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  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

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

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   +2 if first to appeal

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Discharge (Japanese: ほうでん Electrical Discharge) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 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.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric 37 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 38 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 40 0125 Electabuzz Electric 37 0135 Jolteon Electric 78 0137 Porygon Normal 40 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying 50 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 34 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 40 0179 Mareep Electric 28 0180 Flaaffy Electric 31 0181 Ampharos Electric 34 0233 Porygon2 Normal 40 0239 Elekid Electric 34 0243 Raikou Electric 57 0299 Nosepass Rock 49 0299 Nosepass Rock 55 0309 Electrike Electric 41 0310 Manectric Electric 49 0403 Shinx Electric 41 0404 Luxio Electric 48 0405 Luxray Electric 56 0417 Pachirisu Electric 29 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel 40 0466 Electivire Electric 37 0474 Porygon-Z Normal 40 0476 Probopass Rock Steel 49 0476 Probopass Rock Steel 55 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 50 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 50 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 50 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 50 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 50 0479 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0309 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Electrike
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos
Electrike, Manectric
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Pachirisu |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0311 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Plusle
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Pachirisu |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0312 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Minun
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Pachirisu

|- | 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

File:Luxio discharge.png Luxio File:Pachirisu Discharge.png Pachirisu Rotom
The user charges and then releases blue electricity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	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 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 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 releases a light blue beam of electricity from its red eye at the opponent.
Zero's Magnezone	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		None
	Rotom releases light blue electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Rotom	Get Your Rotom Running!		None
	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

Trivia

• The only Pokémon to not receive STAB from Discharge - the Nosepass and Porygon evolution families - are each able to learn at least 3 Electric moves by leveling up.
• So far it's the only Electric-type move that hits more than one Pokémon.

In other languages

• Chinese: 放电
• Dutch: Ontlading
• French: Coup d'jus
• German: Ladungsstoß
• Hindi: Chingari
• Italian: Scarica
• Spanish: Chispazo

Variations of the move Discharge
Discharge • Lava Plume

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