Charge (move)

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Charge
じゅうでん Charge
The user boosts the power of the Electric move it uses next. It also raises the user's Sp. Def stat.
Battles
Type  Electric
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by BrightPowder
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0
If the Pokémon who appealed right before the user used the same type of move, the user gets triple the points.
Super Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  0
Earn double the score in the next turn.

Charge (Japanese: じゅうでん Charge) is a non-damaging Electric-type move introduced in Generation III.

Contents

Effect

Generation III

If the user's next move is Electric-type, it will deal twice the usual amount of damage. This only applies to damage dealing moves of the Electric-type.

Generation IV

The effects of Charge are the same as the previous generation; however, Charge also raises the user's Special Defense by one stat level.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
100 Voltorb Electric --
101 Electrode Electric --
145 Zapdos Electric Flying 61
170 Chinchou Water Electric 49
171 Lanturn Water Electric 61
309 Electrike Electric 41
310 Manectric Electric 53
311 Plusle Electric 31
312 Minun Electric 31
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

#   Pokémon Type Father
172 Pichu Electric Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos
Electrike, Manectric
Plusle, Minun
179 Mareep Electric Pikachu, Raichu
Electrike, Manectric
Plusle, Minun
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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
100 Voltorb Electric --
101 Electrode Electric --
145 Zapdos Electric Flying 36
170 Chinchou Water Electric 45
171 Lanturn Water Electric 57
179 Mareep Electric 23
180 Flaaffy Electric 25
181 Ampharos Electric 25
309 Electrike Electric 44
310 Manectric Electric 54
311 Plusle Electric 35
312 Minun Electric 35
403 Shinx Electric 9
404 Luxio Electric 9
405 Luxray Electric --

9

479 Rotom Electric Ghost 43
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

#   Pokémon Type Father
172 Pichu Electric Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos
Electrike, Manectric
Plusle, Minun
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
179 Mareep Electric Pikachu, Raichu
Electrike, Manectric
Plusle, Minun
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
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 other languages

  • Spanish: Carga
  • German: Ladevorgang
  • Italian: Sottocarica
  • French: Chargeur
  • Dutch: Oplading


This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.
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