Shock Wave (move)
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| Shock Wave でんげきは Electric Shock Wave | ||||||||||||
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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 from Generation III to Generation IV.
Effect
Shock Wave inflicts damage and is unaffected by modifications to the accuracy stat and evasion stat. It will not hit a Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of moves such as Dig, Fly, and Dive.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||
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| III | IV | V | VI | |||||||||
| 125 | 
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Electabuzz | Electric | 19 | 21 | 15 | 15 | |||||
| 239 | 
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Elekid | Electric | 19 | 21 | 15 | 15 | |||||
| 466 | 
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Electivire | Electric | 19 | 21 | 15 | 15 | |||||
| 479 | 
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Rotom | Electric | Ghost | 22 | 22 | 22 | |||||
| 522 | 
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Blitzle | Electric | 11 | 11 | |||||||
| 523 | 
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Zebstrika | Electric | 11 | 11 | |||||||
| 587 | 
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Emolga | Electric | Flying | 22 | 22 | ||||||
| 642 | 
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Thundurus | Electric | Flying | 25 | 25 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
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| III | IV | V | VI | |||||||||
| 170 | 
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Chinchou* | Water | Electric |   
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| 309 | 
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Electrike | Electric |
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| 403 | 
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Shinx | Electric |
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| 522 | 
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Blitzle | Electric |
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| 587 | 
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Emolga | Electric | Flying |
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| 618 | 
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Stunfisk* | Ground | Electric |                           
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| 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
By Move Tutor
Special move
Generation IV
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Generation V
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In other games
Description
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In the anime
 Blitzle  Luxray  Mismagius  Zebstrika | |||
| The opponent is hit by a bolt of blue electricity from the user. | |||
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Lairon creates two blue orbs of electricity above its head and above its tail. It then fires a blue lightning bolt from each orb at the opponent. | ||
| Savannah's Lairon | Cruisin' for a Losin' | Debut | |
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Swalot charges a blue ball of electricity in between its hands, and it fires a beam of electricity from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Dominick's Swalot | From Brags to Riches | None | |
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Registeel grabs onto the opponent and it releases multiple bolts of blue electricity from them into the opponent. | ||
| A wild Registeel | Lucario and the Mystery of Mew | None | |
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Misdreavus's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and it emits waves of electricity from its body all around it. | ||
| Zoey's Misdreavus | Mounting a Coordinator Assault! | None | |
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Darkrai fires a blue beam of electricity from one or both of its hands at the opponent. | ||
| Darkrai (M10) | The Rise of Darkrai | None | |
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Tangrowth lifts its arms above its head and forms a blue energy ball. It then fires blue beams of energy from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Unknown Trainer's Tangrowth | The Rise of Darkrai | None | |
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Glameow's tail sparks with yellow electricity and a ball of blue electricity appears at the end of it. It then fires multiple beams of electricity from the ball at the opponent, or yellow electricity rises from Glameow's back and forms a light blue ball of electricity. Glameow then fires a light blue beam of electricity from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Zoey's Glameow | A Stand-up Sit-Down! | None | |
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Delcatty's body becomes surrounded in light blue or yellow electricity, or Delcatty's tail becomes surrounded in light blue electricity and it fires a beam of yellow electricity at the opponent from its tail, or yellow electricity comes off the purple tip of Delcatty's tail or its body and forms into a light blue ball of electricity. It then fires a light blue beam of electricity from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Lila's Delcatty | Battling the Generation Gap! | None | |
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Nidoran♂ releases a beam of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | ||
| Multiple wild Nidoran♂ | Leading a Stray! | None | |
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Rattata releases a beam of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | ||
| Multiple wild Rattata | Leading a Stray! | None | |
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Regirock grabs onto the opponent and its body becomes surrounded by light blue electricity, or Regirock's arms becomes surrounded in yellow sparks and it puts them together, creating a light blue orb of electricity. It then fires a beam of light blue electricity from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Brandon's Regirock | A Pyramiding Rage! | None | |
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Nidoqueen's body becomes surrounded in light blue electricity and it releases a beam of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | ||
| Damos's four Nidoqueen | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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Absol's body becomes surrounded in light blue electricity and it releases a beam of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | ||
| Damos's four Absol | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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Luxray's body becomes surrounded in light blue electricity and it releases a beam of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent, or Luxray releases yellow lightning bolts from its body into the air. The lightning bolts meet in the air and form into a light blue ball of electricity. The ball then fires a light blue beam of electricity at the opponent from it. | ||
