Discharge (move)

Discharge ほうでん Electrical Discharge

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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 King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects all Pokémon adjacent to the user

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 adjacent Pokémon on the field except the user and 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.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
025		Pikachu	Electric		Electric	37				42
081		Magnemite	Electric	Steel	38				43
082		Magneton	Electric	Steel	40				46
125		Electabuzz	Electric		Electric	37				77
135		Jolteon	Electric		Electric			78	78
137		Porygon	Normal		Normal	40				40
145		Zapdos	Electric	Flying	50				50
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	34				39
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric	40				47
179		Mareep	Electric		Electric	28				37
180		Flaaffy	Electric		Electric	31				42
181		Ampharos	Electric		Electric	34				48
233		Porygon2	Normal		Normal	40				40
239		Elekid	Electric		Electric	34				41
243		Raikou	Electric		Electric	57				57
299		Nosepass	Rock		Rock	49		55	55
309		Electrike	Electric		Electric	41				41
310		Manectric	Electric		Electric	49				49
403		Shinx	Electric		Electric	41				41
404		Luxio	Electric		Electric	48				48
405		Luxray	Electric		Electric	56				56
417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric	29				41
462		Magnezone	Electric	Steel	40				46
466		Electivire	Electric		Electric	37				44
474		Porygon-Z	Normal		Normal	40				40
476		Probopass	Rock	Steel	49		55	55
479		Rotom	Electric	Ghost	50				64
522		Blitzle	Electric		Electric	no				32
523		Zebstrika	Electric		Electric	no				36
587		Emolga	Electric	Flying	no				50
595		Joltik	Bug	Electric	no				45
596		Galvantula	Bug	Electric	no				54
599		Klink	Steel		Steel	no				42
600		Klang	Steel		Steel	no				44
601		Klinklang	Steel		Steel	no				44
603		Eelektrik	Electric		Electric	no				29
604		Eelektross	Electric		Electric	no				--
618		Stunfisk	Ground	Electric	no				25
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying	no				43
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
309		Electrike	Electric		Electric	*
311		Plusle	Electric		Electric
312		Minun	Electric		Electric
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

Luxio	Pachirisu	Galvantula	Emolga
The user charges and then releases blue electricity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First 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		Debut
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
A wild Luxio	Leading a Stray!		None
Magnezone	Magnezone releases a light blue beam of electricity from its red eye at the opponent.
Zero's Magnezone	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		None
Rotom	Rotom releases light blue electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Rotom	Get Your Rotom Running!		None
Magnemite	Magnemite releases multiple bolts of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Magnemite	Steeling Peace of Mind!		None
A Coordinator's Magnemite	Dawn of a Royal Day!		None
Emolga	Emolga's body becomes surrounded in yellow sparks of electricity and it fires multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent. After the attack, its body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity for a moment.
Iris's Emolga	Emolga the Irresistible!		None
Galvantula	Galvantula's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and it releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Galvantula	Emolga the Irresistible!		None
Eelektross	Eelektross touches the opponent with its body. Its body then becomes surrounded in yellow static electricity that starts at its mouth and flows down to its tail, shocking the opponent. When the attack gets more powerful, the yellow static jolts off Eelektross's body.
Emmet's Eelektross	Battle For The Underground!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Raichu	Luxray
The user shoots electricity from its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Luxray	Luxray holds up its front two paws and releases a beam of electricity from each of them at the opponent, or Luxray points the tip of its tail at the opponent and it releases a beam of electricity from the star on the end of its tail at the opponent.
Pearl's Rayhiko	VS. Clefairy		Debut
Raichu	Raichu releases electric sparks from its cheeks and it releases multiple beams of electricity from its body at the opponent.
Volkner's Raichu	VS. Electivire		None
Rotom	Rotom puts the two light blue beams of electricity that come off its body behind it and fires a beam of electricity from its tail at the opponent, shocking everyone on the battlefield.
A wild Rotom	VS. Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost)		None
Galvantula	Galvantula raises both of its mandibles in the air and releases two beams of electricity from the ends of each one at the opponent.
Black's Tula	A Direct Attack and a Daunting Defense		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• The only Pokémon to not receive STAB from Discharge—the Nosepass, Klink, and Porygon evolution families—are each able to learn at least 3 Electric-type moves by leveling up.
• Prior to Generation V, it was the only Electric-type move that hits more than one Pokémon.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 放電 Fàngdiàn Dutch Ontlading French Coup d'Jus German Ladungsstoß Greek Εκφόρτωση Hindi चिनगार Chingar Italian Scarica Korean 방전 Bangjeon Polish Wyładowanie Portuguese Descarga Spanish Chispazo

Variations of the move Waterfall
Iron Head • Poison Jab • Waterfall Scald • Dark Pulse • Discharge • Lava Plume

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