Discharge (move)

Discharge ほうでん
A flare of electricity is released to strike all Pokémon in battle. It may also cause paralysis.
Battles
Type	Electric
Category	Special
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	80
Accuracy	100%
Introduced	Generation IV
Availability
Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock
Hits all other Pokémon in battle. Has a 30% chance of causing Paralysis.
Contests
Category	Cool
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	0
+2 if first to appeal
Super Contests
Category	Cool
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Discharge on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Discharge on Eevee's Movedex

Discharge is an Electric-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Discharge damages all Pokémon on the field but the user. It also has a 30% chance of paralyzing each of them.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2, 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.

In the anime

Dawn's Pachirisu using Discharge in a Contest.

Dawn's Pachirisu using Discharge.

Pokémon

Pachirisu. Pachirisu charges and then releases blue electricity.

• Used by Dawn's Pachirisu from ??? to ???.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
025		Pikachu	Electric		37
081		Magnemite	Electric	Steel	38
082		Magneton	Electric	Steel	40
125		Electabuzz	Electric		37
135		Jolteon	Electric		78Pt
137		Porygon	Normal		40
145		Zapdos	Electric	Flying	50
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	34
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric	40
179		Mareep	Electric		28
180		Flaaffy	Electric		31
181		Ampharos	Electric		34
233		Porygon2	Normal		40
239		Elekid	Electric		34
243		Raikou	Electric		57
299		Nosepass	Rock		49
309		Electrike	Electric		41
310		Manectric	Electric		49
403		Shinx	Electric		41
404		Luxio	Electric		48
405		Luxray	Electric		56
417		Pachirisu	Electric		29
462		Magnezone	Electric	Steel	40
466		Electivire	Electric		37
474		Porygon-Z	Normal		40
476		Probopass	Rock	Steel	49
479		Rotom	Electric	Ghost	50
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
309		Electrike	Electric		Pikachu, Raichu Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos Electrike, Manectric Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Pachirisu
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: Chispazo
• Italian: Scarica
• Dutch: Ontlading
• German: Ladungsstoß

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