Thunder Wave
でんじは Electromagnetic Wave

Battles

Type	Electric
Category	Status
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	—
Accuracy	100%
Priority	0
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range

Opponent	Opponent	Opponent
Self	Ally	Ally
Unknown

Availability

Introduced	[[Generation {{{gen}}}]]
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests

Condition	Cool
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	1 ♥
???

Super Contests

Condition	Cool
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cool
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:
- Generation IX

Thunder Wave is a non-damaging Electric-type move introduced in Generation I. It is TM45 in Generation I and TM73 in Generation IV. Although it is non-damaging, it will not affect Ground types.

Effect

Generation I

Thunder Wave paralyzes the opponent.

Thunder Wave can't affect an opponent that already has a major status ailment, and will not work against ground types.

In Stadium, Thunder Wave can't affect an opponent that has a substitute.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

Pikachu at Lv.9 (R/G/B)
Pikachu at Lv.8 (Yel.)
Raichu at Lv.--
Magnemite at Lv.35
Magneton at Lv.38
Jolteon at Lv.40 (R/G/B)
Jolteon at Lv.42 (Yel.)
Dratini at Lv.--
Dratini at Lv.10
Dragonair at Lv.--
Dragonair at Lv.10
Dragonite at Lv.--
Dragonite at Lv.10

By TM45

Generation II

By leveling up

Pikachu at Lv.8
Magnemite at Lv.21
Magneton at Lv.21
Jolteon at Lv.42
Zapdos at Lv.13
Dratini at Lv.8
Dragonair at Lv.--
Dragonair at Lv.8
Dragonite at Lv.--
Dragonite at Lv.8
Chinchou at Lv.--
Lanturn at Lv.--
Pichu at Lv.8
Mareep at Lv.16
Flaaffy at Lv.18
Ampharos at Lv.--
Ampharos at Lv.18

Generation III

By leveling up

Pikachu at Lv.8
Magnemite at Lv.21
Magneton at Lv.21
Jolteon at Lv.42
Zapdos at Lv.13
Dratini at Lv.8
Dragonair at Lv.--
Dragonair at Lv.8
Dragonite at Lv.--
Dragonite at Lv.8
Chinchou at Lv.--
Lanturn at Lv.--
Pichu at Lv.8
Mareep at Lv.16
Flaaffy at Lv.18
Ampharos at Lv.--
Ampharos at Lv.18
Nosepass at Lv.22
Electrike at Lv.4
Manectric at Lv.--
Manectric at Lv.4
Plusle at Lv.4
Minun at Lv.4

By breeding

Remoraid

By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Generation IV

By leveling up

Pikachu at Lv.10
Magnemite at Lv.17
Magneton at Lv.17
Jolteon at Lv.57
Zapdos at Lv.8
Dratini at Lv.5
Dragonair at Lv.--
Dragonair at Lv.5
Dragonite at Lv.--
Dragonite at Lv.5
Chinchou at Lv.6
Lanturn at Lv.--
Lanturn at Lv.6
Pichu at Lv.10
Mareep at Lv.14
Flaaffy at Lv.14
Ampharos at Lv.--
Ampharos at Lv.14
Nosepass at Lv.25
Electrike at Lv.4
Manectric at Lv.--
Manectric at Lv.4
Plusle at Lv.3
Minun at Lv.3
Magnezone at Lv.17
Probopass at Lv.25
Rotom at Lv.--

By TM73

By breeding

Remoraid

In other languages

French: cage-eclair, German: donnerwelle, Italian: tuononda, Spanish: onda trueno, Dutch: dondergolf, Portuguese: Onda Trovão, Polish: Pioruńska Fala.

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Generation I TMs
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 I HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05

Generation IV TMs
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

Thunder Wave (move)

Contents

Effect

Generation I

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

By TM45

Generation II

By leveling up

Generation III

By leveling up

By breeding

By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Generation IV

By leveling up

By TM73

By breeding

In other languages