Discharge (move)

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Discharge
ほうでん Electrical Discharge
Type  Electric
Category  Special
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  80
Accuracy  100%
Priority  0
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Unknown
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0  
+2 if first to appeal
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

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

Effect

Discharge damages all Pokémon on the field but the user. It also 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 Pikachu
Electric 37
0081 Magnemite Magnemite
Electric Steel 38
0082 Magneton Magneton
Electric Steel 40
0125 Electabuzz Electabuzz
Electric 37
0135 Jolteon Jolteon
Electric 78
0137 Porygon Porygon
Normal 40
0145 Zapdos Zapdos
Electric Flying 50
0170 Chinchou Chinchou
Water Electric 34
0171 Lanturn Lanturn
Water Electric 40
0179 Mareep Mareep
Electric 28
0180 Flaaffy Flaaffy
Electric 31
0181 Ampharos Ampharos
Electric 34
0233 Porygon2 Porygon2
Normal 40
0239 Elekid Elekid
Electric 34
0243 Raikou Raikou
Electric 57
0299 Nosepass Nosepass
Rock 49
0299 Nosepass Nosepass
Rock 55
0309 Electrike Electrike
Electric 41
0310 Manectric Manectric
Electric 49
0403 Shinx Shinx
Electric 41
0404 Luxio Luxio
Electric 48
0405 Luxray Luxray
Electric 56
0417 Pachirisu Pachirisu
Electric 29
0462 Magnezone Magnezone
Electric Steel 40
0466 Electivire Electivire
Electric 37
0474 Porygon-Z Porygon-Z
Normal 40
0476 Probopass Probopass
Rock Steel 49
0476 Probopass Probopass
Rock Steel 55
0479 Rotom Rotom
Electric Ghost 50
0479 Rotom Rotom
Electric Ghost 50
0479 Rotom Rotom
Electric Ghost 50
0479 Rotom Rotom
Electric Ghost 50
0479 Rotom Rotom
Electric Ghost 50
0479 Rotom 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;" | Electrike | 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;" | Plusle | 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;" | Minun | 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

The user charges and then releases blue electricity.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Pachirisu 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 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 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 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 Rotom releases light blue electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Rotom Get Your Rotom Running! None
Magnemite 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


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 moves by leveling up.
  • So far it's the only Electric-type move that hits more than one Pokémon.

In other languages

  • Chinese: 放电
  • Dutch: Ontlading
  • French: Coup d'jus
  • German: Ladungsstoß
  • Hindi: Chingari
  • Italian: Scarica
  • Spanish: Chispazo


Variations of the move Discharge
SpecialIC HOME.png DischargeLava Plume


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