#0100 · Ball Pokémon
Voltorb
Voltorb›
ElectrodeCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #97 · 8 votes · median A
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Rank #289 · 12 votes · median A
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Game data
Abilities
- Soundproof
Soundproofing gives the Pokémon full immunity to all sound-based moves.
- Static
The Pokémon is charged with static electricity and has a 30% chance to paralyze attackers that hit it with a contact move.
- AftermathHidden
When the Pokémon is knocked out by a contact move, the attacker takes damage equal to ¼ of their max HP.
Boosts the power of the Pokémon’s Electric-type moves by 30%.
Egg moves
- Nasty PlotDarkStatus— · —
The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. This sharply boosts the user’s Sp. Atk stat.
- Fusion FlareFireSpecial100 pow · 100%
The user brings down a giant flame. This move’s power is doubled if used after Fusion Bolt. The user is thawed out if it is frozen.
- Energy BallGrassSpecial90 pow · 100%
The user draws power from nature and fires it at the target. This move has a 10% chance of lowering the target’s Sp. Def stat.
- Electro DriftElectricSpecial100 pow · 100%Rare egg move
The user races forward at ultrafast speeds, piercing its target with futuristic electricity. This move’s power is boosted by 33% if it’s a supereffective hit.
Base stats
Voltorb · BST 330
Electrode · BST 490
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-2 starter:
- Passive ability
- 40 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 25 / 60 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 30 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Voltorb eggs: 27 🍬 after 20 hatches, 22 🍬 after 40 hatches, 15 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 50
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Voltorb needs 50 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.