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Electrode

Electrode is most famous for having the highest Speed of any Pokémon in the game, and with it comes the highest critical hit rate (27.45%). Other than its Speed, Electrode doesn't have much going for it: poor defenses, equally poor Attack, mediocre Special, and a bad movepool. Electrode is best used as a hit and run Pokémon that uses Thunder Wave to paralyze as many of the opponent's Pokémon as possible. When its usefulness is up, Explode for a decent chunk of damage. Keep Electrode healthy, as it will not like taking attacks from other Pokémon at all. If you like to press your luck, you can try to keep Electrode around by hoping for critical hits and full paralysis, and directly attack the opponent with Thunder/Thunderbolt. Use prediction and Electrode can actually be quite useful, though not as good as other Pokémon like Jolteon.

Other Options

Electrode is pretty limited in terms of options. Flash can stop the opponent from attacking, and combined with paralysis it might just work, but it's very luck based. Light Screen and Reflect are options, but Electrode has pathetic defenses, and they won't help it last much longer.

Opinion

Electrode excels at one thing and one thing only: Speed. Its Speed stat allows it to hit any Pokémon first, provided Electrode isn't paralyzed. While this would normally make for a very good Pokémon, its sub-par movepool and other stats make this a pretty bad Pokémon. Outclassed by Jolteon in nearly every respect, Electrode has very few things going for it. However, despite being outclassed by other Electric-types, Electrode does have an exceptionally fast (albeit weak) Explosion, a great critical hit percentage, and the fastest status inducing move in the game. Electrode is a hit and run Pokémon and should be used accordingly—spreading status and finally Exploding when its usefulness is up.

Counters

Golem and Rhydon shut Electrode down completely. Exeggutor resists Electrode's Electric attacks, and doesn't take too much damage from Explosion. You have to be careful when attempting to take out Electrode, because it will almost always paralyze your Pokémon if it already isn't, so keep things like Tauros away. Things that don't mind being paralyzed, or are already paralyzed, can take out Electrode with very few problems. A paralyzed Electrode is a dead Electrode. Just be wary of Explosion.