Discharge (move)

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Discharge
ほうでん Electrical Discharge
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Type  Electric
Category  Special
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  80
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects all Pokémon adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0  
+2 if first to appeal
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Discharge (Japanese: ほうでん Electrical Discharge) is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Discharge damages all Pokémon except the user in Double Battles and has a 30% chance of paralyzing each of them. In Triple Battles, Discharge damages all adjacent Pokémon.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, Discharge attacks every enemy in the room, every enemy within 2 squares in passageways and every enemy within a square in very dimly lit passageways.

Description

Games Description
A flare of electricity is loosed to strike all Pokémon in battle. It may also cause paralysis.
Conq A flare of electricity is loosed to strike the area around the user. It may also cause paralysis.
PMDTDS Inflicts damage on all enemies in the room. It may also afflict enemies in the room with a Paralysis status. A Pokémon with the Paralysis status has slowed movement and can't take action.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
025   Pikachu Electric Electric 37 42 ''''
081   Magnemite Electric Steel 38 43 ''''
082   Magneton Electric Steel 40 46 51 ''''
125   Electabuzz Electric Electric 37 44 36 ''''
135   Jolteon Electric Electric   78 78 37 ''''
137   Porygon Normal Normal 40 40 '
145   Zapdos Electric Flying 50 50 ''''
170   Chinchou Water Electric 34 39 ''''
171   Lanturn Water Electric 40 47 ''''
179   Mareep Electric Electric 28 37 32 ''''
180   Flaaffy Electric Electric 31 42 38 ''''
181   Ampharos Electric Electric 34 48 40 ''''
233   Porygon2 Normal Normal 40 40 '
239   Elekid Electric Electric 34 41 33 ''''
243   Raikou Electric Electric 57 57 ''''
299   Nosepass Rock Rock 49 55 55 39 '
309   Electrike Electric Electric 41 41 ''''
310   Manectric Electric Electric 49 49 ''''
403   Shinx Electric Electric 41 41 ''''
404   Luxio Electric Electric 48 48 ''''
405   Luxray Electric Electric 56 56 ''''
417   Pachirisu Electric Electric 29 41 ''''
462   Magnezone Electric Steel 40 46 51 ''''
466   Electivire Electric Electric 37 44 36 ''''
474   Porygon-Z Normal Normal 40 40 '
476   Probopass Rock Steel 49 55 55 39 '
479   Rotom Electric Ghost 50 64 ''''
522   Blitzle Electric Electric   32 ''''
523   Zebstrika Electric Electric   36 ''''
587   Emolga Electric Flying   50 ''''
595   Joltik Bug Electric   45 ''''
596   Galvantula Bug Electric   54 ''''
599   Klink Steel Steel   42 '
600   Klang Steel Steel   44 '
601   Klinklang Steel Steel   44 '
603   Eelektrik Electric Electric   29 ''''
604   Eelektross Electric Electric   -- ''''
618   Stunfisk Ground Electric   25 ''''
642   Thundurus Electric Flying   43 ''''
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
309   Electrike Electric Electric                                     
311   Plusle Electric Electric        
312   Minun Electric Electric        
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 event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0311   Plusle Electric Dream World - Dream Park
0312   Minun Electric Dream World - Dream Park
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


In the anime

 
Luxio
 
Pachirisu
 
Galvantula
 
Emolga
The user charges and then releases blue electricity.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Pachirisu's cheeks start to releases light blue sparks and it fires tons of light blue beams of electricity from its body all around it.
Dawn's Pachirisu Twice Smitten, Once Shy Debut
  Magneton releases multiple light blue beams of electricity from its body at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Magneton Settling a Not-So-Old Score! None
  Luxio releases multiple bolts of blue electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Luxio The Rise of Darkrai None
A wild Luxio Leading a Stray! None
  Magnezone releases a light blue beam of electricity from its red eye at the opponent.
Zero's Magnezone Giratina and the Sky Warrior None
  Rotom releases light blue electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Rotom Get Your Rotom Running! None
  Magnemite releases multiple bolts of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent.
Multiple wild Magnemite Steeling Peace of Mind! None
A Coordinator's Magnemite Dawn of a Royal Day! None
  Emolga's body becomes surrounded in yellow sparks of electricity and it fires multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent. After the attack, its body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity for a moment.
Iris's Emolga Emolga the Irresistible! None
  Galvantula's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and it releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent.
A wild Galvantula Emolga the Irresistible! None
  Eelektross touches the opponent with its body. Its body then becomes surrounded in yellow static electricity that starts at its mouth and flows down to its tail, shocking the opponent. When the attack gets more powerful, the yellow static jolts off Eelektross's body.
Emmet's Eelektross Battle For The Underground! None
  Shinx releases multiple bolts of blue electricity from its body at the opponent.
Aspertia Gym's Shinx BW111 None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga


In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga


In other generations

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 放電 Fàngdiàn
  Dutch Ontlading
  French Coup d'Jus
  German Ladungsstoß
  Greek Εκφόρτωση
  Hindi चिनगार Chingar
  Indonesian Discharge
  Italian Scarica
  Korean 방전 Bangjeon
  Polish Wyładowanie
Portuguese   Brazil Descarga
  Portugal Descarga
  Romanian Descărcarea
Spanish   Latin America Descarga
  Spain Chispazo


Variations of the move Waterfall
  WaterfallPoison JabIron HeadZing Zap
  ExtrasensoryDark PulseScald


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.