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Discharge (move)

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Discharge
ほうでん Electrical Discharge
File:Discharge.png
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Type  Electric
Category  Special
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  80
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects all Pokémon adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Condition  Beautiful
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jamming  2 ♥♥
Startles all of the Pokémon to act before the user.

Discharge (Japanese: ほうでん Electrical Discharge) is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Discharge damages all Pokémon except the user in Double Battles and has a 30% chance of paralyzing each of them. In Triple Battles, Discharge damages all adjacent Pokémon.

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSS A flare of electricity is loosed to strike all Pokémon in battle. It may also cause paralysis.
BWB2W2 A flare of electricity is loosed to strike the area around the user. It may also cause paralysis.
XYORAS The user strikes everything around it by letting loose a flare of electricity. This may also cause paralysis.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
025   Pikachu Electric Electric 37 42 42
34
081   Magnemite Electric Steel 38 43 43
37
082   Magneton Electric Steel 40 46 51 51
43
100   Voltorb Electric Electric     37
101   Electrode Electric Electric     41
125   Electabuzz Electric Electric 37 44 36 36
135   Jolteon Electric Electric   78 78 37 37
137   Porygon Normal Normal 40 40 40
145   Zapdos Electric Flying 50 50 50
170   Chinchou Water Electric 34 39 39
34
171   Lanturn Water Electric 40 47 47
37
179   Mareep Electric Electric 28 37 32 32
180   Flaaffy Electric Electric 31 42 38 38
181   Ampharos Electric Electric 34 48 40 40
233   Porygon2 Normal Normal 40 40 40
239   Elekid Electric Electric 34 41 33 33
243   Raikou Electric Electric 57 57 1, 57
299   Nosepass Rock Rock 49 55 55 39 39
31
309   Electrike Electric Electric 41 41 41
29
310   Manectric Electric Electric 49 49 49
30
311   Plusle Electric Electric     31
312   Minun Electric Electric     31
403   Shinx Electric Electric 41 41 41
404   Luxio Electric Electric 48 48 48
405   Luxray Electric Electric 56 56 56
417   Pachirisu Electric Electric 29 41 41
462   Magnezone Electric Steel 40 46 51 51
43
466   Electivire Electric Electric 37 44 36 36
474   Porygon-Z Normal Normal 40 40 40
476   Probopass Rock Steel 49 55 55 39 39
31
479   Rotom Electric Ghost 50 64 1, 64
522   Blitzle Electric Electric   32 32
523   Zebstrika Electric Electric   36 36
587   Emolga Electric Flying   50 50
595   Joltik Bug Electric   45 45
596   Galvantula Bug Electric   54 54
599   Klink Steel Steel   42 42
600   Klang Steel Steel   44 44
601   Klinklang Steel Steel   44 44
603   Eelektrik Electric Electric   29 29
604   Eelektross Electric Electric   1 1
618   Stunfisk Ground Electric   25 25
642   Thundurus Electric Flying   43 43
702   Dedenne Electric Fairy     50
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.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
II III IV V VI
309   Electrike Electric Electric                                                       
311   Plusle Electric Electric           
312   Minun Electric Electric           
698   Amaura Rock Ice no no    
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.


Special move

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0311   Plusle Electric Dream World - Dream Park
0312   Minun Electric Dream World - Dream Park
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

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.

Pokémon Conquest

 
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Stars: ★★★★
Power: 41
Accuracy: 100%
Effect: Has a 30% chance to paralyze each target.
Users:           
Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Pokémon GO

Template:GoSpecialAttack Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, Discharge had a power of 40.

Description

Games Description
MDTDS Inflicts damage on all enemies in the room. It may also afflict enemies in the room with a Paralysis status. A Pokémon with the Paralysis status has slowed movement and can't take action.
Conq. A flare of electricity is loosed to strike the area around the user. It may also cause paralysis.


In the anime

 
Pachirisu
 
Galvantula
 
Emolga
 
Luxray
The user charges and then releases blue or yellow electricity.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Pachirisu's cheeks start to releases light blue or yellow sparks and it fires tons of light blue or yellow beams of electricity from its body all around it.
Dawn's Pachirisu Twice Smitten, Once Shy Debut
Multiple wild Pachirisu The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination! None
  Magneton releases multiple light blue or yellow beams of electricity from its body at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Magneton Settling a Not-So-Old Score! None
Multiple wild Magneton The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination! None
Belmondo's Magneton Confronting the Darkness! None
  Luxio releases multiple bolts of blue electricity from its body at the opponent or Luxio charges up and releases a large amount of yellow electricity.
A wild Luxio The Rise of Darkrai None
A wild Luxio Leading a Stray! None
Clemont's Luxio A Campus Reunion! None
  Magnezone releases a light blue or yellow electricity from its red eye at the opponent.
Zero's Magnezone Giratina and the Sky Warrior None
Multiple wild Magnezone The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination! None
  Rotom releases light blue or yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Rotom Get Your Rotom Running! None
  Magnemite releases multiple bolts of light blue or yellow 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
Multiple wild Magnemite The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination! None
  Emolga's body becomes surrounded in yellow sparks of electricity and it fires multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent. After the attack, its body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity for a moment.
Iris's Emolga Emolga the Irresistible! None
Multiple wild Emolga The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination! None
  Galvantula's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and it releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Galvantula Emolga the Irresistible! None
A wild Galvantula The Journalist from Another Region! None
  Eelektross touches the opponent with its body. Its body then becomes surrounded in yellow static electricity that starts at its mouth and flows down to its tail, shocking the opponent. When the attack gets more powerful, the yellow static jolts off Eelektross's body.
Emmet's Eelektross Battle For The Underground! None
  Shinx releases blue bolts of electricity from its body at the opponent.
Aspertia Gym's Shinx There's a New Gym Leader in Town! None
  Luxray releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Clemont's Luxray The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination! None
  Voltorb releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Votorb The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination! None
  Electrode releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Electrode The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination! None
  Mareep releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Mareep The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination! None
  Electrike releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Electrike The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination! None
  Plusle releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Plusle The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination! None
  Minun releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Minun The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination! None
  Stunfisk releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Stunfisk The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination! None
  Helioptile releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Helioptile The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination! Helioptile cannot legally learn Discharge


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master manga


In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga


In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King manga


In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga


In the Set Out!! Pokémon Ranger manga


In other generations

     
Generation IV Generation V Battle Revolution

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 放電 Fongdihn
Mandarin 放電 / 放电 Fàngdiàn
  Dutch Ontlading
  French Coup d'Jus
  German Ladungsstoß
  Greek Εκφόρτωση
  Hindi चिनगार Chingar
  Indonesian Discharge
  Italian Scarica
  Korean 방전 Bangjeon
  Polish Wyładowanie
Portuguese   Brazil Descarga
  Portugal Descarga
  Romanian Descărcarea
Spanish   Latin America Descarga
  Spain Chispazo


Variations of the move Discharge
  Discharge • Lava Plume


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.
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