Discharge (move)

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

Effect

Discharge damages all Pokémon except the user in Double Battles and has a 30% chance of paralyzing each of them. In Triple Battles, Discharge damages all adjacent Pokémon.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0025		Pikachu		Field	Fairy	37	42	42XY 34ORAS	34
074A		Geodude Alola Form		Mineral		Mineral				34
075A		Graveler Alola Form		Mineral		Mineral				40
076A		Golem Alola Form		Mineral		Mineral				40
0081		Magnemite		Mineral		Mineral	38	43	43XY 37ORAS	37
0082		Magneton		Mineral		Mineral	40	46BW 51B2W2	51XY 43ORAS	43
0100		Voltorb		Mineral		Mineral			37ORAS	37
0101		Electrode		Mineral		Mineral			41ORAS	41
0125		Electabuzz		Human-Like		Human-Like	37	44BW 36B2W2	36	36
0135		Jolteon		Field		Field	78PtHGSS	78BW 37B2W2	37	37
0137		Porygon		Mineral		Mineral	40	40	40	40
0145		Zapdos		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	50	50	50	50
0170		Chinchou		Water 2		Water 2	34	39	39XY 34ORAS	34
0171		Lanturn		Water 2		Water 2	40	47	47XY 37ORAS	37
0179		Mareep		Monster	Field	28	37BW 32B2W2	32	32
0180		Flaaffy		Monster	Field	31	42BW 38B2W2	38	38
0181		Ampharos		Monster	Field	34	48BW 40B2W2	40	40
0233		Porygon2		Mineral		Mineral	40	40	40	40
0239		Elekid		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	34	41BW 33B2W2	33	33
0243		Raikou		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	57	57	1, 57	1, 57
0299		Nosepass		Mineral		Mineral	49DP 55PtHGSS	55BW 39B2W2	39XY 31ORAS	31
0309		Electrike		Field		Field	41	41	41XY 29ORAS	29
0310		Manectric		Field		Field	49	49	49XY 30ORAS	30
0311		Plusle		Fairy		Fairy			31ORAS	31
0312		Minun		Fairy		Fairy			31ORAS	31
0403		Shinx		Field		Field	41	41	41	41
0404		Luxio		Field		Field	48	48	48	48
0405		Luxray		Field		Field	56	56	56	56
0417		Pachirisu		Field	Fairy	29	41	41	41
0462		Magnezone		Mineral		Mineral	40	46BW 51B2W2	51XY 43ORAS	43
0466		Electivire		Human-Like		Human-Like	37	44BW 36B2W2	36	36
0474		Porygon-Z		Mineral		Mineral	40	40	40	40
0476		Probopass		Mineral		Mineral	49DP 55PtHGSS	55BW 39B2W2	39XY 31ORAS	31
0479		Rotom		Amorphous		Amorphous	50	64	1, 64	1, 64
0522		Blitzle		Field		Field		32	32	32
0523		Zebstrika		Field		Field		36	36	36
0587		Emolga		Field		Field		50	50	50
0595		Joltik		Bug		Bug		45	45	45
0596		Galvantula		Bug		Bug		54	54	54
0599		Klink		Mineral		Mineral		42	42	42
0600		Klang		Mineral		Mineral		44	44	44
0601		Klinklang		Mineral		Mineral		44	44	44
0603		Eelektrik		Amorphous		Amorphous		29	29	29
0604		Eelektross		Amorphous		Amorphous		1	1	1
0618		Stunfisk		Water 1	Amorphous		25	25	25
0642		Thundurus		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered		43	43	37
0702		Dedenne		Field	Fairy			50	50
0737		Charjabug		Bug		Bug				43
0777		Togedemaru		Field	Fairy				29
0785		Tapu Koko		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered				48
0796		Xurkitree		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered				47
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
0309		Electrike		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
0311		Plusle		Fairy		Fairy	✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔
0312		Minun		Fairy		Fairy	✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔
0698		Amaura		Monster		Monster			✔	✔
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.

Special move

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0311		Plusle		Fairy		Fairy	Dream World - Dream Park
0312		Minun		Fairy		Fairy	Dream World - Dream Park
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 games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

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.

Pokémon Conquest

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Stars: ★★★★ Power: 41 Accuracy: 100%

Effect: Has a 30% chance to paralyze each target.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Pokémon GO

Template:GoSpecialAttack Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, Discharge had a power of 40.

