Thunder Shock (move)

ThunderShock でんきショック Electric Shock

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Battles Type  Electric Category  Special PP  30 (max. 48) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

ThunderShock (Japanese: でんきショック Electric Shock) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

ThunderShock inflicts damage and has a 9.8% chance of paralyzing the target. ThunderShock cannot paralyze a target that has a Substitute or already has a major status ailment.

Generation II onwards

The effects of ThunderShock continue into this generation, however, it has a 10% chance of paralyzing the target.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric -- 0026 Raichu Electric -- 0081 Magnemite Electric 25 0082 Magneton Electric -- 0082 Magneton Electric 25 0125 Electabuzz Electric 34 0135 Jolteon Electric 31 0135 Jolteon Electric 16 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric -- 0026 Raichu Electric -- 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 6 0082 Magneton Electric Steel -- 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 6 0135 Jolteon Electric 16 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying -- 0172 Pichu Electric -- 0179 Mareep Electric 9 0180 Flaaffy Electric -- 0180 Flaaffy Electric 9 0181 Ampharos Electric -- 0181 Ampharos Electric 9 0243 Raikou Electric 11 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric -- 0026 Raichu Electric -- 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 6 0082 Magneton Electric Steel -- 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 6 0135 Jolteon Electric 16 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying -- 0172 Pichu Electric -- 0179 Mareep Electric 9 0180 Flaaffy Electric -- 0180 Flaaffy Electric 9 0181 Ampharos Electric -- 0181 Ampharos Electric 9 0243 Raikou Electric 11 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0025 Pikachu Electric -- 0026 Raichu Electric -- 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 6 0082 Magneton Electric Steel -- 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 6 0125 Electabuzz Electric -- 0125 Electabuzz Electric 7 0135 Jolteon Electric 15 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying -- 0172 Pichu Electric -- 0179 Mareep Electric 10 0180 Flaaffy Electric -- 0180 Flaaffy Electric 10 0181 Ampharos Electric -- 0181 Ampharos Electric 10 0239 Elekid Electric 7 0243 Raikou Electric 8 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel -- 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel 6 0466 Electivire Electric -- 0466 Electivire Electric 7 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Special move

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost Pokémon Platinum (having no other moves) 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

File:EP005 026.jpg Pikachu File:EP003 022.jpg Hit by ThunderShock
The opponent is hit by a bolt of lightning from the the user.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Pikachu lights up and then releases a yellow lighting bolt. The visual effect varies, from being a ball of electricity to an electrical wave.
Ash's Pikachu	Pokémon - I Choose You!		Debut
Ritchie's Pikachu (Sparky)	Friends To the End		None
Drake's Ditto in the form of Pikachu	Hello, Pummelo!		None
	Raichu lights up and then releases a yellow lightning bolt.
Lt. Surge's Raichu	Electric Shock Showdown		None
Katrina's Raichu	Lights, Camera, Quack-tion!		None
Kay's Raichu	Stage Fight!		None
	Magnemite glows bright yellow, and sparks are released from its body.
Wild Magnemite	Sparks Fly for Magnemite		None
Ethan's Magnemite	Get Along, Little Pokémon		None
	Electabuzz fires yellow electricity from the ends of its antennae
Drake's Electabuzz	Enter the Dragonite		None
	Sparks appear around Mareep's ears and it fires a blast of light blue electricity from its body.
Mary's Mareep (Fluffy)	Mild 'n Wooly		None
Ellen's Mareep	Mild 'n Wooly		None
	Sparks appear around Flaffy's ears and it fires a blast of light blue electricity from its body.
Molly's Flaffy	Spell of the Unown		None
Sullivan's Flaaffy (Hannah)	Whiscash and Ash		None
	Sparks appear around Sudowoodo's heand branch and it fires a yellow electric blast from it. (Used via Mimic).
a wild Sudowoodo	Type Casting		None
	Same as Above.
Watt's Ampharos	Manetric Charge		None

Trivia

• No Generation III Pokémon can learn ThunderShock.
• No non-Electric-type Pokémon can learn ThunderShock.

In other languages

• Dutch: Donderschok
• French: Eclair
• German: Donnerschock
• Italian: Tuonoshock
• Norwegian: Tordensjokk
• Spanish: Impactrueno
• Latin American: Attacktrueno