Volt Tackle (move)
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Volt Tackle (Japanese: ボルテッカー Volteccer) is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced in Generation III. It is the signature move of the Pichu evolutionary line.
Effect
Volt Tackle inflicts damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to ⅓ of the damage done to the target. This move has a 10% chance of paralyzing the target.
Description
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Learnset
By breeding
While Volt Tackle can be performed in any of the Generation III games, it can only be obtained via Pokémon Emerald or later. There is only one method of obtaining Volt Tackle, which involves breeding a female Pikachu or Raichu holding a Light Ball with any Pokémon in the same Egg Group (or breed a Pikachu or Raichu of any gender holding a Light Ball with a Ditto). If the Pikachu or Raichu and its mating partner are put into the day care and they meet the conditions to produce an Egg, the hatched Pichu will have Volt Tackle. Since this will not work in any game prior to Emerald, trading is the only legitimate way of obtaining Volt Tackle in an older game (like Ruby and Sapphire).
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Pichu | Electric | Any Pokémon in the Field or Fairy Egg Group | Any Pokémon in the Field or Fairy Egg Group | Any Pokémon in the Field or Fairy Egg Group | ||||||
| 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 events
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Pichu can learn Volt Tackle at level 50 if it has at least 333 IQ points. If this requirement is not met until after reaching level 50, Volt Tackle can be relearned at the Gulpin Link Shop.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, Pichu has a chance of learning Volt Tackle as an Egg move by obtaining a Pichu Egg from a mission.
In other games
Pokémon Conquest
Volt Tackle is the only move of Raichu.
Super Smash Bros. series
Pikachu preparing to use Volt Tackle
- SSBB Volt Tackle.png
Volt Tackle in use
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Volt Tackle is Pikachu's Final Smash. When used, Pikachu will be enveloped by a blue ball of electricity. The ball does major damage and can even pass through platforms, though it is very hard to control.
Trophy information
"Pikachu, transformed into a ball of light that can slam into foes. It can also fly to chase down those who try to jump out of range. Sparks get stronger when you press the attack button. However, its increased inertia makes midair movement tough. If you get carried away flying, the effect will end, and you'll destroy yourself. Be careful it doesn't happen to you."
In the anime
 Volt Tackle collision  Pikachu  Raichu  Ditto transformed as Pikachu | |||
| The Pokémon runs at the opponent while engulfed in electricity. It then tackles the opponent. | |||
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Pikachu runs at the opponent. Its body then becomes surrounded by golden electricity, and it tackles the opponent. While covered in electricity, Pikachu's body looks black and white. When hit by recoil damage, its body becomes surrounded by yellow sparks of electricity. | ||
| Ash's Pikachu | May's Egg-Cellent Adventure | Debut | |
| Aura Guardian's Pikachu | The Keystone Pops! | None | |
| Volkner's Pikachu | Flint Sparks the Fire! | None | |
| Narissa's Ditto 1 in the form of Pikachu | Dealing With a Fierce Double Ditto Drama! | Used via Transform | |
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Raichu runs at the opponent. Its body then becomes surrounded by golden electricity, and it tackles the opponent. While covered in electricity, Raichu's body looks black and white. | ||
| Sho's Raichu | Pika and Goliath! | None | |
| Volkner's Raichu | Flint Sparks the Fire! | None | |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
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| The user electrifies itself, then charges at the foe. It causes considerable damage to the user as well. | |||
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Pikachu's body becomes surrounded by streaks of electricity. It then flies towards the opponent at a high speed and crashes into them. | ||
| Red's Pika | The Final Battle IX | Debut | |
| Yellow's Chuchu | The Final Battle IX | Debut | |
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Pichu's body becomes surrounded by streaks of electricity. It then flies towards the opponent at a high speed and crashes into them. | ||
| Gold's Pichu | The Final Battle IX | Debut | |
In other generations
Trivia
- Volt Tackle's Japanese name, ボルテッカー Volteccer, comes from an attack that Pulseman, the protagonist of a Game Freak game of the same name, uses. Both attacks are in reference to Tekkaman, whose signature attack is called Voltekka.
- Volt Tackle is the only move that causes recoil to have ever been a special move, due to it being an Electric-type move introduced in Generation III (if Flare Blitz, Wood Hammer, and Wild Charge existed in Generation III, they would have been special as well).
- Prior to Generation V, Volt Tackle was the only move that could not be learned by leveling up, TM, HM, or Move Tutor by any Pokémon (not counting Struggle). It now shares this status with V-create.
- This is another anime inconsistency, where Ash's Pikachu learns the move on its own having not previously known it. It could be suggested that Pikachu knew the move but hadn't mastered it, with Ash not knowing that Pikachu knew the move.
- In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Volt Tackle is Pikachu's Final Smash. Despite it taking damage from the move in the main series games, Pikachu takes no damage from the move when used in Brawl.
In other languages
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