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Eerie Impulse (move)

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Eerie Impulse
かいでんぱ Strange Wave
Eerie Impulse IX.png
Eerie Impulse IX 2.png
Type  Electric
Category  Status
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  —
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation VI
Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]]
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]]
Appeal  0  
Condition  Clever
Appeal  1 ♥
Jamming  3 ♥♥♥
Badly startles all of the Pokémon to act before the user.

Eerie Impulse (Japanese: かいでんぱ Strange Wave) is a non-damaging Electric-type move introduced in Generation VI. It was TM93 in Pokémon Sword and Shield, and is TM096 in Generation IX.

Effect

Eerie Impulse lowers the target's Special Attack stat by two stages.

If powered up by an Electrium Z into Z-Eerie Impulse, the user's Special Defense stat rises by one stage.

Description

Games Description
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwShBDSPLA
SV 		The user's body generates an eerie impulse. Exposing the target to it harshly lowers the target's Sp. Atk stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0100 Voltorb Voltorb
 ElectricIC Big.png Mineral Mineral 10XY
6ORAS 		6SMUSUM 6BDSP 6
0101 Electrode Electrode
 ElectricIC Big.png Mineral Mineral 8XY
6ORAS 		1, 6SMUSUM 1, 6BDSP 1
0171 Lanturn Lanturn
 WaterIC Big.png
ElectricIC Big.png 		Water 2 Water 2 1 1 1
0695 Heliolisk Heliolisk
 ElectricIC Big.png
NormalIC Big.png 		Monster Dragon 1 1 1
0796 Xurkitree Xurkitree
 ElectricIC Big.png No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 29 35
0849 Toxtricity Toxtricity
Amped Form 		ElectricIC Big.png
PoisonIC Big.png 		Human-Like Human-Like 1
0849 Toxtricity Toxtricity
Low Key Form 		ElectricIC Big.png
PoisonIC Big.png 		Human-Like Human-Like 1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.


