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Electabuzz in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Electabuzz’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Electric typing, base stats, original abilities, evolution requirements and exact Platinum moves.

Edition covered

Original Nintendo DS release; not Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl.

01

Generation IV identity and base stats

Electabuzz is Sinnoh #198 and National #125. Its Platinum typing is Electric. The stats below describe its standard Platinum form on the original Nintendo DS cartridge. Later Fairy typing, stat buffs and Hidden Abilities are excluded.

The existing Platinum sprite shows its standard Platinum form; gender, cloak or alternate forms can have different appearances.

Electabuzz
Electabuzz: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #198.
Electabuzz Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP65
Attack83
Defense57
Sp. Atk95
Sp. Def85
Speed105
Total490
02

Where to obtain it in Platinum

Check the location, method and conditions before travelling. A gift, trade, Honey Tree, daily replacement or stationary interaction is different from ordinary grass. Level ranges combine matching documented encounter slots.

These records are filtered to Platinum. Time, Poké Radar, swarm, GBA insertion, daily and story conditions remain separate. Postgame areas require their story access; no listed area is promised to be open on a fresh save.

Encounter methods · Legendaries, gifts and historical requirements · Sinnoh map and routes

Electabuzz recorded Platinum encounters
Location / areaMethodLevelCondition
Route 222Grass / cave walking39No swarm required
Route 222Grass / cave walking41Time Morning
Route 222Grass / cave walking41Time Day
03

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Electabuzz regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
ElekidElectabuzzLevel 30
ElectabuzzElectivireTrade holding Electirizer

Friendship evolution uses the original threshold of 220. Held-item trades need a compatible second game and system. Platinum uses special rocks, Mt. Coronet magnetic evolutions, learned-move requirements and Beauty rather than later replacement methods.

Evolution, forms and Pokédex completion

04

Original abilities, breeding and training

Electabuzz Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
StaticRegular ability slot 1

Hidden Abilities did not exist in Generation IV. The table restores original ability slots where a species changed in later games; an ability’s modern behavior must not be assumed to match Platinum.

Electabuzz breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio25% female / 75% male
Egg group(s)Human-Like
Base hatch cycles25
Experience growthMedium Fast
Base capture rate45 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedSpeed +2

The Solaceon Town Day Care supports breeding before the League. Undiscovered species cannot produce Eggs. Some baby forms require the matching incense on a parent, while trade evolutions still need the trade rather than only a Day Care level.

Platinum breeding, EV, IV and nature rules

05

Platinum level-up moves

Electabuzz exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveLeer
1 / starting moveQuick Attack
1 / starting moveThunderShock
7ThunderShock
10Low Kick
16Swift
19Shock Wave
25Light Screen
28ThunderPunch
37Discharge
43Thunderbolt
52Screech
58Thunder

Every row uses the Platinum version group. Level 1 moves include starting and reminder moves; a later caught specimen need not already know every entry. Evolution timing affects which stage learns a move. Pastoria’s Move Reminder charges a Heart Scale.

06

Compatible Platinum TMs and HMs

Electabuzz Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM01Focus PunchFightingPhysical
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM15Hyper BeamNormalSpecial
TM16Light ScreenPsychicStatus
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM23Iron TailSteelPhysical
TM24ThunderboltElectricSpecial
TM25ThunderElectricSpecial
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM29PsychicPsychicSpecial
TM31Brick BreakFightingPhysical
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM34Shock WaveElectricSpecial
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM46ThiefDarkPhysical
TM52Focus BlastFightingSpecial
TM56FlingDarkPhysical
TM57Charge BeamElectricSpecial
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM68Giga ImpactNormalPhysical
TM70FlashNormalStatus
TM73Thunder WaveElectricStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
HM04StrengthNormalPhysical
HM06Rock SmashFightingPhysical
HM08Rock ClimbNormalPhysical

Platinum TMs are single-use: teaching one consumes that copy. HMs are reusable and require the Move Deleter to be forgotten. Defog is HM05 and Rock Climb is HM08; these are the Generation IV field moves, with their own badge requirements.

All Platinum TM/HM locations and field badges

07

Egg moves and Platinum Move Tutors

No Platinum Egg moves are recorded for this form.

Recorded Platinum tutor compatibility: Fire Punch, Helping Hand, Ice Punch, Magnet Rise, Mud Slap, Signal Beam, Snore, Swift, ThunderPunch.

Tutor compatibility does not mean every listed technique comes from the same shard tutor. Starter ultimate moves, Draco Meteor and other special services have their own requirements.

Tutor locations, shard costs, special tutors and the Move Reminder

08

Related species and return to the Pokédex

Return to Electabuzz in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Electabuzz’s exact Platinum method and condition. Daily encounters, counterpart-game species, original evolution rules and external Egg requirements need separate collection plans.

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