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  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally 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 an Electrium Z into Z-Eerie Impulse, the user's Special Defense stat rises by one stage.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0100		Voltorb		Mineral		Mineral	10XY 6ORAS	6SMUSUM
0101		Electrode		Mineral		Mineral	8XY 6ORAS	1, 6SMUSUM
0171		Lanturn		Water 2		Water 2	1	1
0695		Heliolisk		Monster	Dragon	1	1
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		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.

Special move

Generation VII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0404		Luxio		Field		Field	Island Scan - Route 8SM
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

Description

In other generations

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 怪異電波 Gwaaiyih Dihnbō Mandarin 怪異電波 / 怪异电波 Guàiyì Diànbō 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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