Description

In the anime

Pachirisu Galvantula Emolga Luxray
The user charges and then releases blue or yellow electricity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Pachirisu's cheeks start to releases light blue or yellow sparks and it fires tons of light blue or yellow beams of electricity from its body all around it.
Dawn's Pachirisu	Twice Smitten, Once Shy		Debut
Multiple wild Pachirisu	The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!		None
	Magneton releases multiple light blue or yellow beams of electricity from its body at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Magneton	Settling a Not-So-Old Score!		None
Multiple wild Magneton	The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!		None
Belmondo's Magneton	Confronting the Darkness!		None
	Luxio releases multiple bolts of blue electricity from its body at the opponent or Luxio charges up and releases a large amount of yellow electricity.
A wild Luxio	The Rise of Darkrai		None
A wild Luxio	Leading a Stray!		None
Clemont's Luxio	A Campus Reunion!		None
	Magnezone releases a light blue or yellow electricity from its red eye at the opponent.
Zero's Magnezone	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		None
Multiple wild Magnezone	The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!		None
	Rotom releases light blue or yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Rotom	Get Your Rotom Running!		None
	Magnemite releases multiple bolts of light blue or yellow 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
Multiple wild Magnemite	The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!		None
	Emolga's body becomes surrounded in yellow sparks of electricity and it fires multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent. After the attack, its body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity for a moment.
Iris's Emolga	Emolga the Irresistible!		None
Multiple wild Emolga	The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!		None
	Galvantula's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and it releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Galvantula	Emolga the Irresistible!		None
A wild Galvantula	The Journalist from Another Region!		None
	Eelektross touches the opponent with its body. Its body then becomes surrounded in yellow or blue static electricity that starts at its mouth and flows down to its tail, shocking the opponent. When the attack gets more powerful, the yellow or blue static jolts off Eelektross's body.
Emmet's Eelektross	Battle For The Underground!		None
	Shinx releases blue bolts of electricity from its body at the opponent.
Aspertia Gym's Shinx	There's a New Gym Leader in Town!		None
	Luxray releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Clemont's Luxray	The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!		None
	Voltorb releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Votorb	The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!		None
	Electrode releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Electrode	The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!		None
	Mareep releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Mareep	The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!		None
	Electrike releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Electrike	The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!		None
	Plusle releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Plusle	The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!		None
	Minun releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Minun	The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!		None
	Stunfisk releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Stunfisk	The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!		None
	Helioptile releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Helioptile	The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!		Helioptile cannot legally learn Discharge

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Electivire Raichu Luxray Magnezone
The user shoots electricity from its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Luxray holds up its front two paws and releases a beam of electricity from each of them at the opponent, or Luxray points the tip of its tail at the opponent and it releases a beam of electricity from the star on the end of its tail at the opponent.
Pearl's Rayler	Cautious Clefairy		Debut
	Raichu releases electric sparks from its cheeks and it releases multiple beams of electricity from its body at the opponent.
Volkner's Raichu	Shorting Out Electivire		None
	Static electricity comes off Electivire's body and surrounds the battlefield, shocking the opponent.
Volkner's Electivire	The Final Dimensional Duel VI		None
	Mega Manectric releases a beam of electricity from its mane the opponent.
X's Élec	Burning Fletchinder		None
	Static electricity comes off Magnezone's body and surrounds the battlefield, shocking the opponent.
Wally's Magnezone	PAORAS16		None

In the Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master manga

Pikachu Luxray
The user releases electricity all around the area.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Pikachu releases electricity from its body all over the battlefield.
Ryū's Pikachu	ABM02		Debut
	Luxray releases electricity from its body all over the battlefield.
Ryū's Luxray	ABM05		None

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Electivire
The user shoots electricity from its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Electivire releases several electricity from the antennae at the opponent.
Mitsumi's Electivire	Clash! Hareta vs. Mitsumi!!		Debut
	Luxray releases excess electricity from its body.
Hareta's Luxray	Hearts and Spirits Collide		None

In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King manga

Rotom
The user zaps the foe with electricity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Rotom zaps the foe with electricity.
Yū Shirogane's Rotom	PBK2		Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Zapdos
The user shoots electricity from its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Zapdos waves one of its wings, releasing a wave of electricity from it at the opponent.
A wild Zapdos	I Want to See a Pro Game!!		Debut

In the Set Out!! Pokémon Ranger manga

Plusle File:Lunick Minun Discharge SOPR.png Minun
The user zaps more than one foe with electricity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Plusle zaps more than one foe with electricity.
Solana's Plusle	Set Out!! Pokémon Ranger		Debut
	Minun zaps more than one foe with electricity.
Lunick's Minun	Set Out!! Pokémon Ranger		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 放電 Fongdihn Mandarin 放電 / 放电 Fàngdiàn Dutch Ontlading French Coup d'Jus German Ladungsstoß Greek Εκφόρτωση Hindi चिनगार Chingar Indonesian Discharge Italian Scarica Korean 방전 Bangjeon Polish Wyładowanie Portuguese Brazil Descarga Portugal Descarga Romanian Descărcarea Spanish Latin America Descarga Spain Chispazo

Variations of the move Discharge
Discharge • Lava Plume

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