Eerie Impulse (move)

Eerie Impulse かいでんぱ Strange Wave

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Battles Type  Electric Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation VI 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  Clever Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles all of the Pokémon to act before the user.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Eerie Impulse (Japanese: かいでんぱ Strange Wave) is a non-damaging Electric-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Eerie Impulse lowers the target's Special Attack stat by two stages.

Description

Games Description The user's body generates an eerie impulse. Exposing the target to it harshly lowers the target's Sp. Atk stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
100		Voltorb	Electric		Electric	10 6
101		Electrode	Electric		Electric	8 6
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric	--
695		Heliolisk	Electric	Normal	--
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
179		Mareep	Electric		Electric
194		Wooper*	Water	Ground
309		Electrike*	Electric		Electric
403		Shinx*	Electric		Electric
618		Stunfisk*	Ground	Electric
702		Dedenne*	Electric	Fairy
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 languages

Language Title French Ondes Étranges German Mystowellen Italian Elettromistero Korean 괴전파 Goejeonpa Spanish Onda Anómala

Variations of the move Charm
Charm • Feather Dance • Fake Tears • Captivate • Eerie Impulse

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