Why is Electric not super-effective against Steel?

Apr. 15, 2012

i was playing platinum earlier and used an electric attack on a sheildon. and was started to think, “why isn’t electric super effective against steel types?” i mean electric is good on water and flying because electricity passes through water and air easily. but electricity also travels through steel. so why is it not super efective?

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Actually neither water nor air conduct electricity at all. Mixing water with electricity creates sparks though: this is due to the impurities in the water. Electricity can pass through air only when a huge static charge has built up (as in lightning).

The thing with steel is that because it is such agoodconductor, electricity just passes through it, causing little damage. Electricity in water causes a lot of sparks, doing more damage.