Shock Wave (move)

Shock Wave
でんげきは Electric Shock Wave
Shock Wave IX.png
Shock Wave IX 2.png
Type  Electric
Category  Special
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  60
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0  
The appeal works great if performed first.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jamming  0  
Works great if the user goes first this turn.

Shock Wave (Japanese: でんげきは Electrical Shock Wave) is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced in Generation III. It was TM34 in Generation III, Generation IV, and in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

Effect

Shock Wave inflicts damage and bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly.

Shock Wave can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 2 bonus appeal points if Charge was used in the previous turn. It is also part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an extra three appeal points if Charge was used in the prior turn.

Description

Games Description
RSEColo.XD A fast and unavoidable electric attack.*
Zaps the foe with a jolt of electricity that never misses.RSE*
Zaps the target with a jolt of electricity that never misses.ColoXD*
FRLG A rapid jolt of electricity strikes the foe. It can't be evaded.
DPPtHGSSPBR The user strikes the foe with a quick jolt of electricity. This attack cannot be evaded.
BWB2W2 The user strikes the target with a quick jolt of electricity. This attack cannot be evaded.
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwShBDSPLA
SV
The user strikes the target with a quick jolt of electricity. This attack never misses.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
0125     Human-Like Human-Like 19 21BW
15B2W2
15 15 16 16 16
0239     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 19 21BW
15B2W2
15 15 16 16 16
0309     Field Field 16 16
0310     Field Field 16 16
0466     Human-Like Human-Like 19 21BW
15B2W2
15 15 16 16 16
0479  
Rotom
All available forms
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous 22 22 22 22 30 30 30
0522     Field Field 11 11 11 11
0523     Field Field 11 11 11 11
0587    
 
Field Field 22 22 22
0642  
Thundurus
All available forms
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 25 25 19 20 20
0785    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 14 25
0796     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 13 25
0849  
Toxtricity
All forms
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like 8 8
0894     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 18 18
1008    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 7
1021    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 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 breeding

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Egg Move
0170    
 
Water 2 Water 2
0309     Field Field
0403     Field Field
0522     Field Field
0587    
 
Field Field
0618    
 
Water 1 Amorphous
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/Move Tutor

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Compatibility
Tutor
0019     Field Field
0019  
Rattata
Alolan Form
 
 
Field Field
0020     Field Field
0020  
Raticate
Alolan Form
 
 
Field Field
0025     Field Fairy
0026     Field Fairy
0026  
Raichu
Alolan Form
 
 
Field Fairy
0029     Monster Field
0030     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0031    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0032     Monster Field
0033     Monster Field
0034    
 
Monster Field
0035     Fairy Fairy
0036     Fairy Fairy
0039    
 
Fairy Fairy
0040    
 
Fairy Fairy
0052     Field Field
0052  
Meowth
Alolan Form
  Field Field
0053     Field Field
0053  
Persian
Alolan Form
  Field Field
0063     Human-Like Human-Like
0064     Human-Like Human-Like
0065     Human-Like Human-Like
0075  
Graveler
Alolan Form
 
 
Mineral Mineral
0076  
Golem
Alolan Form
 
 
Mineral Mineral
0081    
 
Mineral Mineral
0082    
 
Mineral Mineral
0088     Amorphous Amorphous
0088  
Grimer
Alolan Form
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0089     Amorphous Amorphous
0089  
Muk
Alolan Form
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0100     Mineral Mineral
0101     Mineral Mineral
0108     Monster Monster
0109     Amorphous Amorphous
0110     Amorphous Amorphous
0111    
 
Monster Field
0112    
 
Monster Field
0113     Fairy Fairy
0114     Grass Grass
0115     Monster Monster
0122    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0125     Human-Like Human-Like
0128     Field Field
0131    
 
Monster Water 1
0135     Field Field
0137     Mineral Mineral
0143     Monster Monster
0145    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0147     Water 1 Dragon
0148     Water 1 Dragon
0149    
 
Water 1 Dragon
0150     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0151     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0161     Field Field
0162     Field Field
0170    
 
Water 2 Water 2
0171    
 
Water 2 Water 2
0172     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0173     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0174    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0175     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0176    
 
Flying Fairy
0179     Monster Field
0180     Monster Field
0181     Monster Field
0190     Field Field
0200     Amorphous Amorphous
0203    
 
