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 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 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. |} |}

In the anime

File:Luxio discharge.png Luxio File:Pachirisu discharge.jpg Dawn's Pachirisu File:Rotom Discharge.jpg Rotom
The user charges and then releases blue electricity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Pachirisu charges and then releases blue electricity.
Dawn's Pachirisu	Twice Smitten, Once Shy		None
	Magneton charges then releases blue electricity.
A Coordinator's Magneton	Settling a Not-So-Old Score!		None
	Luxio charges and then releases blue electricity.
Luxio	Leading a Stray!		None
	Magnemite charges and then releases blue electricity.
Multiple Wild Magnemite	Steeling Peace of Mind!		None
	Rotom discharges blue electricity from its aura.
Rotom	Get Your Rotom Running!		None

Trivia

• The only Pokémon to not receive STAB from Discharge are able to learn at least 3 Electric type attacks by level.

• The same Pokémon who do not receive STAB are either part Normal, or part Rock type.

In other languages

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

Variations of the move Discharge
Discharge • Lava Plume

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