Electro Ball (move)

Electro Ball
エレキボール Elecball

Battles

Type	Electric
Category	Special
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	Varies
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability

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

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cool
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jamming	0
Excites the audience a lot if used first.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Electro Ball (Japanese: エレキボール Elecball) is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Electro Ball inflicts more damage the faster the user is compared to the target. Therefore, the larger the relative difference between the user's and target's Speed stat, the greater the damage. Thus, the move takes into account paralysis, boosts or drops to the either Pokémon's Speed through moves such as Agility or String Shot, and items that affect Speed such as the Macho Brace and the Iron Ball. Electro Ball's power is calculated as follows:

Target's Speed	Power
More than 100%, or exactly 0	40
50.01% - 100%	60
33.34% - 50%	80
25.01% - 33.33%	120
0.01% - 25%	150

Electro Ball has no effect on Pokémon with Bulletproof.

Electro Ball can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining extra three appeal points if a certain move (Agility, Autotomize, Calm Mind, Charge, Rock Polish, or Shell Smash) was used in the prior turn.

Description

Games	Description
BW B2W2	The user hurls an electric orb at the target. The faster the user is than the target, the greater the damage.
XY ORAS SM USUM	The user hurls an electric orb at the target. The faster the user is than the target, the greater the move's power.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0025		Pikachu		Field	Fairy	18	18^XY 13^ORAS	13^SMUSUM
0081		Magnemite		Mineral		Mineral	27^BW 32^B2W2	32^XY 29^ORAS	29^SMUSUM
0082		Magneton		Mineral		Mineral	27^BW 34^B2W2	34^XY 29^ORAS	29^SMUSUM
0100		Voltorb		Mineral		Mineral	29	29^XY 22^ORAS	22^SMUSUM
0101		Electrode		Mineral		Mineral	29	29^XY 22^ORAS	22^SMUSUM
0125		Electabuzz		Human-Like		Human-Like	32^BW 22^B2W2	22	29^SMUSUM
0170		Chinchou		Water 2		Water 2	28	28^XY 9^ORAS	9
0171		Lanturn		Water 2		Water 2	30	30^XY 1, 9^ORAS	1, 9
0179		Mareep		Monster	Field	28^BW 22^B2W2	22	22
0180		Flaaffy		Monster	Field	31^BW 25^B2W2	25	25
0181		Ampharos		Monster	Field	33^BW 25^B2W2	25	25
0239		Elekid		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" \| Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" \| Undiscovered	31^BW 22^B2W2	22	22
0311		Plusle		Fairy		Fairy	29	29^XY 19^ORAS	19
0312		Minun		Fairy		Fairy	29	29^XY 19^ORAS	19
0417		Pachirisu		Field	Fairy	25	25	25
0462		Magnezone		Mineral		Mineral	27^BW 34^B2W2	34^XY 29^ORAS	29
0466		Electivire		Human-Like		Human-Like	32^BW 22^B2W2	22	22
0479		Rotom		Amorphous		Amorphous	43	43	43
0587		Emolga		Field		Field	26	26	26
0595		Joltik		Bug		Bug	29	29	29
0596		Galvantula		Bug		Bug	29	29	29
0785		Tapu Koko		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" \| Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" \| Undiscovered			58
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		Types	Parent Egg Groups	Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0309		Electrike		Field	Field	✔	✔	✔
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		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0150		Mewtwo		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" \| Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" \| Undiscovered	Pokémon Smash! Mewtwo February 2012 Mewtwo Strongest Return Mewtwo Spring 2012 Mewtwo
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 games

Pokémon Conquest


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Stars: ★★

Power: 26

Accuracy: 100%

Effect: Inflicts more damage the faster the user is compared to the target.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Description

Games	Description
Conq.	The user hurls an electric orb at the target. The faster the user is than the target, the greater the damage.
MDGtI	It damages an enemy. The faster your Travel Speed than that of the enemy, the greater the damage it causes.
SMD	It damages an enemy. The faster your Speed compared to that of the enemy, the greater the damage caused.