Field Field
0206     Field Field
0209     Field Fairy
0210     Field Fairy
0211    
 
Water 2 Water 2
0233     Mineral Mineral
0234     Field Field
0239     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0241     Field Field
0242     Fairy Fairy
0243     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0248    
 
Monster Monster
0249    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0250    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0251    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0263     Field Field
0264     Field Field
0278    
 
Water 1 Flying
0279    
 
Water 1 Flying
0280    
 
Human-Like Amorphous
0281    
 
Human-Like Amorphous
0282    
 
Human-Like Amorphous
0287     Field Field
0288     Field Field
0289     Field Field
0293     Monster Field
0294     Monster Field
0295     Monster Field
0299     Mineral Mineral
0300     Field Fairy
0301     Field Fairy
0302    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0304    
 
Monster Monster
0305    
 
Monster Monster
0306    
 
Monster Monster
0309     Field Field
0310     Field Field
0311     Fairy Fairy
0312     Fairy Fairy
0313     Bug Human-Like
0314     Bug Human-Like
0316     Amorphous Amorphous
0317     Amorphous Amorphous
0325     Field Field
0326     Field Field
0327     Field Human-Like
0335     Field Field
0351     Fairy Amorphous
0352     Field Field
0353     Amorphous Amorphous
0354     Amorphous Amorphous
0358     Amorphous Amorphous
0359     Field Field
0377     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0378     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0379     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0380    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0381    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0382     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0383     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0384    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0385    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0386  
Deoxys
All forms
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0399     Water 1 Field
0400    
 
Water 1 Field
0403     Field Field
0404     Field Field
0405     Field Field
0408     Monster Monster
0409     Monster Monster
0410    
 
Monster Monster
0411    
 
Monster Monster
0417     Field Fairy
0424     Field Field
0425    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0426    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0427     Field Human-Like
0428     Field Human-Like
0429     Amorphous Amorphous
0431     Field Field
0432     Field Field
0433     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0439    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0440     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0442    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0446     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0462    
 
Mineral Mineral
0463     Monster Monster
0464    
 
Monster Field
0465     Grass Grass
0466     Human-Like Human-Like
0468    
 
Flying Fairy
0474     Mineral Mineral
0475    
 
Human-Like Amorphous
0476    
 
Mineral Mineral
0478    
 
Fairy Mineral
0479  
Rotom
All available forms
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0480     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0481     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0482     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0483  
Dialga
All available forms
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0484  
Palkia
All available forms
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0486     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0487  
Giratina
All available forms
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0491     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0493  
Arceus
All available forms
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0494    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0504     Field Field
0505     Field Field
0506     Field Field
0507     Field Field
0508     Field Field
0517     Field Field
0518     Field Field
0522     Field Field
0523     Field Field
0527    
 
Field Flying
0528    
 
Field Flying
0561    
 
Flying Flying
0562     Mineral Amorphous
0563     Mineral Amorphous
0572     Field Field
0573     Field Field
0574     Human-Like Human-Like
0575     Human-Like Human-Like
0576     Human-Like Human-Like
0577     Amorphous Amorphous
0578     Amorphous Amorphous
0579     Amorphous Amorphous
0587    
 
Field Field
0592  
Frillish
All forms
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0593  
Jellicent
All forms
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0595    
 
Bug Bug
0596    
 
Bug Bug
0599     Mineral Mineral
0600     Mineral Mineral
0601     Mineral Mineral
0603     Amorphous Amorphous
0604     Amorphous Amorphous
0605     Human-Like Human-Like
0606     Human-Like Human-Like
0607    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0608    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0609    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0610     Monster Dragon
0611     Monster Dragon
0612     Monster Dragon
0618    
 
Water 1 Amorphous
0621     Dragon Monster
0622    
 
Mineral Mineral
0623    
 
Mineral Mineral
0633    
 
Dragon Dragon
0634    
 
Dragon Dragon
0635    
 
Dragon Dragon
0642  
Thundurus
All forms
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0644    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0648    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0649  
Genesect
All forms
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0654     Field Field
0655    
 
