Eerie Impulse (move)

Eerie Impulse
かいでんぱ Mysterious Radio 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 Mysterious Radio 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
0100     Mineral Mineral 10XY
6ORAS
6 6 6
0101     Mineral Mineral 8XY
6ORAS
1, 6 1, 6 1
0171    
 
Water 2 Water 2 1 1 1 1 1
0695    
 
Monster Dragon 1 1 1
0796     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 29 35
0849  
Toxtricity
All forms
 
 
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.
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 TM

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Compatibility
0025     Field Fairy
0026     Field Fairy
0026  
Raichu
Alolan Form
 
 
Field Fairy
0081    
 
Mineral Mineral
0082    
 
Mineral Mineral
0100     Mineral Mineral
0101     Mineral Mineral
0125     Human-Like Human-Like
0135     Field Field
0137     Mineral Mineral
0145    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0151     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0170    
 
Water 2 Water 2
0171    
 
Water 2 Water 2
0179     Monster Field
0180     Monster Field
0181     Monster Field
0194    
 
Water 1 Field
0195    
 
Water 1 Field
0233     Mineral Mineral
0239     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0243     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0309     Field Field
0310     Field Field
0311     Fairy Fairy
0343    
 
Mineral Mineral
0344    
 
Mineral Mineral
0403     Field Field
0404     Field Field
0405     Field Field
0417     Field Fairy
0462    
 
Mineral Mineral
0466     Human-Like Human-Like
0474     Mineral Mineral
0479  
Rotom
All forms
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0522     Field Field
0523     Field Field
0587    
 
Field Field
0603     Amorphous Amorphous
0604     Amorphous Amorphous
0618    
 
Water 1 Amorphous
0642  
Thundurus
All forms
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0695    
 
Monster Dragon
0702    
 
Field Fairy
0737    
 
Bug Bug
0738    
 
Bug Bug
0777    
 
Field Fairy
0785    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0796     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0801  
Magearna
All forms
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0836     Field Field
0849  
Toxtricity
All forms
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0877    
 
Field Fairy
0894     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0921     Field Field
0922    
 
Field Field
0923    
 
Field Field
0938     Water 1 Water 1
0939     Water 1 Water 1
0940    
 
Water 1 Flying
0941    
 
Water 1 Flying
0989    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0995    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
1008    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
1021    
 
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.
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 Types Egg Groups Egg Move
0179     Monster Field
0194    
 
Water 1 Field
0309     Field Field
0403     Field Field
0618    
 
Water 1 Amorphous
0702    
 
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.
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 VII

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0404     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.
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.


Generation IX

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0604     Amorphous Amorphous Wild Tera Pokémon - North Paldean SeaSV
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 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

Spin-off series games

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
  French Ondes Étranges
  German Mystowellen
  Italian Elettromistero
  Korean 괴전파 Goejeonpa
  Brazilian Portuguese Impulso Misterioso
  Spanish Onda Anómala


Variations of the move Charm
  CharmFeather DanceFake TearsCaptivateEerie Impulse


Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
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2021222324252627282930313233343536373839
4041424344454647484950515253545556575859
6061626364656667686970717273747576777879
8081828384858687888990919293949596979899
BDSP
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
6162636465666768697071727374757677787980
81828384858687888990919293949596979899100
Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
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2021222324252627282930313233343536373839
4041424344454647484950515253545556575859
6061626364656667686970717273747576777879
8081828384858687888990919293949596979899
Generation IX TMs
SV
001002003004005006007008009010011012013014015016017018019
020021022023024025026027028029030031032033034035036037038
039040041042043044045046047048049050051052053054055056057
058059060061062063064065066067068069070071072073074075076
077078079080081082083084085086087088089090091092093094095
096097098099100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114
115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133
134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152
153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171
Added in SV 2.0.1
172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186
187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201
Added in SV 3.0.0
202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216
217218219220221222223224225226227228229


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