Thunder Fang (move)

Thunder Fang かみなりのキバ Thunder Fang

The user bites with electrified fangs. It may also make the foe flinch or become paralyzed.

Battles Type  Electric Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  65 Accuracy  95% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes 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 May affect anyone but the user

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

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 No additional effect

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Thunder Fang on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Thunder Fang on Eevee's Movedex

Thunder Fang (Japanese: かみなりのキバ Thunder Fang) is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced in Generation IV that may cause paralysis and flinching.

Effect

Thunder Fang deals damage and has a 10% chance of paralyzing the opponent. It also has a 10% chance of causing the target to flinch, if the user attacks before the target.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 024 Arbok Poison -- 059 Arcanine Fire -- 135 Jolteon Electric 43 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying -- 208 Steelix Steel Ground -- 209 Snubbull Normal -- 210 Granbull Normal -- 229 Houndoom Dark Fire -- 232 Donphan Ground -- 243 Raikou Electric 50 248 Tyranitar Rock Dark -- 295 Exploud Normal -- 309 Electrike Electric 33 310 Manectric Electric 37 373 Salamence Dragon Flying -- 403 Shinx Electric 33DP 403 Shinx Electric 29PtHGSS 404 Luxio Electric 38DP 404 Luxio Electric 33PtHGSS 405 Luxray Electric 42DP 405 Luxray Electric 35PtHGSS 450 Hippowdon Ground -- 452 Drapion Poison Dark -- 472 Gliscor Ground Flying -- 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 111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock Arbok Arcanine Jolteon Snubbull, Granbull Houndoom Donphan Electrike, Manectric Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Exploud Hippowdon 209 Snubbull Normal Houndoom Electrike, Manectric Arbok Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Arcanine Jolteon Exploud Donphan Hippowdon 228 Houndour Dark Fire Snubbull, Granbull Houndoom Electrike, Manectric Arbok Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Arcanine Jolteon Exploud Donphan Hippowdon 261 Poochyena Dark Arbok Arcanine Jolteon Snubbull, Granbull Houndoom Donphan Electrike, Manectric Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Exploud Hippowdon 303 Mawile Steel Snubbull, Granbull Houndoom Electrike, Manectric Arbok Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Arcanine Jolteon Exploud Donphan Hippowdon 309 Electrike Electric Snubbull, Granbull Houndoom Electrike, Manectric Arbok Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Arcanine Jolteon Exploud Donphan Hippowdon 403 Shinx Electric Arbok Arcanine Jolteon Snubbull, Granbull Houndoom Donphan Electrike, Manectric Shinx, Luxio, Luxray Exploud Hippowdon 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

	Shinx	Luxray
Its teeth charge with electricity. It then bites down on its foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Luxray	Its teeth charge with electricity. It then bites down on its foe.
Marble's Luxray	Luxray Vision		Debut
Shinx	Its teeth charge with blue-colored electricity. It then bites down on its foe.
Angie's Shinx	Ghoul Daze!		None

In other languages

• Spanish: Colm. Rayo
• Italian: Fulmindenti
• German: Donnerzahn
• French: Crocs Éclair
• Dutch: Dondertand

Elemental Fangs
	Fire Fang | Ice Fang | Thunder Fang

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