Field Field
0677     Field Field
0678  
Meowstic
All forms
  Field Field
0679    
 
Mineral Mineral
0680    
 
Mineral Mineral
0681    
 
Mineral Mineral
0690    
 
Water 1 Dragon
0691    
 
Water 1 Dragon
0694    
 
Monster Dragon
0695    
 
Monster Dragon
0702    
 
Field Fairy
0704     Dragon Dragon
0705     Dragon Dragon
0706     Dragon Dragon
0718  
Zygarde
All available forms
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0720  
Hoopa
All forms
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0734     Field Field
0735     Field Field
0736     Bug Bug
0737    
 
Bug Bug
0738    
 
Bug Bug
0766     Field Field
0776    
 
Monster Dragon
0777    
 
Field Fairy
0780    
 
Monster Dragon
0784    
 
Dragon Dragon
0785    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0791    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0792    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0795    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0796     No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0797    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0799    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0800  
Necrozma
All forms
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0801  
Magearna
All forms
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0804    
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0807     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.


Special move

Generation IV

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0025     Field Fairy Pokéwalker - Yellow Forest
0417     Field Fairy My Pokémon Ranch
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 V

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0170    
 
Water 2 Water 2 Dream World - Sparkling Sea
0179     Monster Field Dream World - Pleasant Forest
0278    
 
Water 1 Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky
0417     Field Fairy Dream World - Pleasant Forest
0479  
RotomLv. 10
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous Dream World - Spooky Manor
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

Game Base
Power
Max
Power
Base
PP
Max
PP
Base
Accuracy
Max
Accuracy
Range Target Cuts
corners
MDRB 7 - 8 - —% - 10 tiles away All Yes
MDTDS 7 - 8 - —% - 10 tiles away All Yes
BSL 7 - 8 - —% - 10 tiles away All Yes
MDGtI 8 99 10 50 —% - 1 tile around user Enemy Yes
SMD 8 50 10 30 —% - 1 tile around user Enemy Yes
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games:

Pokémon Rumble Rush

  Shock Wave
★★★
Attack power 47.82716
Charge time 0.82 seconds
Range type Circular (self)
Number of hits 1
Number of projectiles 1
Critical hit rate 1.5%
Additional effect None

Description

Games Description
MDRB
MDTDS
Inflicts damage on the target, even at a distance. It never misses.
BSL はなれたポケモンに ダメージをあたえる かならず めいちゅうする
MDGtI
SMD
MDRTDX
It damages nearby enemies. It never misses.


In the anime


In the manga

Be the Best! Pokémon B+W


Pokémon Adventures


Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!!


In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 電擊波 Dihngīk Bō
Mandarin 電擊波 / 电击波 Diànjí Bō / Diànjī Bō
  Czech Šoková vlna
  Dutch Schokgolf
  Finnish Shokkiaalto (AG078)
Paineaalto (AG127*)
  French Onde de Choc
  German Schockwelle
  Greek Κύμα Καταπληξίας
  Hindi झटकों की तरंगे Zatkon ki Tarangé
  Indonesian Gelombang Listrik
Gelombang Kilat
  Italian Ondashock
  Korean 전격파 Jeon-gyeokpa
  Polish Fala Szoku
Portuguese   Brazil Onda de Choques (Pokémon the Series: XY-present, TCG, manga)
Onda de Choque (early anime)
  Portugal Onda de Choque (anime)
Onda de Choques (TCG)
  Romanian Unda de Șoc
  Serbian Šok Talas
Spanish   Latin America Onda de Choque
  Spain Onda Voltio
  Vietnamese Sóng Xung Điện
Sóng Điện Xung Kích


Variations of the move Swift
  Feint AttackShadow PunchAerial AceMagnet Bomb
  SwiftMagical LeafShock Wave


Generation III TMs
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Generation III HMs
0102030405060708RSE
Generation IV TMs
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920212223
2425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
4748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869
7071727374757677787980818283848586878889909192
Generation IV HMs
01020304 • 05 (DPPtHGSS) • 060708
Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
0001020304050607080910111213141516171819
2021222324252627282930313233343536373839
4041424344454647484950515253545556575859
6061626364656667686970717273747576777879
8081828384858687888990919293949596979899
BDSP
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
6162636465666768697071727374757677787980
81828384858687888990919293949596979899100
Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
0001020304050607080910111213141516171819
2021222324252627282930313233343536373839
4041424344454647484950515253545556575859
6061626364656667686970717273747576777879
8081828384858687888990919293949596979899


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