Charge (move)

Charge じゅうでん Charge

Battles Type  Electric Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   If the Pokémon who appealed right before the user used the same type of move, the user gets triple the points.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Earn double the score in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Charge (Japanese: じゅうでん Charge) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Generation III

If the user's next move is Template:Type2, it will deal twice the usual amount of damage. This only applies to damage dealing moves of the Electric-type.

Generation IV

The effects of Charge are the same as the previous generation; however, Charge also raises the user's Special Defense by one stat level.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0100 Voltorb Electric -- 0101 Electrode Electric -- 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying 61 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 49 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 61 0309 Electrike Electric 41 0310 Manectric Electric 53 0311 Plusle Electric 31 0312 Minun Electric 31 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0172 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pichu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos
Electrike, Manectric
Plusle, Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0179 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mareep
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Electrike, Manectric
Plusle, Minun

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0100 Voltorb Electric -- 0101 Electrode Electric -- 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying 36 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 45 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 57 0179 Mareep Electric 23 0180 Flaaffy Electric 25 0181 Ampharos Electric 25 0309 Electrike Electric 44 0310 Manectric Electric 54 0311 Plusle Electric 35 0312 Minun Electric 35 0403 Shinx Electric 9 0404 Luxio Electric 9 0405 Luxray Electric -- 9 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 43 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 43 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 43 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 43 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 43 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 43 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0172 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pichu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos
Electrike, Manectric
Plusle, Minun
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0179 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mareep
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Electrike, Manectric
Plusle, Minun
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0100 Voltorb Electric -- 0101 Electrode Electric -- 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying 36 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 50 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 64 0179 Mareep Electric 23 0180 Flaaffy Electric 25 0181 Ampharos Electric 25 0309 Electrike Electric 44 0310 Manectric Electric 54 0311 Plusle Electric 38 0312 Minun Electric 38 0403 Shinx Electric 9 0404 Luxio Electric 9 0405 Luxray Electric -- 9 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 57 0479 Rotom Electric Fire 57 0479 Rotom Electric Water 57 0479 Rotom Electric Ice 57 0479 Rotom Electric Flying 57 0479 Rotom Electric Grass 57 0522 Blitzle Electric 8 0523 Zebstrika Electric -- 8 0587 Emolga Electric Flying 10 0599 Klink Steel 6 0600 Gigiaru Gigiaru Steel -- 6 0601 Gigigiaru Gigigiaru Steel -- 6 0642 Voltolos Voltolos Electric Flying 55 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0172 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pichu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos
Electrike, Manectric
Plusle, Minun
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0179 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mareep
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Electrike, Manectric
Plusle, Minun
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Blitzle, Zebstrika
Emolga |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0417 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pachirisu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Electrike, Manectric
Plusle, Minun
Shinx, Luxio, Luxray
Blitzle, Zebstrika
Emolga

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

Lanturn File:Manectric Charge.png Manectric File:Electrike Charge.png Electrike
The user boosts the power of the Electric move it uses next.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Sparks surround Manectric's body as it charges its electricity. After its done, its electric attacks become much more powerful.
Wattson's Manectric	Manectric Charge		Debut
Jaco's Manectric	The Electrike Company!		None
	Electrike's body becomes surrounded by yellow sparks as it gathers electricity in its body.
Cal's Electrike	The Electrike Company!		None
Jaco's Electrike	The Electrike Company!		None
	The orbs on Lanturn's antennae glow yellow, then its whole body becomes surrounded in yellow sparks.
Kyle's Lanturn	Prunning a Passel of Pals!		None
	Plusle's body becomes surrounded in yellow sparks.
Dawn's Kindergarten teacher's Plusle	Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!		None
	Minun's body becomes surrounded in light blue sparks.
Dawn's Kindergarten teacher's Minun	Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Electrike Charge Adventures.png Electrike
The user boosts the power of the Electric move it uses next.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Electrike runs around in circles to boost up its electric attack's power.
Mr. Abby's Rikey	VS Torkoal		Debut
	Manectric's body becomes surrounded by sparks of electricity as it boosts its electric attack's power.
Wattson's Manectric	VS. Kyogre & Groudon V		None

In other generations

								File:Charge III.png.png						File:Charge IV.png.png
Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Klink and its evolutionary family are the only non-Template:Type2 types able to learn Charge naturally.

In other languages

• Chinese: 充電 Chōngdiàn
• Dutch: Oplading
• French: Chargeur
• German: Ladevorgang
• Greek: Φόρτιση
• Italian: Sottocarica
• Korean: 충전 Chungjeon
• Spanish: Carga
• Portuguese (European): Carregar
• Serbian: Punjenje

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