Thunder Shock (move)
Thunder Shock でんきショック Electric Shock | ||||||||||||
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Thunder Shock (Japanese: でんきショック Electric Shock), formatted as ThunderShock prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Generation I
ThunderShock inflicts damage and has a 10% chance of paralyzing the target. ThunderShock cannot paralyze Electric-type Pokémon.
Generations II to V
ThunderShock can now paralyze Electric-type Pokémon.
ThunderShock can be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra four appeal points if Charge was used in the prior turn.
Generation VI onward
Thunder Shock can no longer paralyze Electric-type Pokémon once again, due to them now being immune to paralysis.
Thunder Shock can be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an extra three appeal points if Charge was used in the prior turn.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | ||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0025 | Field | Fairy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
0026 | Field | Fairy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
026A | Raichu
Alolan Form |
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Field | Fairy | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
074A | Geodude
Alolan Form |
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Mineral | 3PE | ||||||||||
075A | Graveler
Alolan Form |
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Mineral | 1, 3PE | ||||||||||
076A | Golem
Alolan Form |
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Mineral | 1, 3PE | ||||||||||
0081 | |
Mineral | 25 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6BW 7B2W2 |
7 | 5 | 1 | ||||
0082 | |
Mineral | 1, 25 | 1, 6 | 1, 6 | 1, 6 | 1, 6BW 1, 7B2W2 |
1, 7 | 1, 5 | 1 | ||||
0100 | Mineral | 9PE | ||||||||||||
0101 | Mineral | 1, 9PE | ||||||||||||
0125 | Human-Like | 34 | 1, 7 | 1, 6BW 1, 5B2W2 |
1, 5 | 1, 5SMUSUM 1PE |
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0135 | Field | 1, 31RGB 1, 16Y |
16 | 16 | 15 | 15BW 9B2W2 |
9 | 1, Evo. | 1, Evo. | |||||
0137 | Mineral | 15 | ||||||||||||
0145 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
0172 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
0179 | Monster | Field | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10BW 8B2W2 |
8 | 8 | ||||||
0180 | Monster | Field | 1, 9 | 1, 9 | 1, 10 | 1, 10BW 1, 8B2W2 |
1, 8 | 1, 8 | ||||||
0181 | Monster | Field | 1, 9 | 1, 9 | 1, 10 | 1, 10BW 1, 8B2W2 |
1, 8 | 1, 8 | ||||||
0233 | Mineral | 15 | ||||||||||||
0239 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 7 | 6BW 5B2W2 |
5 | 5 | ||||||||
0243 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
0403 | Field | 4 | ||||||||||||
0404 | Field | 1 | ||||||||||||
0405 | Field | 1 | ||||||||||||
0462 | |
Mineral | 1, 6 | 1, 6BW 1, 7B2W2 |
7XY 1, 7ORAS |
1, 5 | 1 | |||||||
0466 | Human-Like | 1, 7 | 1, 6BW 1, 5B2W2 |
1, 5 | 1, 5 | |||||||||
0474 | Mineral | 15 | ||||||||||||
0479 | |
Amorphous | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
0587 | |
Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||
0599 | Mineral | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||
0600 | Mineral | 1, 11 | 1, 11 | 1, 11 | 1 | |||||||||
0601 | Mineral | 1, 11 | 1, 11 | 1, 11 | 1 | |||||||||
0618 | |
Water 1 | Amorphous | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | |||||||
0642 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
0694 | |
Monster | Dragon | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||
0695 | |
Monster | Dragon | 1 | ||||||||||
0702 | |
Field | Fairy | 7 | 7 | 15 | ||||||||
0777 | |
Field | Fairy | 1 | 15 | |||||||||
0785 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 1 | ||||||||||
0796 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 1 | |||||||||||
0808 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 27PE | 1 | ||||||||||
0809 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 27PE | 1 | ||||||||||
0849 | Toxtricity
Amped Form |
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Human-Like | 1 | ||||||||||
849L | Toxtricity
Low Key Form |
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Human-Like | 1 | ||||||||||
0871 | Water 1 | Amorphous | 1 | |||||||||||
0877 | |
Field | Fairy | 1 | ||||||||||
0880 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 1 | ||||||||||
0881 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 1 | ||||||||||
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. |
Form change
Generation IV
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0479 | |
Amorphous | Having no other movesPtHGSS | |||
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. |
Generation V
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0479 | |
Amorphous | Having no other moves | |||
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. |
Generation VI
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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025Co | Pikachu
Cosplay Pikachu |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | Having no other movesORAS | ||
0479 | |
Amorphous | Having no other moves | |||
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. |
Generation VII
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0479 | |
Amorphous | Having no other moves | |||
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. |
Generation VIII
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0479 | |
Amorphous | Having no other moves | |||
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 games
Pokémon Conquest
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Stars: ★★
Power: 24
Accuracy: 100%
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Effect: Has a 10% chance of paralyzing each target. |
Users: |
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.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U
Pikachu uses Thunder Shock as its custom neutral special 3, replacing Thunder Jolt. It doesn't travel as far and is less powerful than Thunder Jolt, but at the end of the attack there is a burst of electricity, which deals more damage.
