Manectric?

[Retnoob]

I'm sort of new to net battling, but I'm curious as to why everyone considers Manectric underpowered. Is it just because of Jolteon outshining him or does he suck on his own? Looking at their base stats, Jolteon and Manectric are almost identical besides the 25 point speed lead Jolteon has. They used to have identical movesets as well, until Pokemon Diamond and Pearl that is. I was thinking that if Manectric had something like this:

Manectric @ Whatever
Static
252 Sp. Attack, 252 Speed, 6 HP
Timid (+speed, -attack)
Thunderbolt
Flamethrower
HP Grass
Thunder Wave/Substitute/some other utility move

Flamethrower gives him a nice edge against steel types and covers grass as well so that Manectric can change its HP from Ice to Water or Grass. HP Grass would be preferable, since it tears up rock/ground (Golem) as well as water/ground (Swampert). Is that 25 speed difference between him and Jolteon the thing that makes Manectric trash or could he potentially put up a good fight?

 

[Retnoob]

If you're wondering about HP Ice still being better, I figured that he's not gonna beat Aerodactyl anyway and water/ground is more of a threat than most dragon Pokemon (especially since you can still at least T-wave dragons).