In the anime

In the main series

Pokémon	Method
Emolga Galvantula Pikachu Rotom
The user fires a ball of electricity at the opponent.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Galvantula forms an orb of yellow and orange electricity with yellow electric sparks around it in front of its mouth. It then fires the orb at the opponent. The orb explodes when it hits the opponent, which leaves behind yellow electric sparks in the dust and smoke.
A wild Galvantula	Scraggy-Hatched to be Wild!	Debut
A wild Galvantula	Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!	None
A wild Galvantula	Team Rocket's Shocking Recruit!	None
	Pikachu's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Pikachu's body. All the electricity then condenses at Pikachu's tail and forms into an orange-yellow orb of electricity with sparks of yellow electricity coming off it. Pikachu then jumps into the air and flings the orb at the opponent.
Ash's Pikachu	Dancing With the Ducklett Trio!	None
Frank's Pikachu	Lights! Camera! Pika!	None
	Multiple sparks of yellow electricity appear at the end of Emolga's tail and an orange-yellow orb of electrical energy releasing yellow electricity forms from the sparks. Emolga then jumps into the air and flips forward, firing the orb from its tail at the opponent.
Elesa's Emolga	Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym!	None
	Magneton's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Magneton's body. All the electricity then condenses in the middle of Magneton's body and forms into an orange-yellow orb of electricity with sparks of yellow electricity coming off it. Magneton then fires the orb of electricity at the opponent.
Belmondo's Magneton	Confronting the Darkness!	None
	Magnezone's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Magnezone's body. All the electricity then condenses in front of Magnezone's body and forms into three orange-yellow orbs of electricity with sparks of yellow electricity coming off them. Magnezone then fires the orbs of electricity at the opponent.
Belmondo's Magnezone	Confronting the Darkness!	None
	Slurpuff's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Slurpuff's body. All the electricity then condenses in front of Slurpuff's body and forms into an orange-yellow orb of electricity with sparks of yellow electricity coming off it. Slurpuff then fires the orb of electricity at the opponent.
Sawyer's Slurpuff	Rivals: Today and Tomorrow!	Slurpuff cannot legally learn Electro Ball.
	Rotom's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Rotom's body. All the electricity then condenses in front of Rotom's body and forms into an orange-yellow orb of electricity with sparks of yellow electricity coming off it. Rotom then fires the orb of electricity at the opponent.
Weston's Rotom	Rotom's Wish!	None
	Magnemite's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Magneton's body. All the electricity then condenses in the middle of Magnemite's body and forms into an orange-yellow orb of electricity with sparks of yellow electricity coming off it. Magnemite then fires the orb of electricity at the opponent.
Clemont's Magnemite	Battling with a Clean Slate!	None

In To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler!, Officer Jenny mentioned that her Manectric knew Electro Ball, but it was never seen using the move.

In Pokémon Generations

Pokémon	Method
Pikachu
The user fires a ball of electricity at the opponent.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Pikachu's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Pikachu's body. All the electricity then condenses at Pikachu's tail and forms into an yellow-white orb of electricity with sparks of blue electricity coming off it. Pikachu then attacks with the orb and its tail.
Red's Pikachu	The Adventure	Debut

In the manga

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga

Pokémon	Method
Emolga
A ball of electricity is thrown.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Emolga throws a ball of electricity at the foe.
Monta's Emolga	The Battle for More Friends!	Debut

In the movie adaptations

Pokémon	Method
Pikachu
The user throws a ball of electricity.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Pikachu throws a ball of electricity at the foe.
Ash's Pikachu	White—Victini and Zekrom	Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Pokémon	Method
Galvantula
The user shoots a ball of electricity the opponent.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Galvantula pulls back one of its mandibles and it becomes surrounded in static electricity. Galvantula then waves the mandible forward and a ball of electricity comes out of it and hits the opponent.
Black's Tula	Wheeling and Dealing	Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	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

In the anime, Electro Ball shares a striking similarity with Zap Cannon*, Hidden Power, and Energy Ball.
Electro Ball can have the highest base power of any Electric-type move (150).

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	電球 Dihnkàuh
Chinese	Mandarin	電球 / 电球 Diànqiú
Croatian		Elektro Kugla
Dutch		Elektrobal
French		Boule Élek
German		Elektroball
Hebrew		כדור חשמל Kadur Hashmal
Indonesian		Bola Listrik
Italian		Energisfera
Korean		일렉트릭볼 Electric Ball
Polish		Elektro Kula
Portuguese	Brazil	Esfera Elétrica Bola Elétrica (Adventures in Unova-present, TCG, and manga)
Portuguese	Portugal	Eletro Bola
Russian		Электро Шар Elektro Shar
Spanish	Latin America	Electrobola
Spanish	Spain	Bola Voltio
Turkish		Elektro Top
Vietnamese		Quả Bóng Điện* Quả Cầu Điện Khí*

Variations of the move Gyro Ball

	Gyro Ball
	Electro Ball

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