Eelektross

It looks like an eel made to stay underwater, but it leaves the sea to hunt on land. It propels itself with its arms, latches onto prey with the sucker-like mouth and drags it back into the water after electrocuting it with its fangs. Its blue body measures 2.1 m and weighs 80.5 kg, with fins, clawed arms and visible electrical organs on its torso. Its design combines an electric eel with a lamprey, especially in its circular, jawless mouth and the teeth protruding around it. It is the final stage of its evolutionary line: Tynamo evolves into Eelektrik, which reaches its final form when exposed to a Thunder Stone. The result keeps the elongated shape of its pre-evolutions, but adds limbs capable of pulling it out of the water and attacking from the shore. Mega Eelektross expands on the same idea without changing the species it is based on: it remains a marine predator that turns physical contact into an electrical discharge.

It is not a top-tier competitive choice in current singles battles: on Smogon, it is listed in ZU for Scarlet and Violet. Its stat spread explains both its usefulness and its problems. It has 85 HP, 115 Attack and 105 Special Attack, so it can attack from either side; its 80 Defense and 80 Special Defense let it take moderate hits. The drawback is its 50 Speed: it almost always takes damage before moving and cannot afford to switch in many times without reliable recovery.

Levitate defines the set. It provides immunity to Ground-type attacks, which would be the natural weakness of an Electric Pokémon, and leaves it free to switch in against opponents that rely on that type. Electric also resists Electric-, Flying- and Steel-type attacks. Offensively, Volt Switch keeps the initiative, Flamethrower covers Grass and Steel species, and Giga Drain punishes Water- or Ground-type opponents while restoring HP. Knock Off, Drain Punch and Thunder Wave round out its physical and support options.

It works best by switching into weak special attacks, forcing switches and getting out with Volt Switch. Physical attackers, status-based wear and its lack of Speed hold it back. Gravity, Smack Down or attacks that nullify its ability also bring its Ground weakness back into play.

It belongs to the Amorphous Egg Group and has a gender ratio of 50% female. Its Eggs take 20 cycles to hatch, equivalent to approximately 5355 steps using the standard formula. The species grows in the Slow experience group and has a catch rate of 30, a figure that calls for bringing enough Poké Balls and weakening it carefully if it appears in the wild.

The evolutionary line starts with Tynamo. Eelektrik evolves upon reaching level 39, and then all it takes is a Thunder Stone to obtain Eelektross. This condition does not depend on the time of day, friendship or learning a move: the stone triggers the transformation directly. Mega Eelektross also exists as a form separate from normal evolution and linked to the Mega Evolution mechanic.