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 Foe Foe Self Ally Affects all other battlers

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

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 (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 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.

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 78PtHGSS 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 49DP 299 Nosepass Rock 55PtHGSS 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 49DP 476 Probopass Rock Steel 55PtHGSS 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.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 309 Electrike Electric Pikachu, Raichu Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos Electrike, Manectric Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Pachirisu 311 Plusle Electric Pikachu, Raichu PachirisuHGSS 312 Minun Electric Pikachu, Raichu PachirisuHGSS 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

Luxio	Dawn's Pachirisu	Rotom
The user charges and then releases blue electricity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Pachirisu	Pachirisu charges and then releases blue electricity.
Dawn's Pachirisu	Twice Smitten, Once Shy		None
Magneton	Magneton charges then releases blue electricity.
Coordinator's Magneton	Settling a Not-So-Old Score!		None
Luxio	Luxio charges and then releases blue electricity.
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

In other languages

• Spanish: Chispazo
• Italian: Scarica
• Dutch: Ontlading
• German: Ladungsstoß
• French: Coup d'jus

Variations on the move Discharge
	Discharge | Lava Plume

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