Do you believe Electricity type needs another type SE to it?

[Midoriya]

(Note - Don't relate your answer and/or comments to competitive play. This question does not apply to that)

I noticed that, in the next generation, there should be a type that's good against Electricity. Here's my reasoning:

1. Electricity types can be really good special attackers and have good speed as well.
2. Now that the Fairy type has been released, Spiritomb and Sableye have a weakness now, and the only line of Pokemon that don't have any weaknesses still are Electric type (Tynamo, Eelektrik, and Eelektross)
3. From my studies the hardest gym (at least imo) this generation is the fifth one, the Electric gym, since there's not that many new ground type Pokemon, and the leader has a good strategy and share few weaknesses with their Pokemon.
4. In generation two dark and steel types were released, but only one type was released this generation. I feel like Nintendo should have released something to make sure Electricity is not too OP in this game too, so since they didn't then I think they should next generation.

What are your thoughts on this, and if another type would be released next generation to be SE against Electric types, what should the type be called?

 

[Blu Rose]

I think electricity sports its best counters in the fact that Dragon types exist. Grass and ground are along with this, so a starter type can really easily go rage and kill all of them. (for example, try doing the Mauville Gym in Pok?mon Emerald without a Grovyle or Marshtomp or Combusken. You will see that the gym becomes at least twice as hard.)

 

[KarlaKGB]

How can you ask a question regarding balance, and then disregard competitive? Competitive is the litmus test for power.

 

[Midoriya]

How can you ask a question regarding balance, and then disregard competitive? Competitive is the litmus test for power.

Because I'm basing the question I'm asking on story-line only.

 

[KarlaKGB]

How can you say electric have no weaknesses when one of the best moves in the game (Earthquake) exists?

 

[radical6]

its not op imo

 

[Midoriya]

How can you say electric have no weaknesses when one of the best moves in the game (Earthquake) exists?

I'm saying the Tynamo line has no weaknesses because of levitate. All other electric types are weak to good moves like Earthquake though.

 

[KarlaKGB]

By your logic, normal types are op because they only have one weakness.

 

[Midoriya]

By your logic, normal types are op because they only have one weakness.

I'm not basing it just on how many weaknesses they have though. I'm also basing it on how much they're used, their average stat chart, and other things as well.

 

[Silversea]

Electricity is pretty powerful, unless you have good special defense pokemon then they don't do too much. Thankfully tynamo line doesn't survive very well when you smack them.

I am indeed surprised they don't have another weakness by now, but then again what would it be...

 

[CM Mark]

If raised and trained right, Joltik/Galvantula is highly OP. It easily became one of my favorite Pokemon when I found it in White for the first time. I'm working on raising the perfect Galvantula right now in X. Wonder Trading the junk away even as we speak.

In other words, if you want a Joltik, go on Wonder Trade soon. Not all of the ones I am tossing out there are bad, just not what I was looking for.

 

[Silversea]

If raised and trained right, Joltik/Galvantula is highly OP. It easily became one of my favorite Pokemon when I found it in White for the first time. I'm working on raising the perfect Galvantula right now in X. Wonder Trading the junk away even as we speak.

In other words, if you want a Joltik, go on Wonder Trade soon. Not all of the ones I am tossing out there are bad, just not what I was looking for.

How would that take a flamethrower or flare blitz?

 

[CM Mark]

How would that take a flamethrower or flare blitz?

I had a level 50 Galvantula on my old copy of Black. A friend had a level 100 Emboar. He hit my Galvantula with a flare blitz, and it didn't even take away half of my HP. I hit one electro web, then one electro ball, he fainted. So yes, I think it holds up well against a fire type.

 

[Silversea]

I had a level 50 Galvantula on my old copy of Black. A friend had a level 100 Emboar. He hit my Galvantula with a flare blitz, and it didn't even take away half of my HP. I hit one electro web, then one electro ball, he fainted. So yes, I think it holds up well against a fire type.

I'd like to test this theory one day with my test/beta Ninetales.

 

[CM Mark]

I'd like to test this theory one day with my test/beta Ninetales.

Please note the use of the word "had". That DSi fell into the toilet with Black in it. I tried everything to revive it, but to no avail. Hence my desire to breed the perfect Galvantula in X. No Galvantula I ever had in my copy of White ever lived up to the life of Surge.

 

[KarlaKGB]

Galvantula is pretty terrible - it's only seen slightly elevated use because it now gets access to Sticky Web.

 

[Farobi]

Galvantula's niche as a Sticky Web setter is the only thing going for it, really; but it still is a viable choice of a Pokemon for hyper offensive teams because of what Sticky Web can achieve.

 

[puppy]

um this thread????
if anything, steel types are OP

but seriously though, if this isnt applied to competitive, i dont see how you can say any particular type is OP???
especially since you can go through the main story easily with the crappiest pokemon ever.

 

[KarlaKGB]

Suicide leads like Galvantula are on the way out because of Defog. Now, your opponent has a guaranteed way of clearing your hazards, and you're left with 5 Pokemon.

 

[Dembonez19]

I had a level 50 Galvantula on my old copy of Black. A friend had a level 100 Emboar. He hit my Galvantula with a flare blitz, and it didn't even take away half of my HP. I hit one electro web, then one electro ball, he fainted. So yes, I think it holds up well against a fire type.

There is absolutely no way a level 50 Galvantula can take less than half damage from a level 100 Emboar. With the level difference, Galvantula would go down...no ifs, ands, or buts.

Did you both have your Pokemon set to level 50? If both were at level 50, a Timid (-Att +Spe) Emboar with 0 IVs and 0 EVs in attack would still do more than half.

Emboar - Timid - Level 50 - 0 IVs & 0 EVs in Attack
Galvantula - Impish - Level 50 - 31 IVs & 252 EVs in Defense & HP

Flare Blitz (120 base power) takes away somewhere between 72%-86%. I highly doubt you invested those EVs into an Impish Galvantula because that isn't focusing on its best stats. If Emboar was an in-game Emboar, there would be some Attack EVs there as well. Even still, if this WAS the case, Flare Blitz still took well over half.

Are you sure your Galvantula wasn't level 100 and his Emboar was level 50? If so, then Galvantula's strength can't be based off of it since that wasn't a fair fight.

Anyway, to answer the main question in this thread, no I don't think Electric-types are OP. They're pretty weak defensively and a lot of the pure Electric-types suffer from shallow movepools.