By TM

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Machine
I
-- 		II
-- 		III
-- 		IV
-- 		V
-- 		VI
-- 		VII
-- 		VIII
TM93 		IX
TM096
0025 Pikachu Pikachu
 ElectricIC Big.png Field Fairy ✔
0026 Raichu Raichu
 ElectricIC Big.png Field Fairy ✔ ✔
0026 Raichu Raichu
Alolan Form 		ElectricIC Big.png
PsychicIC Big.png 		Field Fairy ✔
0081 Magnemite Magnemite
 ElectricIC Big.png
SteelIC Big.png 		Mineral Mineral ✔
0082 Magneton Magneton
 ElectricIC Big.png
SteelIC Big.png 		Mineral Mineral ✔
0100 Voltorb Voltorb
 ElectricIC Big.png Mineral Mineral ✔
0101 Electrode Electrode
 ElectricIC Big.png Mineral Mineral ✔
0135 Jolteon Jolteon
 ElectricIC Big.png Field Field ✔
0137 Porygon Porygon
 NormalIC Big.png Mineral Mineral ✔
0145 Zapdos Zapdos
 ElectricIC Big.png
FlyingIC Big.png 		No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered ✔ ✔
0151 Mew Mew
 PsychicIC Big.png No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered ✔ ✔
0171 Lanturn Lanturn
 WaterIC Big.png
ElectricIC Big.png 		Water 2 Water 2 ✔
0179 Mareep Mareep
 ElectricIC Big.png Monster Field ✔
0180 Flaaffy Flaaffy
 ElectricIC Big.png Monster Field ✔
0181 Ampharos Ampharos
 ElectricIC Big.png Monster Field ✔
0194 Wooper Wooper
 WaterIC Big.png
GroundIC Big.png 		Water 1 Field ✔
0195 Quagsire Quagsire
 WaterIC Big.png
GroundIC Big.png 		Water 1 Field ✔ ✔
0233 Porygon2 Porygon2
 NormalIC Big.png Mineral Mineral ✔
0243 Raikou Raikou
 ElectricIC Big.png No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered ✔
0309 Electrike Electrike
 ElectricIC Big.png Field Field ✔
0310 Manectric Manectric
 ElectricIC Big.png Field Field ✔
0343 Baltoy Baltoy
 GroundIC Big.png
PsychicIC Big.png 		Mineral Mineral ✔
0344 Claydol Claydol
 GroundIC Big.png
PsychicIC Big.png 		Mineral Mineral ✔
0403 Shinx Shinx
 ElectricIC Big.png Field Field ✔ ✔
0404 Luxio Luxio
 ElectricIC Big.png Field Field ✔ ✔
0405 Luxray Luxray
 ElectricIC Big.png Field Field ✔ ✔
0417 Pachirisu Pachirisu
 ElectricIC Big.png Field Fairy ✔
0462 Magnezone Magnezone
 ElectricIC Big.png
SteelIC Big.png 		Mineral Mineral ✔
0474 Porygon-Z Porygon-Z
 NormalIC Big.png Mineral Mineral ✔
0479 Rotom Rotom
 ElectricIC Big.png
GhostIC Big.png 		Amorphous Amorphous ✔ ✔
0587 Emolga Emolga
 ElectricIC Big.png
FlyingIC Big.png 		Field Field ✔
0603 Eelektrik Eelektrik
 ElectricIC Big.png Amorphous Amorphous ✔
0604 Eelektross Eelektross
 ElectricIC Big.png Amorphous Amorphous ✔
0618 Stunfisk Stunfisk
 GroundIC Big.png
ElectricIC Big.png 		Water 1 Amorphous ✔
0642 Thundurus Thundurus
 ElectricIC Big.png
FlyingIC Big.png 		No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered ✔ ✔
0695 Heliolisk Heliolisk
 ElectricIC Big.png
NormalIC Big.png 		Monster Dragon ✔
0702 Dedenne Dedenne
 ElectricIC Big.png
FairyIC Big.png 		Field Fairy ✔ ✔
0737 Charjabug Charjabug
 BugIC Big.png
ElectricIC Big.png 		Bug Bug ✔ ✔
0738 Vikavolt Vikavolt
 BugIC Big.png
ElectricIC Big.png 		Bug Bug ✔ ✔
0777 Togedemaru Togedemaru
 ElectricIC Big.png
SteelIC Big.png 		Field Fairy ✔
0785 Tapu Koko Tapu Koko
 ElectricIC Big.png
FairyIC Big.png 		No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered ✔
0796 Xurkitree Xurkitree
 ElectricIC Big.png No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered ✔
0801 Magearna Magearna
 SteelIC Big.png
FairyIC Big.png 		No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered ✔ ✔
0836 Boltund Boltund
 ElectricIC Big.png Field Field ✔
0849 Toxtricity Toxtricity
Amped Form 		ElectricIC Big.png
PoisonIC Big.png 		Human-Like Human-Like ✔ ✔
0849 Toxtricity Toxtricity
Low Key Form 		ElectricIC Big.png
PoisonIC Big.png 		Human-Like Human-Like ✔ ✔
0877 Morpeko Morpeko
 ElectricIC Big.png
DarkIC Big.png 		Field Fairy ✔
0894 Regieleki Regieleki
 ElectricIC Big.png No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered ✔ ✔
0921 Pawmi Pawmi
 ElectricIC Big.png Field Field ✔
0922 Pawmo Pawmo
 ElectricIC Big.png
FightingIC Big.png 		Field Field ✔
0923 Pawmot Pawmot
 ElectricIC Big.png
FightingIC Big.png 		Field Field ✔
0938 Tadbulb Tadbulb
 ElectricIC Big.png Water 1 Water 1 ✔
0939 Bellibolt Bellibolt
 ElectricIC Big.png Water 1 Water 1 ✔
0940 Wattrel Wattrel
 ElectricIC Big.png
FlyingIC Big.png 		Water 1 Flying ✔
0941 Kilowattrel Kilowattrel
 ElectricIC Big.png
FlyingIC Big.png 		Water 1 Flying ✔
0989 Sandy Shocks Sandy Shocks
 ElectricIC Big.png
GroundIC Big.png 		No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered ✔
0995 Iron Thorns Iron Thorns
 RockIC Big.png
ElectricIC Big.png 		No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered ✔
1008 Miraidon Miraidon
 ElectricIC Big.png
DragonIC Big.png 		No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered ✔
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 Types Parent
Egg Groups 		Egg Move
II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0179 Mareep Mareep
 ElectricIC Big.png Monster Field ✔ ✔ ✔BDSP ✔
0194 Wooper Wooper
 WaterIC Big.png
GroundIC Big.png 		Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔BDSP
0309 Electrike Electrike
 ElectricIC Big.png Field Field ✔ ✔ ✔BDSP
0403 Shinx Shinx
 ElectricIC Big.png Field Field ✔ ✔ ✔BDSP
0618 Stunfisk Stunfisk
 GroundIC Big.png
ElectricIC Big.png 		Water 1 Amorphous ✔ ✔
0702 Dedenne Dedenne
 ElectricIC Big.png
FairyIC Big.png 		Field Fairy ✔ ✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.


