Pokémon Go Electric Cup – Great League Edition: Best Pokémon

Throw more lightning bolts than Zeus with these monsters

Contents

1. Pokémon Go Electric Cup: Best Leads
2. Pokémon Go Electric Cup: Best Safe Switches
3. Pokémon Go Electric Cup: Best Closers
4. Pokémon Go Electric Cup: Best Attackers

Electric Cup: Great League Edition, another limited format for the Pokémon Go PvP mode, will wake you right up with some effective shock therapy, in case you have trouble leaving your hibernation phase in the face of the oncoming Spring.

Electric Cup will run from March 1 to 8, 2024, alongside the Great League as an opener for the World of Wonders Season, for which this guide has been update.

This Go Battle League competition runs on a special ruleset limiting participating Pokémon to a maximum amount of 1,500 competition points (CP). Here’s another limitation you won’t find as shocking: Only Electric-type Pokémon may take part in this tournament, though there are four exceptions. Stunfisk, Heliolisk, Charjabug, and Vikavolt are outright banned from being fielded.

Electric Cup is back for another round.

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Shock your opponents with the best Pokémon for Electric Cup – Great League Edition in Pokémon Go based on statistics and simulations provided by PvPoke.com.

Pokémon Go Electric Cup: Best Leads

You’ll want one of these Pokémon to open up the battle on your side. Their aggressiveness puts pressure on your opponent right from the beginning, while they are tough enough to survive a bit of punishment. This gives you time to think over your next steps and might give you an advantage in a battle of attrition. Ideally, of course, you achieve a quick first knockout.

1. Shadow Luxray (Hidden Power (Ground), Psychic Fangs, Wild Charge)
2. Luxray (Hidden Power (Ground), Psychic Fangs, Wild Charge)
3. Shadow Magnezone (Volt Switch, Wild Charge, Mirror Shot)
4. Hisuian Electrode (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge, Energy Ball)
5. Electrode (Volt Switch, Foul Play, Hyper Beam)
6. Manectric (Snarl, Overheat, Psychic Fangs)
7. Minun (Quick Attack, Grass Knot, Discharge)
8. Galvantula (Fury Cutter, Lunge, Energy Ball)
9. Shadow Luxio^(XL) (Bite, Wild Charge, Crunch)
10. Lanturn (Water Gun, Surf, Thunderbolt)

(XL) = Pokémon requires Candy XL to reach optimal battle performance.

Pokémon Go Electric Cup: Best Safe Switches

Should the initial pairing be to your disadvantage, you need to consider switching out your lead monster for another Pokémon. This is where Safe Switches come into play. They are either strong leads themselves or are specialized in countering some of the more popular members of that category. In any case, a switch will preserve your original lead to fight later on in the battle and perhaps force your opponent to also adapt their strategy on the fly, equalizing the battle once again.

1. Lanturn (Water Gun, Surf, Thunderbolt)
2. Minun (Quick Attack, Grass Knot, Discharge)
3. Manectric^(S) (Snarl, Overheat, Psychic Fangs)
4. Shadow Luxray (Hidden Power (Ground), Psychic Fangs, Wild Charge)
5. Shadow Ampharos (Volt Switch, Brutal Swing, Trailblaze)
6. Shadow Magnezone (Volt Switch, Wild Charge, Mirror Shot)
7. Shadow Alolan Graveler (Volt Switch, Stone Edge, Rock Blast)
8. Galvantula^(S) (Fury Cutter, Lunge, Energy Ball)
9. Luxray (Hidden Power (Ground), Psychic Fangs, Wild Charge)
10. Hisuian Electrode (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge, Energy Ball)

(S) = Regular form and Shadow form perform comparably.

Pokémon Go Electric Cup: Best Closers

Once no shields are left in play on either side, you’ll want to use one of these Pokémon. They are incredibly tough thanks to their high defense and plenty of useful resistances or can knock out an opponent in one blow with their powerful Charged Attack.

1. Electrode (Volt Switch, Foul Play, Hyper Beam)
2. Hisuian Electrode (Thunder Shock, Wild Charge, Energy Ball)
3. Pawmot (Spark, Close Combat, Wild Charge)
4. Galvantula (Fury Cutter, Lunge, Energy Ball)
5. Lanturn (Water Gun, Surf, Thunderbolt)
6. Shadow Alolan Graveler (Volt Switch, Stone Edge, Rock Blast)
7. Dedenne (Tackle, Play Rough, Discharge)
8. Shadow Galvantula (Fury Cutter, Lunge, Energy Ball)
9. Minun (Quick Attack, Grass Knot, Discharge)
10. Shadow Electrode (Volt Switch, Foul Play, Hyper Beam)

Pokémon Go Electric Cup: Best Attackers

If you’re left without shields while facing an opponent who still has that option available, these Pokémon are your best friends. They combine important resistances and powerful Fast Attacks to compensate for this disadvantage. For this reason, you rarely see Shadow forms in this role – they take more damage than their regular counterparts, making them a risky card to pull out at this stage of a match.

1. Lanturn (Water Gun, Surf, Thunderbolt)
2. Pachirisu^(XL) (Volt Switch, Thunder Punch, Thunderbolt)
3. Luxray^(S) (Hidden Power (Ground), Psychic Fangs, Wild Charge)
4. Minun (Quick Attack, Grass Knot, Discharge)
5. Magnezone^(S) (Volt Switch, Wild Charge, Mirror Shot)
6. Alolan Graveler (Rock Throw, Stone Edge, Rock Blast)
7. Luxio^(XL) (Bite, Wild Charge, Crunch)
8. Alolan Golem (Rock Throw, Rock Blast, Stone Edge)
9. Flaaffy^(XL) (Tackle, Trailblaze, Discharge)
10. Alolan Geodude^(XL) (Rock Throw, Rock Slide, Rock Tomb)

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