Ion Deluge (move)

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Ion Deluge プラズマシャワー Plasma Shower

Battles Type  Electric Category  Status PP  25 (max. 40) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  +1 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally All: Affects all Pokémon on the field

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Temporally stops the crowd from growing excited.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Ion Deluge (Japanese: プラズマシャワー Plasma Shower) is a non-damaging Electric-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

For the remainder of the current turn, all Normal-type moves used by any Pokémon on the field become Electric-type instead, including status moves. Moves with a charging turn will only change type if the user is affected by Ion Deluge on the turn the move does damage. Ion Deluge does not affect Conversion, which still takes into account a move's original type; therefore a Pokémon with a Normal-type move at the top of its move list (including Conversion itself) using Conversion will become Normal-type and not Electric-type even under the effect of Ion Deluge.

Ion Deluge does not affect Struggle.

If the move Flying Press used by a Pokémon with Normalize is affected by Ion Deluge, it deals Electric/Flying-type damage. If the move Freeze-Dry used by a Pokémon with Normalize is affected by Ion Deluge, its ability to hit Water-type Pokémon super effectively does not stack with its Electric typing (a Water-type Pokémon hit by the move will only take ×2 damage); in Inverse Battles, Freeze-Dry affected by Normalize and then Ion Deluge will hit Water-type Pokémon super effectively.

Description

Games Description The user disperses electrically charged particles, which changes Normal-type moves to Electric-type moves.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	47
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric	60 54
181		Ampharos	Electric		Electric	1
466		Electivire	Electric		Electric	1
523		Zebstrika	Electric		Electric	1, 58
604		Eelektross	Electric		Electric	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		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric
587		Emolga	Electric	Flying
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 languages

Language Title French DélugePlasmique German Plasmaschauer Italian Pioggiaplasma Korean 플라스마샤워 Plasma Shower Spanish Cortina Plasma

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