The Pokémon games are full of pocket monsters that don’t quite fit the way that they’re classified and the fans of every generation are always quick to call out Game Freak when they think a Pokémon is the wrong type. From fire breathing dragons that aren’t actually dragons at all to psychic ducks that aren’t actually psychic type, fans are up in arms about a handful of monsters.
Electric types aren’t just Pikachu and the other electric rodents, but it isn't immune to this ever-present conundrum of incorrect typing. Many Pokémon seem like they oughta have some electricity coming out of them; whether it's their appearance, abilities, or just their move sets.
10 Mega Aggron
Aggron is the rock and steel type tunneller first introduced through the Hoenn region in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. With Mega-Evolution brought to the region in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Aggron received a curious Mega form that lost its rock typing. Why not take this a step farther and give Mega Aggron electric steel typing. With the Filter ability decreasing damage from super-effective attacks, four times weakness from ground type attacks would be partially mitigated and Aggron would gain helpful typing against pesky water types.
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Klink, Klang, and Klinklang
The steel gear trio introduced in Generation 5 each form adds bigger and better gears to this multipart evolution line. The gears float in the air and each evolution adds another piece to this rotating puzzle. The gears on the evolution line constantly spin producing… you guessed it. Electricity. This line being steel and electric type just makes perfect sense. Further, Kilklang’s moveset is just as much electric type attacks as it is steel. On top of all that, the line has the abilities Plus and Minus, which function like the plus and minus ends of a battery.
8 Duraludon (Gigantamax)
One of the latest dragon type additions to the Pokémon franchise, Duraludon, is a dragon and steel Pokémon that can Gigantamax into a massive skyscraper. Duraludon’s gigantamax form rockets into the air with a tall lightning rod at its peak.
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The swirling storm that surrounds a dynamaxed or gigantamaxed Pokémon in the Galar region is reason enough to turn Duraludon from a steel and dragon type into a dragon and electric type or steel and electric type. Further, Duraludon has glowing yellow eyes and that has to be some sort of sign… Right?
7 Genesect
The robotic legendary from the Unova region is the bug and steel type Pokémon, Genesect. As a robotic recreation of a long-extinct bug type pokemon, it would make sense for Genesect to be a steel type. However, it makes far more sense for it to be an electric type instead! With the ability to download hard-drives and change the typing of its signature moves, electricity must be coursing through this Pokémon’s very vein! Or whatever vein substitute robot bugs have… Wires maybe? Either way, Genesect would have a much more interesting design as an electric type rather than a steel type.
6 Porygon, Porygon-2, and Porygon-Z
The virtual Pokémon, Porygon, gained evolutions as the Pokémon games gained improved graphics. With the additions of Porygon-2 and Porygon-Z, it is increasingly clear that this evolutionary line shouldn’t be normal types at all, but instead, they should all be electric types. Or even electric and normal types! But for them to be just the normal type seems wrong. The three are virtual programs that couldn’t exist without electricity after all. Especially with their heavy reliance on the Zap Cannon electric type attack, it would really make a lot of sense for them to share this shocking typing.
5 Cobalion
The steel and fighting type Cobalion is the iron will Pokémon and a stalwart member of the swords of justice, Generation 5’s new legendary trio. Cobalion should be an electric type for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it has a light blue coloring that some might even call an “electric blue” that is far more reminiscent of lightning energy than steel. Secondly, Cobalion’s name is a play on the metal substance Cobalt, and while yes, it is a metal, it is most commonly used in the structure of batteries! Lastly, Cobalion has yellow/orange detailing across its body including two lightning bolt-shaped horns on its head. It just screams electric type.
4 Meltan and Melmetal
The hex nut Pokémon, Meltan and Melmetal, are two new steel type legendaries introduced through PokémonGo and the Let’s Go games. Meltan’s design screams “modern electric type” as a yellow bolt with a gooey metallic substance forming its body, but beyond its appearance, its statistical design seems like an electric type as well.
Out of the 7 attacks that Meltan learns, 2 of them are electric type! (That’s more than the one and only steel type attack it learns, Flash Cannon). On top of that, it has the Magnet Pull ability which stops steel types from escaping battle. Magnets. Electricity. Science. Boom. Meltan and Melmetal should be electric types.
3 Cinderace
Prior to the release of Pokémon Sword and Shield, fans speculated wildly about the secondary typing of the Galar starters. Many feared that Cinderace would be another fire and fighting type, like so many before it. But a select few fans hoped, prayed even, that the new fire type might be a fire and electric type, and for a while, it seemed that this might finally be a reality. With yellow streaks across its design, a Sonic-speed running animation, and a heart full of racing energy, our hopes were dashed as Cinderace turned out to be a plain fire-type Pokémon.
2 Probopass
The rock and steel type evolution to Nosepass, Probopass was first introduced in the Sinnoh region. Said to evolve due to magnetic waves in Mount Coronet, and evolving when leveled around electric rocks in later regions, Probopass has no excuse to not be an electric type Pokémon. With access to classic electric type moves like Thunder Wave, Discharge, and Zap Cannon, and a signature move in Magnet Rise, it makes no sense that Probopass isn’t a steel electric type or even a rock electric type.
1 Mega Sceptile
The grass and dragon type mega evolution of the Hoenn starter Sceptile was first introduced in the Hoenn remakes Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby. Sceptile’s mega evolution has glowing bulbs on its back and an X-mas tree looking tail that acts as a pseudo tesla coil.
This design itself speaks to the fact that Mega-Sceptile should be an electric type, but to top it off, it gains the ability Lightning Rod. This ability lets Mega-Sceptile absorb electric type attacks, a trait that would certainly be fitting if it actually was an electric type (which it isn’t).