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  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation V 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 V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Electro Ball (Japanese: エレキボール Elecball) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Electro Ball inflicts more damage the faster the user is compared to the target. Therefore, the higher user's Speed stat is than the target's, the greater the damage. Base power is calculated as follows:

• 150 base power, if target's speed is lower or equal to ¼ (25%) of user's speed.
• 120 base power, if target's speed is greater than ¼ (25%) of user's speed and lower or equal to ⅓ (33%) of user's speed.
• 80 base power, if target's speed is greater than ⅓ (33%) of user's speed and lower or equal to ½ (50%) of user's speed.
• 60 base power, if target's speed is greater than ½ (50%) of user's speed.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
025		Pikachu	Electric		Electric	18			''''
081		Magnemite	Electric	Steel	27			''''
082		Magneton	Electric	Steel	27			''''
100		Voltorb	Electric		Electric	29			''''
101		Electrode	Electric		Electric	29			''''
125		Electabuzz	Electric		Electric	32			''''
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	28			''''
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric	30			''''
179		Mareep	Electric		Electric	28			''''
180		Flaaffy	Electric		Electric	31			''''
181		Ampharos	Electric		Electric	33			''''
239		Elekid	Electric		Electric	31			''''
311		Plusle	Electric		Electric	29			''''
312		Minun	Electric		Electric	29			''''
417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric	25			''''
462		Magnezone	Electric	Steel	27			''''
466		Electivire	Electric		Electric	32			''''
479		Rotom	Electric	Ghost	43			''''
587		Emolga	Electric	Flying	26			''''
595		Joltik	Bug	Electric	29			''''
596		Galvantula	Bug	Electric	29			''''
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
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.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0150 Mewtwo Psychic Pokémon Smash! Mewtwo 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

Emolga Galvantula Pikachu
The user fires a ball of electricity at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
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
	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 does a front flip, throwing the orb of electricity at the opponent. Sometimes, Pikachu's body doesn't become surrounded in yellow electricity before using the attack.
Ash's Pikachu	Dancing With the Ducklett Trio!		None
	Emolga forms an orange-yellow orb of electricity with yellow sparks of electricity around it at the top of its tail. Emolga then does a front flip and fires the orb at the opponent.
Elesa's Emolga	BW050		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Galvantula
The user unleashes balls of electricity at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Galvantula throws balls of electricity from its claw.
Black's Tula			Debut

Trivia

• In the anime, Electro Ball looks strikingly similar to Zap Cannon and Energy Ball.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 電球 Diànqiú Dutch Elektro Bal French Boule Élek German Elektroball Italian Energisfera Portuguese Eletro Bola Spanish Bola Voltio

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