--- title: "Electric/Bug Weakness: Resistances, Immunities & Pokémon | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/types/electric-bug" description: "Electric/Bug Pokémon are weak to Fire and Rock, which hit them for 2× damage. On pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-20" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" --- Dual type # Electric/Bug weakness **Electric/Bug Pokémon are weak to Fire and Rock, which hit them for 2× damage.** They resist 4 types and take normal damage from 12 types. ## Electric/Bug damage taken | Damage | Attacking types | | --- | --- | | 2× | [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock) | | 1× | [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal), [Water](https://pokee.si/types/water), [Ice](https://pokee.si/types/ice), [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison), [Ground](https://pokee.si/types/ground), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying), [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug), [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost), [Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/dragon), [Dark](https://pokee.si/types/dark), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) | | ½× | [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric), [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting), [Steel](https://pokee.si/types/steel) | ## Best types to use against Electric/Bug To beat a Electric/Bug Pokémon, use Fire and Rock moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Fighting (½×) and Steel (½×). Electric/Bug and Bug/Electric are the same typing: in battle the order of a Pokémon's two types makes no difference, so a Bug/Electric search lands on this page too. Going the other way, Electric and Bug moves between them hit Water, Grass, Flying, Psychic and Dark super effectively. 5 Pokémon have the Electric/Bug typing: 4 species and 1 alternate form, first appearing in Generation 5 and spanning 2 generations to Generation 7. The highest base stat total is Vikavolt with 500; the average across the group is 438. ## Abilities that change Electric/Bug matchups Some Electric/Bug Pokémon have an ability that overrides the type chart. These are the ones that do: - [Levitate](https://pokee.si/abilities/levitate) floats the Pokémon off the ground, so Ground moves miss (Ground 1× to 0×). Held by [Vikavolt](https://pokee.si/pokemon/vikavolt), [Totem Vikavolt](https://pokee.si/pokemon/vikavolt?form=vikavolt-totem). ## 5 Electric/Bug Pokémon - [Joltik](https://pokee.si/pokemon/joltik) - [Galvantula](https://pokee.si/pokemon/galvantula) - [Charjabug](https://pokee.si/pokemon/charjabug) - [Vikavolt](https://pokee.si/pokemon/vikavolt) - [Totem Vikavolt](https://pokee.si/pokemon/vikavolt?form=vikavolt-totem) (form) ## Quick answers ### What is Electric/Bug weak to? Electric/Bug Pokémon are weak to Fire and Rock, which hit them for 2× damage. ### What is Electric/Bug immune to? Electric/Bug Pokémon have no type immunities. ### What resists Electric/Bug? Electric/Bug Pokémon resist Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Fighting (½×) and Steel (½×). ### What is the best type against Electric/Bug? To beat a Electric/Bug Pokémon, use Fire and Rock moves: they deal 2× damage. Do not waste turns on Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Fighting (½×) and Steel (½×). ## Related type pages Single types: [Electric](https://pokee.si/types/electric), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug). [All dual-type combinations](https://pokee.si/types/dual). [Type chart and calculator](https://pokee.si/types). ### More Electric combinations - [Normal/Electric](https://pokee.si/types/normal-electric) - [Fire/Electric](https://pokee.si/types/fire-electric) - [Water/Electric](https://pokee.si/types/water-electric) - [Electric/Grass](https://pokee.si/types/electric-grass) - [Electric/Ice](https://pokee.si/types/electric-ice) - [Electric/Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/electric-fighting) - [Electric/Poison](https://pokee.si/types/electric-poison) - [Electric/Ground](https://pokee.si/types/electric-ground) - [Electric/Flying](https://pokee.si/types/electric-flying) - [Electric/Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/electric-psychic) - [Electric/Rock](https://pokee.si/types/electric-rock) - [Electric/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/electric-ghost) - [Electric/Dragon](https://pokee.si/types/electric-dragon) - [Electric/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/electric-dark) - [Electric/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/electric-steel) - [Electric/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/electric-fairy) ### More Bug combinations - [Fire/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/fire-bug) - [Water/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/water-bug) - [Grass/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/grass-bug) - [Ice/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/ice-bug) - [Fighting/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/fighting-bug) - [Poison/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/poison-bug) - [Ground/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/ground-bug) - [Flying/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/flying-bug) - [Psychic/Bug](https://pokee.si/types/psychic-bug) - [Bug/Rock](https://pokee.si/types/bug-rock) - [Bug/Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/bug-ghost) - [Bug/Dark](https://pokee.si/types/bug-dark) - [Bug/Steel](https://pokee.si/types/bug-steel) - [Bug/Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/bug-fairy) --- Source: https://pokee.si/types/electric-bug (HTML page). pokee.si is an unofficial fan site and is not affiliated with Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company. 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