Pokemon of the Week 8/14/11 Eelektross

This week we take a look at the electric eel Pokemon Eelektross in a more offensive light. Below I provide you with a view at its base stats along with my Ev spread suggestion. Something to note is that it can easily be switched to be a modest Sp.Atk sweeper, however it depends on your moveset preference.

Ability: Levitate

Nature: Adamant

Base Stats:

Hp-85

Atk-115

Def-80

Sp.Atk-105

Sp.Def-80

Spd-50

Ev Spread: (510)

Hp-248

Atk-252

Def-5

Sp.Atk-0

Sp.Def-5

Spd-0

Moveset Suggestions:

Set 1 Item:Life Orb

-Crunch

-Crush Claw

-Dragon Claw

-Hone Claw

Set 1 Side Notes: This highly physically offensive eel will be your heel for repelling type disadvantages. With the levitation ability, it is no longer affected by pesky ground types. Use this to surprise your opponents in a pinch where a flying Pokemon won't suffice for a switch. Once on the field, power up your attack power and accuracy with hone claws, and begin your sweeping finish! Optionally you may switch crush claw with a STAB electric move like Wild Charge. With copious amount of Hp from your Ev training, the Hp lost from Life Orb will be worth the damage increase, especially with hone claws enabled.

Set 2 Item: None

-Acrobatics

-Wild Charge

-Rock Slide

-U-Turn

Set 2 Side Notes: Again your high Hp and Attack allow this set to work well. Wild Charge has recoil, but a base damage of 90 with 100 percent accuracy makes it worth while with heightened hit points. Rock slide provides coverage from strong fire, flying, and ice types while also giving added flinch bonus effects sometimes. Acrobatics destroys bug and stalling grass Pokemon, but beware attaching items disables the sweet secondary effect of the move's power being boosted 100 percent. No items equal big power boosts on this particular move-set for Eelektross. U-Turn offers the user to switch with effective damage if Eelektross is grounded by a move like Smack Down.

Conclusion:

Eelektross makes a great sweeper if used with proper timing. You have to work around the small speed stat, perhaps by using the switch method or boosting stats then baton passing it off to this Poke could work. Use levitate to your advantage in keeping key players and retaliating properly. If you have further Ev spread suggestions post a comment to this Blog and create the collective of training knowledge=D Tune in to next week's PokeChat LiveCast hosted on www.whatzinsidemyhead.com Sunday @9:30pm Edt to catch the next Ev Trained Pokemon