Discharge (move): Difference between revisions

Discharge (Japanese: ほうでん Electrical Discharge) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Discharge damages all adjacent Pokémon on the field except the user and has a 30% chance of paralyzing each of them.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, Discharge attacks every enemy in the room, every enemy within 2 squares in passageways and every enemy within a square in very dimly lit passageways.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric 37 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 38 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 40 0125 Electabuzz Electric 37 0135 Jolteon Electric 78 0137 Porygon Normal 40 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying 50 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 34 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 40 0179 Mareep Electric 28 0180 Flaaffy Electric 31 0181 Ampharos Electric 34 0233 Porygon2 Normal 40 0239 Elekid Electric 34 0243 Raikou Electric 57 0299 Nosepass Rock 49 0299 Nosepass Rock 55 0309 Electrike Electric 41 0310 Manectric Electric 49 0403 Shinx Electric 41 0404 Luxio Electric 48 0405 Luxray Electric 56 0417 Pachirisu Electric 29 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel 40 0466 Electivire Electric 37 0474 Porygon-Z Normal 40 0476 Probopass Rock Steel 49 0476 Probopass Rock Steel 55 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 50 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 50 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 50 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 50 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 50 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 50 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0309 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Electrike
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos
Electrike, Manectric
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Pachirisu |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0311 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Plusle
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Pachirisu |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0312 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Minun
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Pachirisu

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric 42 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 43 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 46 0125 Electabuzz Electric 77 0135 Jolteon Electric 78 0137 Porygon Normal 40 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying 50 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 39 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 47 0179 Mareep Electric 37 0180 Flaaffy Electric 42 0181 Ampharos Electric 48 0233 Porygon2 Normal 40 0239 Elekid Electric 41 0243 Raikou Electric 57 0299 Nosepass Rock 55 0309 Electrike Electric 41 0310 Manectric Electric 49 0403 Shinx Electric 41 0404 Luxio Electric 48 0405 Luxray Electric 56 0417 Pachirisu Electric 41 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel 46 0466 Electivire Electric 44 0474 Porygon-Z Normal 40 0476 Probopass Rock Steel 55 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 64 0479 Rotom Electric Fire 64 0479 Rotom Electric Water 64 0479 Rotom Electric Ice 64 0479 Rotom Electric Flying 64 0479 Rotom Electric Grass 64 0522 Blitzle Electric 32 0523 Zebstrika Electric 36 0587 Emolga Electric Flying 50 0595 Joltik Bug Electric 45 0596 Galvantula Bug Electric 54 0599 Klink Steel 42 0600 Klang Steel 44 0601 Klinklang Steel 44 0603 Eelektrik Electric 29 0604 Eelektross Electric -- 0618 Stunfisk Ground Electric 25 0642 Thundurus Electric Flying 43 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0309 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Electrike
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos
Electrike, Manectric
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Pachirisu
Blitzle, Zebstrika
Emolga |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0311 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Plusle
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Pachirisu |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0312 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Minun
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Pachirisu

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Luxio discharge.png Luxio File:Pachirisu Discharge.png Pachirisu Galvantula Emolga
The user charges and then releases blue electricity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Pachirisu's cheeks start to releases light blue sparks and it fires tons of light blue beams of electricity from its body all around it.
Dawn's Pachirisu	Twice Smitten, Once Shy		Debut
	Magneton releases multiple light blue beams of electricity from its body at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Magneton	Settling a Not-So-Old Score!		None
	Luxio releases multiple bolts of blue electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Luxio	The Rise of Darkrai		None
A wild Luxio	Leading a Stray!		None
	Magnezone releases a light blue beam of electricity from its red eye at the opponent.
Zero's Magnezone	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		None
	Rotom releases light blue electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Rotom	Get Your Rotom Running!		None
	Magnemite releases multiple bolts of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Magnemite	Steeling Peace of Mind!		None
A Coordinator's Magnemite	Dawn of a Royal Day!		None
	Emolga releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Iris's Emolga	BW027		None
	Galvantula releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Galvantula	BW027		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Raichu Discharge Adventures.png Raichu File:Chatler Rayhiko Chatter Discharge.png Luxray
The user shoots electricity from its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Luxray releases electricity from its claws.
Pearl's Rayhiko	VS. Clefairy		Debut
	Raichu throws its tail to the ground and sends a wave of electricity through it.
Volkner's Raichu	VS. Electivire		None

Trivia

• The only Pokémon to not receive STAB from Discharge—the Nosepass and Porygon evolution families—are each able to learn at least 3 Electric-type moves by leveling up.
• Prior to Generation V, it was the only Electric-type move that hits more than one Pokémon.

In other languages

• Chinese: 放電 Fàngdiàn
• Dutch: Ontlading
• French: Coup d'Jus
• German: Ladungsstoß
• Greek: Εκφόρτωση
• Hindi: Chingari
• Italian: Scarica
• Korean: 방전 Bangjeon
• Polish: Wyładowanie
• Spanish: Chispazo

Variations of the move Waterfall
Waterfall • Poison Jab • Iron Head • Zing Zap Extrasensory • Dark Pulse • Scald

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.