#0310 · Hoenn · Generation 3

Manectric

Discharge Pokémon · Electric-type

Manectric is a Electric-type Pokémon, the Discharge Pokémon, number 310 (#0310) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 1.5 m tall and weighs 40.2 kg.

Manectric is the Discharge Pokémon, a wolf-like Electric type that soaks up electricity in its mane and uses it to build thunderclouds. Because lightning falls near it, the Pokédex says people thought it was born from lightning.

How to pronounce Manectric

Manectric is pronounced muh-NEK-trik. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Manectric said out loud:

In Japanese it is ライボルト (Livolt).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Manectric is 1.5 m tall and 40.2 kg, a blue, wolf-like Pokémon with a spiky yellow mane that stands straight up in three points. It has red eyes, three claws on each paw and a blue spike-like tail bent at a sharp angle. The Pokédex says its mane collects electricity from the air and discharges it, creating a thundercloud over its head that it uses to drop lightning bolts.

Behaviour

Manectric keeps away from people: the Pokédex says it rarely appears before them. It also uses electricity on its own body, stimulating its muscles to move quickly and easing its soreness so it recovers fast. Its sparks sometimes start forest fires, according to the Pokédex.

Habitat

Grassland, in the Pokédex's habitat categories, and the Pokédex says it nests where a thunderbolt has struck. It is not in Scarlet and Violet. In Legends: Z-A it lives in Wild Zone 9 in Magenta District and in Lysandre Labs.

Powers

Manectric has Static or Lightning Rod, with Minus hidden. It strikes with Thunderbolt, Wild Charge and Discharge, snarls with Snarl and Crunch, and can burn foes with Flamethrower or Overheat. Mega Manectric, using Manectite, gains Intimidate, and Bulbapedia says its speed becomes equal to a lightning bolt, but it is so full of electricity that it cannot fully control it, which irritates it. Base Special Attack and Speed are both 105.

Name origin

Manectric may combine 'mane' and 'electric'. The Japanese name is Livolt (ライボルト), which may mix rai ('thunder'), 'lion', 'live' (electrically charged) and volt or bolt.

Design inspiration

Manectric shares traits with a canine and with the raijū of Japanese folklore, an elemental lightning creature, sometimes pictured as a blue wolf wreathed in bolts. Bulbapedia thinks Mega Manectric may borrow from the maned wolf, and notes that its snout resembles a crocodile clip. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Manectric evolves from Electrike at level 26 and is the final form of the line.

In the games

Wattson uses Manectric in Emerald, and it is his signature lead Pokémon in the Pokémon World Tournament of Black 2 and White 2, though it first appeared in Ruby and Sapphire. Mega Manectric appears in Legends: Z-A, and the Mega Dimension DLC places Manectric in Hyperspace Lumiose.

In the anime

Wattson's Manectric evolved from the Electrike that comforted him, and it beat Ash's Torkoal in 'Manectric Charge'. In 'Meeting at Terminus Cave!', Team Flare's Celosia sends a Manectric to chase Squishy, until Ash's Pikachu and Greninja stop it.

Fun facts

• In Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky a Manectric leads the Electrike Tribe as boss of Amp Plains, a job that Luxray and the Luxio Tribe held in Explorers of Time and Darkness.
• In the anime, the Officer Jennys of Kalos mostly use Manectric, since the usual Jenny partners, Growlithe and Herdier, do not come from Kalos.
• In the film Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, Cherie's Mega Wave controls a Mega-capable Manectric until Alva's Mega Wave Crystal is smashed.

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

Base stats

• HP: 70
• Attack: 75
• Defense: 60
• Sp. Atk: 105
• Sp. Def: 60
• Speed: 105

Manectric’s base stat total is 475. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk and Speed.

Type matchups

What is Manectric weak to?

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

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

Evolution

What does Manectric evolve from?

Manectric evolves from Electrike at level 26.

Manectric is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Electrike, Manectric.

Forms

• Mega Manectric (Mega): Electric-type, base stat total 575 (HP 70, Attack 75, Defense 80, Sp. Atk 135, Sp. Def 80, Speed 135). Ability: Intimidate.

Abilities

• Static: Has a 30% chance of paralyzing attacking Pokémon on contact.
• Lightning Rod: Redirects single-target Electric moves to this Pokémon where possible. Absorbs Electric moves, raising Special Attack one stage.
• Minus (hidden ability): Increases Special Attack to 1.5× when a friendly Pokémon has Plus or Minus.

Moves

Moves Manectric learns by level up in Sword / Shield

TM moves (37)

Manectric can learn 37 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Thunder Wave, Light Screen, Rest, Thief, Snore, Protect, Scary Face, Attract, Rain Dance, Facade, Swift, Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, Fire Fang, Round, Volt Switch, Snarl, Electric Terrain, Eerie Impulse, Body Slam, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Agility, Substitute, Endure, Sleep Talk, Iron Tail, Crunch, Uproar, Hyper Voice, Overheat, Electro Ball, Wild Charge, Psychic Fangs.

Egg moves (4), which Electrike can hatch knowing:Curse, Headbutt, Spark, Switcheroo.

Move tutor moves (1): Rising Voltage.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 45 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 Speed effort values.
• Base experience yield: 166.

Pokédex entries

It rarely appears before people. It is said to nest where lightning has fallen. (FireRed, LeafGreen, X, Shield)

It stimulates its own muscles with electricity, so it can move quickly. It eases its soreness with electricity, too, so it can recover quickly as well. (Ultra Moon, Sword)

Manectric can be found beneath unnatural thunderclouds. People say it can run at the same speed as lightning striking. (Ultra Sun)

Manectric discharges strong electricity from its mane. The mane is used for collecting electricity in the atmosphere. This Pokémon creates thunderclouds above its head. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

Manectric is constantly discharging electricity from its mane. The sparks sometimes ignite forest fires. When it enters a battle, this Pokémon creates thunderclouds. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)

It discharges electricity from its mane. It creates a thundercloud overhead to drop lightning bolts. (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, Y)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Electric type in Gen 3: 40.2 kg.
• Tallest Electric type in Gen 3: 1.5 m.
• Fastest Electric type in Gen 3: 105 Speed.
• Highest HP among Electric types in Gen 3: 70.
• Highest Attack among Electric types in Gen 3: 75.
• Highest Defense among Electric types in Gen 3: 60.
• Highest Sp. Atk among Electric types in Gen 3: 105.
• Highest base stat total among Electric types in Gen 3: 475.
• Taller than 72% of all Pokémon (1.5 m).
• Heavier than 61% of all Pokémon (40.2 kg).
• Base stat total 475, ranked #431 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Speed, ranked #100 of 1,025.
• One of 69 Electric-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 88 yellow Pokémon.
• Number 59 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 51 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 8 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: Manectric (Pokémon), Serebii: Manectric (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex), Bulbapedia: Wattson.
• Pronunciation (muh-NEK-trik): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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