Eerie Impulse (move)

Eerie Impulse かいでんぱ Strange Wave

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Battles Type  Electric Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VI Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Clever Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles all of the Pokémon to act before the user.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Eerie Impulse (Japanese: かいでんぱ Strange Wave) is a non-damaging Electric-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Eerie Impulse lowers the target's Special Attack stat by two stages.

If powered up by a Electrium Z into Z-Eerie Impulse, the user's Special Defense stat raises one stage.

Description

Games Description XYORAS SM The user's body generates an eerie impulse. Exposing the target to it harshly lowers the target's Sp. Atk stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0100		Voltorb		Mineral		Mineral	10XY 6ORAS	6
0101		Electrode		Mineral		Mineral	8XY 6ORAS	1, 6
0171		Lanturn		Water 2		Water 2	1	1
0695		Heliolisk		Monster	Dragon	1	1
0796		Xurkitree		Monster	Dragon		29
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0179		Mareep		Monster	Field	✔	✔
0194		Wooper		Water 1	Field	✔	✔
0309		Electrike		Field		Field	✔	✔
0403		Shinx		Field		Field	✔	✔
0618		Stunfisk		Water 1	Amorphous	✔	✔
0702		Dedenne		Field	Fairy	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Generation VII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0158		Luxio		Field		Field	Island Scan - Route 8
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other languages

Language Title French Ondes Étranges German Mystowellen Italian Elettromistero Korean 괴전파 Goejeonpa Brazilian Portuguese Impulso Misterioso Spanish Onda Anómala

Variations of the move Charm
Charm • Feather Dance • Fake Tears • Captivate • Eerie Impulse

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