Spark (move)

Spark スパーク Spark

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Battles Type  Electric Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  65 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Badly startles the Pokémon in front.

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Spark (Japanese: スパーク Spark) is a damage dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Spark inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 25 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 25 0243 Raikou Electric 41 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 26 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 26 0100 Voltorb Electric 21 0101 Electrode Electric 21 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 25 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 25 0243 Raikou Electric 41 0309 Electrike Electric 20 0310 Manectric Electric 20 0311 Plusle Electric 19 0312 Minun Electric 19 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0339 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Barboach
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Chinchou, Lanturn

|- | colspan="6" | 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. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 22 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 22 0100 Voltorb Electric 12 0101 Electrode Electric --,12 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 20 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 20 0243 Raikou Electric 29 0309 Electrike Electric 20 0310 Manectric Electric 20 0311 Plusle Electric 15 0312 Minun Electric 15 0403 Shinx Electric 13 0403 Shinx Electric 17 0404 Luxio Electric 13 0404 Luxio Electric 18 0405 Luxray Electric 13 0405 Luxray Electric 18 0417 Pachirisu Electric 13 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel 22 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0339 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Barboach
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Chinchou, Lanturn

|- | colspan="6" | 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

The user throws an electrically charged tackle at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	The orbs at the end of Chinchou's antennae glow yellow and it releases an electrical blast from them, or Chinchou's body becomes surrounded in light blue electricity and it releases multiple electrical blasts from it at the opponent.
Dayton's Bright	Takin' it on the Chinchou		Debut
Multiple wild Chinchou	Takin' it on the Chinchou		None
Trinity's Chinchou	The Perfect Match!		None
A wild Chinchou	As Clear as Crystal		None
Multiple wild Chinchou	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea		None
	Lanturn releases a blast of blue electricity from the front orb on its head at the opponent.
Dorian's Lanturn	Just Add Water		None
	Yellow sparks surround Manectric's body and it tackles the opponent. When the opponent gets hit, they become surrounded in electricity.
Unknown Trainer's Manectric	Jirachi: Wish Maker		None
	Plusle's body becomes surrounded in blue electricity and it tackles the opponent.
Thatcher's Plusle	A Different Kind of Misty		None
	Minun's body becomes surrounded in blue electricity and it tackles the opponent.
Thatcher's Minun	A Different Kind of Misty		None
	Shinx's body becomes surrounded in blue electricity and it tackles the opponent.
Landis's Shinx	Not on My Watch Ya Don't!		None
Angie's Shinx	Camping it Up!		None
	Blue sparks appear on Pachirisu's cheeks. Then, it becomes surrounded by light blue electricity and it tackles the opponent.
Dawn's Pachirisu	Twice Smitten, Once Shy!		None
	Blue sparks appear around Luxray's body. Then, it becomes surrounded by light blue electricity and it jumps in the air and tackles the opponent.
Volkner's Luxray	DP166		None

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Faísca
• Dutch: Vonk
• Spanish: Chispa
• German: Funkensprung
• Italian: Scintilla

Variations of the move Psybeam
Spark Psybeam • Bubble Beam • Aurora Beam • Sludge

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