heavy eyebrows and a smile. It is 1.2 m across and weighs 66.6 kg. The Pokédex says it stores electricity under very high pressure, and that it can drift on the wind when bloated with charge.

Behaviour

Electrode explodes with little or no provocation, and one entry says that when it has too much electricity and nothing to do, it explodes for fun. The more energy it stores, the faster it moves and the likelier it is to burst.

Habitat

Power plants, where it feeds on newly generated electricity. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in West Province Area Three and in 4-star Tera Raid Battles, and Hisuian Electrode arrives through Pokémon HOME. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

Diet

It eats electricity. The Pokédex says crowds of them at power plants cause massive blackouts, and on stormy days one can eat so much that it bursts.

Powers

It has Soundproof, Static and the hidden Aftermath. A base Speed of 150 lets it strike first with Thunderbolt, Volt Switch or Foul Play, or go out with Explosion. Hisuian Electrode is an Electric and Grass type with a wooden top; it stores chlorophyll energy as well as electricity, and the Pokédex says it can unleash current equal to 20 lightning bolts.

Name origin

Electrode may combine 'electric' and 'explode', with a pun on the electrode through which current passes. Its Japanese name is Marumine (マルマイン), perhaps maru ('circle') plus 'mine'.

Design inspiration

Electrode may draw on ball lightning, which suits its round shape and drifting, and on bombs or land mines. Voltorb's angry look and Electrode's smile may personify negative and positive charge, and they are swapped in the Hisuian forms. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Electrode is the final stage; Voltorb evolves into it at level 30, or with a Leaf Stone if it is Hisuian.

In the games

Lt. Surge has an Electrode in FireRed, LeafGreen and the Let's Go games, and Iono uses one in every rematch in Scarlet and Violet. In Legends: Arceus you challenge Lord Electrode of the Coronet Highlands.

In the anime

Electrode debuted in 'The Flame Pokémon-athon', as a racer in the Big P Pokémon Race. In 'Navel Maneuvers', Danny's Electrode uses its weight to help steer him down a mountain.

Fun facts

• In Generations I and II, Electrode is the only Electric type that learns no Electric move by levelling up.
• In Red, Blue, FireRed and LeafGreen you can have a level 3 Electrode by evolving a Viridian Forest Pikachu and swapping it with the old man in Cinnabar's Pokémon Lab.
• Hidenori Kusaka, author of the Pokémon Adventures manga, draws Electrode as his stand-in in the comment boxes.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Electrode (Pokémon) · Serebii: Electrode (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 60
• Attack: 50
• Defense: 70
• Sp. Atk: 80
• Sp. Def: 80
• Speed: 150

Electrode’s base stat total is 490. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Electrode weak to?

Electrode takes extra damage from Ground (2×) moves.

It resists Electric (½×), Flying (½×), Steel (½×).

Evolution

What does Electrode evolve from?

Electrode evolves from Voltorb (Level 30; Hisuian Voltorb: Leaf Stone).

Electrode is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Voltorb, Electrode.

Forms

• Hisuian Electrode (Hisuian form): Electric/Grass-type, base stat total 490 (HP 60, Attack 50, Defense 70, Sp. Atk 80, Sp. Def 80, Speed 150). Abilities: Soundproof, Static, Aftermath (hidden).

Abilities

• Soundproof: Protects against sound-based moves.
• Static: Has a 30% chance of paralyzing attacking Pokémon on contact.
• Aftermath (hidden ability): Damages the attacker for 1/4 its max HP when knocked out by a contact move.

Moves

Moves Electrode learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (35)

Electrode can learn 35 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Scary Face, Protect, Thief, Charge Beam, Facade, Swift, Endure, Volt Switch, Rain Dance, Foul Play, Sleep Talk, Electro Ball, Light Screen, Thunder Wave, Rest, Taunt, Eerie Impulse, Substitute, Thunderbolt, Helping Hand, Electric Terrain, Wild Charge, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Tera Blast, Charge, Gyro Ball, Double-Edge, Supercell Slam, Electroweb, Metal Sound, Curse.

Egg moves (2), which Voltorb can hatch knowing:Metal Sound, Recycle.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Mineral.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 60 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Speed effort values.
• Base experience yield: 172.

Pokédex entries

The tissue on the surface of its body is curiously similar in composition to an Apricorn. When irritated, this Pokémon lets loose an electric current equal to 20 lightning bolts. (Legends: Arceus)

Stores electrical energy inside its body. Even the slightest shock could trigger a huge explosion. (Yellow, Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)

One of Electrode's characteristics is its attraction to electricity. It is a problematical Pokémon that congregates mostly at electrical power plants to feed on electricity that has just been generated. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

Electrode eats electricity in the atmosphere. On days when lightning strikes, you can see this Pokémon exploding all over the place from eating too much electricity. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)

It stores an overflowing amount of electric energy inside its body. Even a small shock makes it explode. (Silver, SoulSilver, Y)

It explodes in response to even minor stimuli. It is feared, with the nickname of “The Bomb Ball.” (FireRed, X)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Fastest Pokémon in Gen 1: 150 Speed.
• Heaviest Electric type in Gen 1: 66.6 kg.
• Fastest Electric type in Gen 1: 150 Speed.
• Taller than 58% of all Pokémon (1.2 m).
• Heavier than 74% of all Pokémon (66.6 kg).
• Base stat total 490, ranked #338 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Speed, ranked #4 of 1,025.
• One of 69 Electric-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 101 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 47 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 60: about 7.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 11 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: Electrode (Pokémon), Serebii: Electrode (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (ih-LEK-trohd): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 19 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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