Electro Ball (move)

Electro Ball
エレキボール Elecball

Battles

Type	Electric
Category	Special
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	—
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
TR80 in Pokémon Sword and Shield TM072 in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

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. It was TR80 in Pokémon Sword and Shield, and is TM072 in Generation IX.

Effect

Electro Ball inflicts more damage the faster the user is compared to the target.

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

The Speed values used take all modifiers into account (including stat stages, paralysis, held items such as the Iron Ball, and Abilities such as Slush Rush).

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 SwSh BDSP LA SV	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
025		Pikachu		Field	Fairy	18	18^XY 13^ORAS	13^SMUSUM	12	12
026		Raichu		Field	Fairy				1	1
026		Raichu Alolan Form		Field	Fairy				1^SwSh	1
081		Magnemite		Mineral		Mineral	27^BW 32^B2W2	32^XY 29^ORAS	29^SMUSUM	12	12
082		Magneton		Mineral		Mineral	27^BW 34^B2W2	34^XY 29^ORAS	29^SMUSUM	12	12
100		Voltorb		Mineral		Mineral	29	29^XY 22^ORAS	22^SMUSUM	22^BDSP	22
100		Voltorb Hisuian Form		Mineral		Mineral					22
101		Electrode		Mineral		Mineral	29	29^XY 22^ORAS	22^SMUSUM	22^BDSP	22
101		Electrode Hisuian Form		Mineral		Mineral					22
125		Electabuzz		Human-Like		Human-Like	32^BW 22^B2W2	22	29^SMUSUM
170		Chinchou		Water 2		Water 2	28	28^XY 9^ORAS	9	4
171		Lanturn		Water 2		Water 2	30	30^XY 1, 9^ORAS	1, 9	1
179		Mareep		Monster	Field	28^BW 22^B2W2	22	22	22^BDSP	22
180		Flaaffy		Monster	Field	31^BW 25^B2W2	25	25	25^BDSP	25
181		Ampharos		Monster	Field	33^BW 25^B2W2	25	25	25^BDSP	25
239		Elekid		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	31^BW 22^B2W2	22	22
311		Plusle		Fairy		Fairy	29	29^XY 19^ORAS	19	19^BDSP
312		Minun		Fairy		Fairy	29	29^XY 19^ORAS	19	19^BDSP
417		Pachirisu		Field	Fairy	25	25	25	25^BDSP	25
462		Magnezone		Mineral		Mineral	27^BW 34^B2W2	34^XY 29^ORAS	29	12	12
466		Electivire		Human-Like		Human-Like	32^BW 22^B2W2	22	22
479		Rotom		Amorphous		Amorphous	43	43	43	20	20
587		Emolga		Field		Field	26	26	26
595		Joltik		Bug		Bug	29	29	29	20^SwSh
596		Galvantula		Bug		Bug	29	29	29	20^SwSh
785		Tapu Koko		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			58
941		Kilowattrel		Water 1	Flying					Evo.
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TM/TR

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Machine
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I --	II --	III --	IV --	V --	VI --	VII --	VIII TR80	IX TM072
025		Pikachu		Field	Fairy				✔^SwSh	✔
026		Raichu		Field	Fairy				✔^SwSh	✔
026		Raichu Alolan Form		Field	Fairy				✔^SwSh	✔
081		Magnemite		Mineral		Mineral				✔^SwSh	✔
082		Magneton		Mineral		Mineral				✔^SwSh	✔
100		Voltorb		Mineral		Mineral					✔
100		Voltorb Hisuian Form		Mineral		Mineral					✔
101		Electrode		Mineral		Mineral					✔
101		Electrode Hisuian Form		Mineral		Mineral					✔
125		Electabuzz		Human-Like		Human-Like				✔^SwSh
135		Jolteon		Field		Field				✔^SwSh	✔
145		Zapdos		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					✔
150		Mewtwo		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔^SwSh	✔
151		Mew		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔^SwSh	✔
170		Chinchou		Water 2		Water 2				✔^SwSh
171		Lanturn		Water 2		Water 2				✔^SwSh
172		Pichu		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					✔
179		Mareep		Monster	Field					✔
180		Flaaffy		Monster	Field					✔
181		Ampharos		Monster	Field					✔
239		Elekid		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔^SwSh
309		Electrike		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
310		Manectric		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
403		Shinx		Field		Field				✔^SwSh	✔
404		Luxio		Field		Field				✔^SwSh	✔
405		Luxray		Field		Field				✔^SwSh	✔
417		Pachirisu		Field	Fairy					✔
462		Magnezone		Mineral		Mineral				✔^SwSh	✔
466		Electivire		Human-Like		Human-Like				✔^SwSh
479		Rotom		Amorphous		Amorphous				✔^SwSh	✔
587		Emolga		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
595		Joltik		Bug		Bug				✔^SwSh
596		Galvantula		Bug		Bug				✔^SwSh
603		Eelektrik		Amorphous		Amorphous					✔
604		Eelektross		Amorphous		Amorphous					✔
642		Thundurus		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔^SwSh	✔
644		Zekrom		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔^SwSh
694		Helioptile		Monster	Dragon				✔^SwSh
695		Heliolisk		Monster	Dragon				✔^SwSh
702		Dedenne		Field	Fairy				✔^SwSh	✔
737		Charjabug		Bug		Bug				✔^SwSh
738		Vikavolt		Bug		Bug				✔^SwSh
777		Togedemaru		Field	Fairy				✔^SwSh
785		Tapu Koko		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔^SwSh
796		Xurkitree		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔^SwSh
801		Magearna		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔^SwSh	✔
807		Zeraora		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔^SwSh
813		Scorbunny		Field	Human-Like				✔^SwSh	✔
814		Raboot		Field	Human-Like				✔^SwSh	✔
815		Cinderace		Field	Human-Like				✔^SwSh	✔
831		Wooloo		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
832		Dubwool		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
835		Yamper		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
836		Boltund		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
849		Toxtricity Amped Form		Human-Like		Human-Like				✔^SwSh	✔
849		Toxtricity Low Key Form		Human-Like		Human-Like				✔^SwSh	✔
871		Pincurchin		Water 1	Amorphous					✔
877		Morpeko		Field	Fairy				✔^SwSh
880		Dracozolt		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔^SwSh
881		Arctozolt		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔^SwSh
894		Regieleki		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				✔^SwSh	✔
921		Pawmi		Field		Field					✔
922		Pawmo		Field		Field					✔
923		Pawmot		Field		Field					✔
938		Tadbulb		Water 1		Water 1					✔
939		Bellibolt		Water 1		Water 1					✔
940		Wattrel		Water 1	Flying					✔
941		Kilowattrel		Water 1	Flying					✔
954		Rabsca		Bug		Bug					✔
989		Sandy Shocks		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					✔
990		Iron Treads		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					✔
995		Iron Thorns		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					✔
100		Gholdengo		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					✔
100		Miraidon		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups	Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
309		Electrike		Field	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
150		Mewtwo		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	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.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Gates to Infinity, as the Speed stat does not exist in the game, the difference of the user's Travel Speed and the target's Travel Speed affects damage inflicted to the target. The faster the user is (comparing Travel Speed), the more damage it does.