Pokémon GO
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Updates
- Gyms & Raids
- July 30, 2016
- Energy boost: 7 → 8
- February 16, 2017
- Power: 5 → 6
- Energy boost: 8 → 9
- Duration: 0.6 → 1.1 seconds
- February 21, 2017
- Power: 6 → 5
- Energy boost: 9 → 8
- Duration: 1.1 → 0.6 seconds
Description
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In the anime
In the main series
The opponent is hit by a bolt of lightning from the user. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Pikachu's body glows yellow, then it releases a yellow lightning bolt from its body at the opponent, or Pikachu's cheeks glow yellow, then it releases multiple lightning bolts from its body at the opponent, or Pikachu releases a ball of electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Ash's Pikachu | Pokémon - I Choose You! | Debut | |
Nurse Joy's multiple Pikachu | Pokémon Emergency! | None | |
Duplica's Ditto in the form of Pikachu | Ditto's Mysterious Mansion | Used via Transform | |
Ritchie's Sparky | Friends To the End | None | |
Drake's Ditto in the form of Pikachu | Hello, Pummelo! | Used via Transform | |
Raichu's body glows yellow and it releases a yellow lightning bolt from its body at the opponent. | |||
Lt. Surge's Raichu | Electric Shock Showdown | None | |
Kay's Raichu | Stage Fight! | None | |
Magnemite's body becomes surrounded by bright yellow electricity and it releases multiple yellow bolts of lightning from its body at the opponent, or Magnemite charges bright yellow electricity at the ends of its magnets which it fires as two bolts that converge in front of it, from which a singular large bolt of bright yellow electricity is shot at the opponent. | |||
A wild Magnemite | Sparks Fly for Magnemite | None | |
Ethan's Magnemite | Get Along, Little Pokémon | None | |
Ethan's Number 6 | Get Along, Little Pokémon | None | |
The electric company's Magnemite | Current Events | None | |
Three wild Magnemite | Stealing Peace of Mind! | None | |
Benjamin's Magnemite | Gone with the Windworks! | None | |
Clemont's Magnemite | Clemont's Got a Secret! | None | |
Magneton's body becomes surrounded in bright yellow electricity and it releases multiple small yellow bolts of lightning from its body at the opponent. | |||
Multiple wild Magneton | Sparks Fly for Magnemite | None | |
Clemont's Magneton | Clemont's Got a Secret! | None | |
Belmondo's Magneton | Confronting the Darkness! | None | |
Yellow sparks appear around Elekid's horns. Then, it releases a yellow electrical blast from them at the opponent. Sometimes, it spins its arms to gather electricity. | |||
A wild Elekid | Pikachu's Rescue Adventure | None | |
Casey's Elekid | Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid | None | |
A wild Elekid | Three Sides to Every Story! | None | |
Electabuzz fires yellow electricity from the ends of its antennae at the opponent. | |||
Drake's Electabuzz | Enter the Dragonite | None | |
Yellow sparks appear around Mareep's ears and it fires a blast of light blue or yellow electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Mary's Fluffy | Mild 'n Wooly | None | |
Ellen's Mareep | Mild 'n Wooly | None | |
Ellie's Mareep | The Light of Floccesy Ranch! | None | |
Yellow sparks appear around Flaaffy's ears and it fires a blast of light blue electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Molly's Flaaffy | Spell of the Unown: Entei | None | |
Sullivan's Hannah | Whiscash and Ash | None | |
Yellow sparks appear around Sudowoodo's head branch and it fires a yellow electric blast from it at the opponent. | |||
A wild Sudowoodo | Type Casting | Used via Mimic | |
Pichu's body sparks and it sends a bolt of yellow electricity at the opponent. The electricity sometimes shocks Pichu as well. | |||
The Pichu Brothers | Pikachu and Pichu | None | |
Multiple wild Pichu | The Apple Corp! | None | |
A Coordinator's Pichu | May, We Harley Drew'd Ya! | None | |
Spiky-eared Pichu | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | None | |
Ukulele Pichu | Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (Part 1) | None | |
Lena's Pichu | A Jolting Switcheroo! | None | |
Pichu (anime) | Enter Pikachu! | None | |
Jolteon releases a powerful cyclone of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Satsuki's Jolteon | Trouble's Brewing | None | |
A wild Jolteon | Eevee & Friends | None | |
Raikou releases a small yellow electric blast from its forehead at the opponent. | |||
Raikou (The Legend of Thunder!) | The Legend of Thunder! | None | |
Yellow sparks appear around Ampharos's ears, then it releases one or multiple bolts of yellow lightning at the opponent from its body or ears. | |||
Watt's Ampharos | Manectric Charge | None | |
Ellie's Ampharos | The Light of Floccesy Ranch! | None | |
Stunfisk's body glows white and its body becomes surrounded in small yellow sparks. Its body then glows yellow when it's finished charging and it fires multiple beams of electricity from its body at the opponent, or Stunfisk raises its tailfin into the air and its body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity. It then fires a beam of yellow electricity from its tailfin at the opponent. | |||
Cilan's Stunfisk | Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open! | None | |
Dedenne releases a beam of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Clemont's Dedenne | A Battle of Aerial Mobility! | None |
