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Volt Tackle ボルテッカー Volteccer

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Battles Type  Electric Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  120 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   After this move, the user is more easily startled.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Volt Tackle (Japanese: ボルテッカー Volteccer) is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced in Generation III. It is the signature move of the Pichu evolutionary line.

Effect

Volt Tackle inflicts damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to ⅓ of the damage done to the target. This move has a 10% chance of paralyzing the target.

Description

Learnset

By breeding

While Volt Tackle can be performed in any of the Generation III games, it can only be obtained via Pokémon Emerald or later. There is only one method of obtaining Volt Tackle, which involves breeding a female Pikachu or Raichu holding a Light Ball with any Pokémon in the same Egg Group (or breed a Pikachu or Raichu of any gender holding a Light Ball with a Ditto). If the Pikachu or Raichu and its mating partner are put into the day care and they meet the conditions to produce an Egg, the hatched Pichu will have Volt Tackle. Since this will not work in any game prior to Emerald, trading is the only legitimate way of obtaining Volt Tackle in Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, or LeafGreen.

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
172		Pichu	Electric		Electric			Any Pokémon in the Field or Fairy Egg Groups	Any Pokémon in the Field or Fairy Egg Groups				Any Pokémon in the Field or Fairy Egg Groups			Any Pokémon in the Field or Fairy Egg Groups
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 events

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0025 Pikachu Electric Pokémon Battle Revolution Pokéwalker - Yellow Forest 0172 Pichu Electric Pikachu-colored Pichu 0172 Spiky-eared Pichu Spiky-eared Pichu Electric Ilex Forest (requires Pikachu-colored Pichu) Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0025 Pikachu Electric Pikachu Festival Pika Pika Carnival Summer 2012 Pikachu Summer Carnival Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Pichu can learn Volt Tackle at level 50 if it has at least 333 IQ points. If this requirement is not met until after reaching level 50, Volt Tackle can be relearned at the Gulpin Link Shop.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, Pichu has a chance of learning Volt Tackle as an Egg move by obtaining a Pichu Egg from a mission.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, Pikachu can learn Volt Tackle once Paradise reaches Perfect Rank.

In other games

Pokémon Conquest

Volt Tackle is the only move of Raichu.

Super Smash Bros. series

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  Pikachu preparing to use Volt Tackle

• SSBB Volt Tackle.png

  Volt Tackle in use

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Volt Tackle is Pikachu's Final Smash. When used, Pikachu will be enveloped by a blue ball of electricity. The ball does major damage and can even pass through platforms, though it is very hard to control.

Trophy information

"Pikachu, transformed into a ball of light that can slam into foes. It can also fly to chase down those who try to jump out of range. Sparks get stronger when you press the attack button. However, its increased inertia makes midair movement tough. If you get carried away flying, the effect will end, and you'll destroy yourself. Be careful it doesn't happen to you."

In the anime

Volt Tackle collision Pikachu Raichu Ditto transformed as Pikachu
The Pokémon runs at the opponent while engulfed in electricity. It then tackles the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Pikachu runs at the opponent. Its body then becomes surrounded by golden electricity, and it tackles the opponent. While covered in electricity, Pikachu's body looks black and white. When hit by recoil damage, its body becomes surrounded by yellow sparks of electricity.
Ash's Pikachu	May's Egg-Cellent Adventure		Debut
Aura Guardian's Pikachu	The Keystone Pops!		None
Volkner's Pikachu	Flint Sparks the Fire!		None
Narissa's Ditto 1 in the form of Pikachu	Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama!		Used via Transform
	Raichu runs at the opponent. Its body then becomes surrounded by golden electricity, and it tackles the opponent. While covered in electricity, Raichu's body looks black and white.
Sho's Raichu	Pika and Goliath!		None
Volkner's Raichu	Flint Sparks the Fire!		None

In the manga

In the movie adaptations

Pikachu
The user becomes outlined in electricity and fires itself at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Pikachu throws a ball of electricity at the foe.
Ash's Pikachu	The Rise of Darkrai		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Pikachu Pichu
The user generates powerful electricity and fires it at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Pichu fires a powerful bolt of electricity from one of its hands, or its body becomes surrounded by streaks of electricity. It then flies towards the opponent at a high speed and crashes into them.
Gold's Pibu	The Last Battle XIV		Debut Given the name Super Rising Thunder in its first appearance
	Pikachu's body becomes surrounded by streaks of electricity. It then flies towards the opponent at a high speed and crashes into them.
Red's Pika	The Final Battle IX		None
Yellow's Chuchu	The Final Battle IX		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

Trivia

• Volt Tackle's Japanese name, ボルテッカー Volteccer, comes from an attack that Pulseman, the protagonist of a Game Freak game of the same name, uses. Both attacks are in reference to Tekkaman, whose signature attack is called Voltekka.
• Volt Tackle is the only move that causes recoil to have ever been a special move, due to it being an Electric-type move introduced in Generation III (if Flare Blitz, Wood Hammer, and Wild Charge existed in Generation III, they would have been special as well).
• Prior to Generation V, Volt Tackle was the only move that could not be learned by leveling up, TM, HM, or Move Tutor by any Pokémon (not counting Struggle). It now shares this status with V-create.
• In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Volt Tackle is Pikachu's Final Smash. Despite it taking damage from the move in the main series games, Pikachu takes no damage from the move when used in Brawl.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 伏特攻擊 Fútè Gōngjí Dutch Volt Tackle Finnish Voltti-isku French Électacle German Volttackle Greek Εφόρμηση Ηλεκτρικής Τάσης Hebrew מכת וולט Mackat volt Indonesian Volt Tackle Api Listrik Italian Locomovolt Korean 볼트태클 Volt Tackle Polish Elektroakcja Portuguese Brazil Investida Trovão Portugal Investida Trovão Romanian Atacul Electric Serbian Voltažno Rušenje Spanish Latin America Tacleada de Voltios Spain Placaje Eléctrico

Variations of the move Double-Edge
Double-Edge • Volt Tackle • Flare Blitz • Brave Bird • Wood Hammer • Wave Crash

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