| Damos's three Luxray | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
| Volkner's Luxray | The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World! | None | |
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Baltoy's body becomes surrounded in light blue electricity and it releases a beam of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | ||
| Damos's four Baltoy | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | Baltoy cannot legally learn Shock Wave | |
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Linoone's body becomes surrounded in light blue electricity and it releases a beam of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | ||
| Damos's five Linoone | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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Nosepass's body becomes surrounded in light blue electricity and it releases a beam of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | ||
| Damos's four Nosepass | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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Claydol's body becomes surrounded in light blue electricity and it releases a beam of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | ||
| Damos's three Claydol | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | Claydol cannot legally learn Shock Wave | |
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Exploud's body becomes surrounded in light blue electricity and it releases a beam of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | ||
| Damos's two Exploud | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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Manectric's body becomes surrounded in light blue electricity and it releases a beam of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent, or a small orb of yellow electricity appears right above Manectric's tail, then the orb grows in size until it is about three times as big as what it originally was and then sparks of yellow electricity fly from the electric orb towards the opponent. | ||
| Damos's five Manectric | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
| Celosia's Manectric | Meeting at Terminus Cave! | None | |
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Electrike's body becomes surrounded in light blue electricity and it releases a beam of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | ||
| Damos's five Electrike | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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Nidoking's body becomes surrounded in electricity and it releases a beam of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | ||
| Damos's two Nidoking | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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Probopass's body becomes surrounded in light blue electricity and it releases a beam of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | ||
| Damos's three Probopass | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
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Yellow sparks come off Mismagius's face and forms a light blue ball of electricity in front of it. Then, light blue electricity shoots out from the ball at the opponent, or a light blue ball of energy appears in front of Mismagius's body and it creates a spiderweb-like shield in front of its body. | ||
| Zoey's Mismagius | Coming Full — Festival Circle! | Japanese version only Referred as Thunder Wave in the English dub | |
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Blitzle raises its head and yellow electricity starts to gather at the tip of Blitzle's mane. After a moment, its mane starts to glow yellow with electricity as well. When it is finished charging electricity, the mane on its head starts to crackle with electricity. Blitzle then lowers its head and fires a beam of yellow electricity from the tip of its mane at the opponent. Sometimes, when fully powered up, it can fire three beams of electricity from its mane instead of one. Sometimes, Blitzle doesn't even gather electricity in its mane at all. | ||
| Stephan's Blitzle | Oshawott's Lost Scalchop! | None | |
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All the white parts on Zebstrika's body glow yellow with electricity. Then, an orb of yellow electricity forms in between the top two spikes on top of Zebstrika's mane. When the orb is finished charging, it sparks with yellow electricity. Zebstrika then fires a jagged beam of yellow electricity from the orb at the opponent. | ||
| Stephan's Zebstrika | Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia! | None | |
In the manga
In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga
 Emolga
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| The user shoots electricity from its body. | |||
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Emolga shoots electricity from its body. | ||
| Monta's Emolga | The Battle for More Friends! | Debut | |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
 Minun  Luxray  Cranidos | |||
| The user shoots electricity from its body. | |||
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Minun jumps into the air above the opponent and fires an electric blast from its body at the opponent. | ||
| Sapphire's Minun | With a Spoink in Your Step II | Debut | |
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Cranidos jumps into the air and waves its arms from the top of its head to the floor. Multiple beams of electricity appear in the sky and then strike the opponent. | ||
| Roark's Cranidos | A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium | None | |
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Luxray waves one of its paws from the air to the ground, firing multiple lightning bolts from the sky at the opponent. | ||
| Pearl's Rayler | Showdown with Houndoom | None | |
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Spiritomb jumps forward and static electricity comes off Spiritomb's body and surrounds the battlefield, shocking the opponent. | ||
| Cynthia's Spiritomb | Shunning Spiritomb | None | |
In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!! manga
 Rotom
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Rotom. | ||
| Yū Shirogane's Rotom | PBK8 | Debut | |
In other generations
In other languages
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| Variations of the move Swift | ||||
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| Generation III TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
| Generation III HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08RSE | |
| Generation IV TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 | |
| Generation IV HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08 | |
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