Thunder Cage (move)

Thunder Cage サンダープリズン Thunder Prison

Battles Type  Electric Category  Special PP  15 (max. 24) Power  80 Accuracy  90% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VIII

Thunder Cage (Japanese: サンダープリズン Thunder Prison) is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature move of Regieleki.

Effect

Pokémon Sword and Shield

In addition to dealing damage, Thunder Cage inflicts 1/8 of the target's maximum HP as damage per turn for four to five turns upon use. It also traps the target, preventing switching and escape. If the user switches out, the target will be freed.

If the user of Thunder Cage is holding a Grip Claw, the duration will always be 7 turns. If a Binding Band is held by the user, the damage done at the end of each turn will increase from 1/8 of the target's maximum HP to 1/6.

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Thunder Cage cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description SwShLA The user traps the target in a cage of sparking electricity for four to five turns. BDSP This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered. SV The user traps the target inside a cage of sparking electricity that inflicts damage for four to five turns.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
894		Regieleki		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	36SwSh	36
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

	Regieleki	Hurting the opponent
The user traps the target in a cage of sparking electricity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Regieleki	Regieleki's body becomes surrounded in yellow energy. Its arms then glow yellow and it releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from the bottom of its body at the opponent, trapping and hurting them.
Goh's Regieleki	Chasing to the Finish!		Debut

Trivia

• Thunder Cage most likely draws inspiration from 19th and 20th-century inventions on electromagnetism, such as the Tesla coil or the Faraday cage.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 雷電囚籠 Lèuihdihn Chàuhlùhng Mandarin 雷電囚籠 / 雷电囚笼 Léidiàn Qiúlóng French Voltageôle German Blitzgefängnis Italian Elettrogabbia Korean 썬더프리즌 Sseondeo Peurijeun Russian Громовая Клетка Gromovaya Kletka Spanish Electrojaula

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