From Super Mystery Dungeon onward, it compares the Speed stats between the user and the target. The higher the user's Speed stat is compared to the target's, the more damage it does.

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.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Electro Ball

★★★
Attack power	33.82897
Charge time	0.58 seconds
Range type	Projectile
Number of hits	1
Number of projectiles	1
Critical hit rate	1.5%
Additional effect	None

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Electro Ball is Pikachu's first move obtained at level 4 by upgrading Thunder Shock into it instead of Thunder. The user hurls an electric orb at the targeted enemy, damaging and slowing down all enemies in a small radius around the target upon impact by paralyzing them. The move deals bonus damage based on the enemy's missing HP. At level 11, its damage is increased.

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.
MDRTDX	It damages an enemy. The higher your Speed compared to that of the enemy, the greater the damage caused.

In the anime

Main series

Pokémon	Method

Electabuzz	Galvantula	Pikachu	Rotom
The user fires a ball of electricity at the opponent.
User	First Used In		Notes
Galvantula	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	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
Pikala's Bolt	Battle Royal 151!		None
Emolga	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	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	Magnezone's body becomes surrounded by 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	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	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	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
Electabuzz	Electabuzz forms an orb of yellow and orange electricity with yellow electric sparks and two yellow rings of electricity around it in between its horns. It then fires the orb at the opponent.
Tony's Electabuzz	Betrayed, Bothered, and Beleaguered!		None

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

Pokémon Generations

Pokémon	Method

	Pikachu
The user fires a ball of electricity at the opponent.
User	First Used In	Notes
Pikachu	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

Be the Best! Pokémon B+W

	Emolga

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

Movie adaptations

	Pikachu

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

Pokémon Adventures

	Galvantula

The user shoots a ball of electricity the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Galvantula	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

Core series games

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

Spin-off series games

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

Electro Ball can have the highest base power of any Electric-type move (150), excluding Z-Moves.

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 Khashmal
Indonesian		Bola Listrik
Italian		Energisfera
Korean		일렉트릭볼 Illekteurikbol
Polish		Elektrokula
Portuguese	Brazil	Bola Elétrica (UNITE, BW122–present, TCG, manga) Esfera Elétrica (BW020–BW112)
Portuguese	Portugal	Eletrobola
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

Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
00 • 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 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99
BDSP
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 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100
Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
00 • 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 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99

Generation IX TMs

001 • 002 • 003 • 004 • 005 • 006 • 007 • 008 • 009 • 010 • 011 • 012 • 013 • 014 • 015 • 016 • 017 • 018 • 019
020 • 021 • 022 • 023 • 024 • 025 • 026 • 027 • 028 • 029 • 030 • 031 • 032 • 033 • 034 • 035 • 036 • 037 • 038
039 • 040 • 041 • 042 • 043 • 044 • 045 • 046 • 047 • 048 • 049 • 050 • 051 • 052 • 053 • 054 • 055 • 056 • 057
058 • 059 • 060 • 061 • 062 • 063 • 064 • 065 • 066 • 067 • 068 • 069 • 070 • 071 • 072 • 073 • 074 • 075 • 076
077 • 078 • 079 • 080 • 081 • 082 • 083 • 084 • 085 • 086 • 087 • 088 • 089 • 090 • 091 • 092 • 093 • 094 • 095
096 • 097 • 098 • 099 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114
115 • 116 • 117 • 118 • 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133
134 • 135 • 136 • 137 • 138 • 139 • 140 • 141 • 142 • 143 • 144 • 145 • 146 • 147 • 148 • 149 • 150 • 151 • 152
153 • 154 • 155 • 156 • 157 • 158 • 159 • 160 • 161 • 162 • 163 • 164 • 165 • 166 • 167 • 168 • 169 • 170 • 171

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