Helioptile is a Normal & Electric typing, even though it's not a great type combination, I do like the combo, and find both fit Helioptile perfectly. Anyways, Helioptile can be useful in playthroughs as it has decent abilities for in-game, a decent enough movepool, and okay enough stats for in-game. I'm not sure how great this pokemon is competitively, but I think it's alright if that's the route you are gearing towards using it in. Overall, Helioptile is a cool pokemon, and glad for its existence. As tough as this was to figure out which to take out, ultimately decided on this electric lizard.