nitnit
Normally Evire uses Ice Punch vs. Dragons, and their defenses are normally very close to one another, you want the higher attacking power. Also, you probably won't keep him in vs. a ground wall, ((Hippowdon > Electivire))
I know that dragons are very close together, teams usually have better Dragon counters though, Electvire gets beat out by alot of dragons without motor drive and Garchomp has EQ which will take care of Electire before it has a chance to do anything, so I can see my bro's point, despite the dragon issue.