Thunder Cage (move)

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Thunder Cage
サンダープリズン Thunder Prison
Thunder Cage IX.png
Thunder Cage IX 2.png
Type  Electric
Category  Special
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  80
Accuracy  90%
Priority  0
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation VIII
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Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
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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

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.

Generation VIII

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
0894 Regieleki ElectricIC Big.png No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 36 36
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


In the anime

Goh Regieleki Thunder Cage 1.png
Regieleki
Goh Regieleki Thunder Cage 2.png
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


In other generations

Core series games

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
The Czech Republic Flag.png Czech Blesková klec
France Flag.png French Voltageôle
Germany Flag.png German Blitzgefängnis
Italy Flag.png Italian Elettrogabbia
South Korea Flag.png Korean 썬더프리즌 Sseondeo Peurijeun
Poland Flag.png Polish Klatka Piorunów
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Prisão Elétrica
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Eletrojaula
Russia Flag.png Russian Громовая Клетка Gromovaya Kletka
Spain Flag.png Spanish Electrojaula


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