Discharge (move)

Discharge
ほうでん Electrical Discharge

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%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target

Availability

Introduced	Generation IV
Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Super Contests

Category	Cool
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Discharge (Japanese: ほうでん Electrical Discharge) is a damage-dealing 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: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, 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.

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
025	Pikachu	Electric		37
081	Magnemite	Electric	Steel	38
082	Magneton	Electric	Steel	40
125	Electabuzz	Electric		37
135	Jolteon	Electric		78^Pt ^HGSS
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^DP
299	Nosepass	Rock		55^Pt ^HGSS
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^DP
476	Probopass	Rock	Steel	55^Pt ^HGSS
479	Rotom Normal Rotom	Electric	Ghost	50
479	Rotom Heat Rotom	Electric	Ghost	50
479	Rotom Wash Rotom	Electric	Ghost	50
479	Rotom Frost Rotom	Electric	Ghost	50
479	Rotom Fan Rotom	Electric	Ghost	50
479	Rotom Mow Rotom	Electric	Ghost	50
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	Type	Father
309	Electrike	Electric	Pikachu, Raichu Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos Electrike, Manectric Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Pachirisu
311	Plusle	Electric	Pikachu, Raichu Pachirisu ^HGSS
312	Minun	Electric	Pikachu, Raichu Pachirisu ^HGSS
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.

Pokémon	Method

Luxio	Dawn's Pachirisu	Rotom
The user charges and then releases blue electricity.
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Pachirisu	Pachirisu's cheeks start to releases light blue sparks and it fires tons of light blue beams of electricity from its body all around it.
Dawn's Pachirisu	Twice Smitten, Once Shy		None
Magneton	Magneton releases multiple light blue beams of electricity from its body at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Magneton	Settling a Not-So-Old Score!		None
Luxio	Luxio releases multiple bolts of blue electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Luxio	The Rise of Darkrai		None
Luxio	Leading a Stray!		None
Magnemite	Magnemite charges and then releases blue electricity.
Multiple Wild Magnemite	Steeling Peace of Mind!		None
Rotom	Rotom discharges blue electricity from its aura.
Rotom	Get Your Rotom Running!		None