Charge (move)

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 Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

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 on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Charge on Eevee's Movedex

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

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 Normal Rotom Electric Ghost 43 479 Rotom Heat Rotom Electric Ghost 43 479 Rotom Wash Rotom Electric Ghost 43 479 Rotom Frost Rotom Electric Ghost 43 479 Rotom Fan Rotom Electric Ghost 43 479 Rotom Mow 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 the anime

The user boosts the power of the Electric move it uses next.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Manectric	Sparks surround Manectric's body as it charges its electricity. After its done, its electric attacks become much more powerful.
Wattson's Manectric	Manectric Charge		Debut
Jaco's Manectric	The Electrike Company!		None
Electrike	Electrike charges up its electricity.
Cal's Electrike	The Electrike Company!		None
Jaco's Electrike	The Electrike Company!		None
Lanturn	Lanturn's headlight glows yellow and then its whole body glows yellow whilst charging up electricity.
Kyle's Lanturn	Prunning a Passel of Pals!		None

Trivia

• Along with Volt Tackle, Charge is the only Electric-type move exclusive to Electric-type Pokémon. However, Volt Tackle is itself, a move exclusive to Pikachu's evolutionary line, whereas Charge can be learned by many Electric-types.

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.