Thunderclap (move)

If you were looking for the Thunderclap Pokémon, see Zeraora.

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Thunderclap じんらい Thunderclap

Battles Type  Electric Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  70 Accuracy  100% Priority  +1 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

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IX 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  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Thunderclap (Japanese: じんらい Thunderclap) is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced in Generation IX. It is one of the signature moves of Raging Bolt.

Effect

Thunderclap has a priority of +1. If Thunderclap's target has selected a physical or special attack and has not yet had a chance to execute its move, Thunderclap will damage the target; otherwise, Thunderclap will fail. Thunderclap only depends on the move the target has selected, and is not affected by any consideration of whether the attack can actually be executed, such as status conditions like sleep or freeze or Abilities like Truant.

Description

Games Description SV This move enables the user to attack first with a jolt of electricity. This move fails if the target is not readying an attack.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
1021		Raging Bolt		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	49
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.

Trivia

• The name of this move is the same as the category of Zeraora.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 迅雷 Seunlèuih Mandarin 迅雷 Xùnléi French Vif Éclair German Sturmblitz Italian Saetta Korean 질풍신뢰 Jilpung Silloe Spanish Relámpago Súbito

Variations of the move Sucker Punch
Sucker Punch Thunderclap

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