In Pokémon Origins
The opponent is hit by bolts of lightning from the user. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Zapdos releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Red's Zapdos | File 4: Charizard | Debut |
In Pokémon Generations
The opponent is hit by bolts of lightning from the user. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Pikachu releases multiple bolts of yellow electricity from its cheeks at the opponent. | |||
Red's Pikachu | The Adventure | Debut |
In the manga
In the Aim to Be a Card Master!! manga
The user releases electricity from its body. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Electabuzz holds one of its arms up and releases electricity from it. | |||
Kenta's Electabuzz | Cross-Cultural Battle "The Golden-Haired Lady" | Debut |
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
The user releases an electric shock attack from its body. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Pikachu crouches its body and releases a bolt of electricity from its body all around, shocking the opponent, or Pikachu releases two bolts of electricity from its cheeks at the opponent. | |||
Ash's Pikachu | Pikachu, I See You! | Debut | |
Five wild Pikachu | You Gotta Have Friends | None |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A jolt of electricity is hurled at the foe to inflict damage. It may also leave the foe paralyzed. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Pikachu fires a bolt of electricity from the tip of its tail at the opponent. | |||
Red's Pika | Wanted: Pikachu! | Debut | |
Jolteon fires a bolt of electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Red's Vee | Blame it on Eevee | None | |
Zapdos fires a bolt of electricity at the opponent from its body, or Zapdos releases a small beam of electricity from the point of one of its head feathers at the opponent. | |||
Green's Zapdos | Zap! Zap! Zapdos! | None | |
Magnemite fires multiple bolts of electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Two wild Magnemite | Electro Magneton | None | |
Magneton fires bolts of electricity from the tips of its magnets at the opponent. | |||
A wild Magneton | Electro Magneton | None | |
Electabuzz releases a beam of electricity from the palm of one of its hands at the opponent. | |||
Lt. Surge's Electabuzz | Make Way for Magikarp | None | |
Elekid releases a bolt of electricity at the opponent from its body. | |||
Ken's Elekid | Into the Unown | None | |
Flaaffy's body becomes surrounded by electric sparks and it fires a weak beam of electricity from its body at the opponent. | |||
Crystal's Flaaffy | A Flaaffy Kerfuffle | None | |
Raikou releases a small beam of electricity the end of its tail at the opponent. | |||
Anabel's Raikou | Skirting Around Surskit II | None |
In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
The user releases an electric shock attack from its body. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Pikachu charges power, then releases it in the form of an electric shock attack. | |||
Pikachu | Oh, that Cute, Cute Jigglypuff! | Debut | |
Pichu charges power, then releases it in the form of an electric shock attack. | |||
Pichu | The Accidental Treasure | None |
In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga
The user shocks the opponent with powerful electricity. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Electivire grabs the opponent and shocks them with its tails. | |||
Team Galactic's Electivire | Escape From Team Galactic | Debut |
In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga
The user releases electricity. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Pichu releases small bits of electricity from its cheeks. | |||
A wild Pichu | The Yellow Scroll: Hanbei vs Kanbei | Debut |
In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
The user releases electricity from its body. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Elekid stands on its head and releases electricity from the antennae. | |||
Gold's Elekid | Extreme Power!! The Friday Pokémon | Debut | |
The wool on Mareep stands up and discharges electricity from it. | |||
Akira's Mareep | Let's Fight! The Mini Pokémon Tournament | None |
In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
The user zaps the foe with an electric charge. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Pikachu charges and releases an electric charge at the foe. | |||
Shu's Pikachu | Fierce Foe - Venusaur! | Debut | |
Mareep releases an electric charge at the foe. | |||
Rin's Mareep | GDZ66 | None |
In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King manga
The user releases electricity from its body. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Magnezone lifts one of its magnets and discharges electricity from it. | |||
A Trainer's Magnezone | PBK6 | Debut |
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
The user releases electricity from its body. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Electabuzz releases electricity from its body. | |||
A wild Electabuzz | I Want to Become Popular!! | Debut |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
In other languages
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Variations of the move Acid | ||
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