Galvantula
The EleSpider Pokemon
“Galvantula are hairy yellow and blue spiders. They appear to have six blue eyes, four of which are small and are located in the middle of their foreheads between two larger eyes which have pupils. They have a jagged purple stripe on their backs; their underside is also purple. Their connecting leg segments, as well as their single-toed feet, are dark blue in coloration. Spiky, hairy blue features fringe their abdomens.” – Bulbapedia
Galvantula. My favourite Pokemon to come out of Generation V. He’s got an awesome typing that only gives him two weaknesses, and his typing allows him to hit five types for super effective, with his STAB alone (Psychic, Dark, Grass, Flying, Water). Sadly, that’s not much, but Galvantula’s got a decent movepool, with Hidden Power and Energy Ball allowing him to improve on those. Let’s check out this awesome, electrically charged spider’s base stats!
HP: 70
Attack: 77
Defense: 60
Sp. Attack: 97
Sp. Defense: 60
Speed: 108
What is this, I don’t even? Why Gamefreak, did you have to troll Galvantula and give him 97 Sp Attack, instead of 100? Same with his Speed not being 110. Like, what’s up with that? Still, 97 and 108 aren’t all that bad. Galvantula outspeeds base 100 Pokemon, which is always good, and hits hard on the special side. His Attack, which he won’t be using, was unfortunately trolled as well with 77. Why not 80 Gamefreak? It makes things so much neater in my world! Anyways, Galvantula’s moveset is pretty good. Here are a few moves the spider can put to good use.
Thunderbolt: Yay STAB Thunderbolt! That’s always welcome! You’re opponent’s not going to want to bring in a Flying type against your Bug now!
Thunder: With CompoundEyes, this move’s accuracy gets boosted up to 91%! That’s pretty awesome. Almost guaranteed to be run on all CompoundEyes sets.
Bug Buzz: I’m not sure how Galvantula vibrates its wings to produce the buzz, like the move’s description says, but Galvantula learns it, and tears up Grass, Dark, and Psychic types with it! Yay!
Energy Ball: Yay for TM Energy Ball! Galvantula can use this to defeat the evil Ground types who switch into his Thunders!
Volt Switch: A move made to give Electric types everywhere the ability to do what Bug types can do. Hit and run. Too bad Galvantula already could with U-Turn, although, Volt Switch does run off of the Special Attack stat, so in Galvantula’s case, Volt Switch > U-Turn
Spider Web: Yay! Let’s trap your opponent’s Water or Grass type! Now they can’t escape! Muahaha! Aren’t we evil?
Anyways, that’s about it for the electric spider. For EVs, you’d probably want to always invest in Special Attack and Speed, as those are his greatest stats. The rest can be thrown into HP, or maybe Attack if you happen to run Sucker Punch. But I advise you all to use Galvantula! I went through the game story with one, and it completely destroyed. Plus, it’s prevo, Joltik, is just the cutest Pokemon ever! Who’s with me?
Yea… Galvantula. Use it! Guaranteed you’ll see one on my Bug team!
This is Tyranno Tycoon, Bug Elite 4, signing off!
The EleSpider Pokemon
“Galvantula are hairy yellow and blue spiders. They appear to have six blue eyes, four of which are small and are located in the middle of their foreheads between two larger eyes which have pupils. They have a jagged purple stripe on their backs; their underside is also purple. Their connecting leg segments, as well as their single-toed feet, are dark blue in coloration. Spiky, hairy blue features fringe their abdomens.” – Bulbapedia
Galvantula. My favourite Pokemon to come out of Generation V. He’s got an awesome typing that only gives him two weaknesses, and his typing allows him to hit five types for super effective, with his STAB alone (Psychic, Dark, Grass, Flying, Water). Sadly, that’s not much, but Galvantula’s got a decent movepool, with Hidden Power and Energy Ball allowing him to improve on those. Let’s check out this awesome, electrically charged spider’s base stats!
HP: 70
Attack: 77
Defense: 60
Sp. Attack: 97
Sp. Defense: 60
Speed: 108
What is this, I don’t even? Why Gamefreak, did you have to troll Galvantula and give him 97 Sp Attack, instead of 100? Same with his Speed not being 110. Like, what’s up with that? Still, 97 and 108 aren’t all that bad. Galvantula outspeeds base 100 Pokemon, which is always good, and hits hard on the special side. His Attack, which he won’t be using, was unfortunately trolled as well with 77. Why not 80 Gamefreak? It makes things so much neater in my world! Anyways, Galvantula’s moveset is pretty good. Here are a few moves the spider can put to good use.
Thunderbolt: Yay STAB Thunderbolt! That’s always welcome! You’re opponent’s not going to want to bring in a Flying type against your Bug now!
Thunder: With CompoundEyes, this move’s accuracy gets boosted up to 91%! That’s pretty awesome. Almost guaranteed to be run on all CompoundEyes sets.
Bug Buzz: I’m not sure how Galvantula vibrates its wings to produce the buzz, like the move’s description says, but Galvantula learns it, and tears up Grass, Dark, and Psychic types with it! Yay!
Energy Ball: Yay for TM Energy Ball! Galvantula can use this to defeat the evil Ground types who switch into his Thunders!
Volt Switch: A move made to give Electric types everywhere the ability to do what Bug types can do. Hit and run. Too bad Galvantula already could with U-Turn, although, Volt Switch does run off of the Special Attack stat, so in Galvantula’s case, Volt Switch > U-Turn
Spider Web: Yay! Let’s trap your opponent’s Water or Grass type! Now they can’t escape! Muahaha! Aren’t we evil?
Anyways, that’s about it for the electric spider. For EVs, you’d probably want to always invest in Special Attack and Speed, as those are his greatest stats. The rest can be thrown into HP, or maybe Attack if you happen to run Sucker Punch. But I advise you all to use Galvantula! I went through the game story with one, and it completely destroyed. Plus, it’s prevo, Joltik, is just the cutest Pokemon ever! Who’s with me?
Yea… Galvantula. Use it! Guaranteed you’ll see one on my Bug team!
This is Tyranno Tycoon, Bug Elite 4, signing off!