Special move

Generation VII

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0404 Luxio Luxio
 ElectricIC Big.png Field Field Island Scan - Route 8SM
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.


In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Eerie Impulse reduces the Sp. Attack of an enemy by two stages.

Game Base
Power 		Max
Power 		Base
PP 		Max
PP 		Base
Accuracy 		Max
Accuracy 		Range Target Cuts
corners
SMD - - 17 40 100% - Front Enemy Yes
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games:

Pokémon Masters EX

Category Move Gauge MP Base Power Max Power Accuracy Target Effect Tag Description Playable Users
Status 2 — — — 100% An opponent — Lowers the target's Sp. Atk by two stat ranks. Lt. Surge & Voltorb/Electrode

Past description

  • Prior to Version 2.10.0*: Sharply lowers the target's Sp. Atk.

Description

Games Description
SMD
MDRTDX 		It sharply lowers the enemy's Sp. Atk.


In other generations

Core series games

Eerie Impulse VI.png
Eerie Impulse VI 2.png 		Eerie Impulse VII.png Eerie Impulse VIII.png
Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII

Spin-off series games

Eerie Impulse PSMD.png Eerie Impulse Masters.png
SMD Masters EX

Trivia

  • Eerie Impulse is the only variation of Charm that has never been used in the anime.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 怪異電波 Gwaaiyih Dihnbō
Mandarin 怪異電波 / 怪异电波 Guàiyì Diànbō
France Flag.png French Ondes Étranges
Germany Flag.png German Mystowellen
Italy Flag.png Italian Elettromistero
South Korea Flag.png Korean 괴전파 Goejeonpa
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Impulso Misterioso
Spain Flag.png Spanish Onda Anómala


Variations of the move Charm
StatusIC HOME.png Charm • Feather Dance • Fake Tears • Captivate • Eerie Impulse


Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19
20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39
40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59
60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79
80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99
BDSP
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20
21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40
41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60
61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80
81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100
Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19
20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39
40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59
60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79
80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99
Generation IX TMs
001 • 002 • 003 • 004 • 005 • 006 • 007 • 008 • 009 • 010 • 011 • 012 • 013 • 014 • 015 • 016 • 017 • 018 • 019
020 • 021 • 022 • 023 • 024 • 025 • 026 • 027 • 028 • 029 • 030 • 031 • 032 • 033 • 034 • 035 • 036 • 037 • 038
039 • 040 • 041 • 042 • 043 • 044 • 045 • 046 • 047 • 048 • 049 • 050 • 051 • 052 • 053 • 054 • 055 • 056 • 057
058 • 059 • 060 • 061 • 062 • 063 • 064 • 065 • 066 • 067 • 068 • 069 • 070 • 071 • 072 • 073 • 074 • 075 • 076
077 • 078 • 079 • 080 • 081 • 082 • 083 • 084 • 085 • 086 • 087 • 088 • 089 • 090 • 091 • 092 • 093 • 094 • 095
096 • 097 • 098 • 099 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114
115 • 116 • 117 • 118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133
134 • 135 • 136 • 137 • 138 • 139 • 140 • 141 • 142 • 143 • 144 • 145 • 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 • 151 • 152
153 • 154 • 155 • 156 • 157 • 158 • 159 • 160 • 161 • 162 • 163 • 164 • 165 • 166 • 167 • 168 • 169 • 170 • 171
172 • 173 • 174 • 175 • 176 • 177 • 178 • 179 • 180 • 181 • 182 • 183 • 184 • 185 • 186 • 187 • 188 • 189 • 190
191 • 192 • 193 • 194 • 195 • 196 • 197 • 198 • 199 • 200 • 201


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