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If you were looking for the move called Charge in Japanese, see Take Down.

Charge (Japanese: じゅうでん Charge) is a non-damaging Electric-type move introduced in Generation III. It is TM173 in Generation IX.

Effect

Generation III

If the user's next move is Electric-type, it will deal twice the usual amount of damage. If its next move is not Electric-type or is a non-damaging move, the effect of Charge wears off without being used.

Charge can be used as the first move of a Pokémon Contest combination, causing Shock Wave, Spark, Thunder, Thunder Wave, ThunderPunch, ThunderShock, Thunderbolt, and Volt Tackle to score double the normal appeal if used in the next turn.

Generation IV-VIII

If the user's next move is Electric-type, its power will be doubled instead of the damage dealt (resulting in virtually the same effect).

Charge now also raises the user's Special Defense stat by one stage.

Charge can also be used as part of a Super Contest combination, with Thunder Fang having more appeal points if used in the next turn. It is also part of a Contest Spectacular combination, causing a damaging Electric-type move (except Electroweb, Wild Charge and Zap Cannon) to give an extra three appeal points if used in the next turn.

If powered up by an Electrium Z into Z-Charge, the user's Special Defense is raised by another stage.

Generation IX

If the user's next move is not Electric-type, Charge no longer wears off, and instead remains active for the next move that is. However, if the user attempted to use an Electric-type move, Charge will still wear off even if a condition prevented the move from being used, such as being asleep or flinching.

Multiple instances of the Charge effect (using Charge multiple times while the user's Ability is Normalize, or using Charge followed by an activation of Electromorphosis or Wind Power) are not cumulative; the next Electric-type move will still only deal twice as much damage, and no instances of the effect will linger to be used on subsequent moves.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII		IX
0074				Mineral						4			4
0075				Mineral						1, 4			1
0076				Mineral						1, 4			1
0100				Mineral		1	1	1	1	1		1	1
0100				Mineral									1
0101				Mineral		1	1	1	1	1		1	1
0101				Mineral									1
0125				Human-Like		−	−	−	−	−	1	1	1
0145				No Eggs Discovered		61	36	36	36	36	30	30	30
0170				Water 2		49	45	50	50	50	24	24	24
0171				Water 2		61	57	64	64XY 58ORAS	58	24	24	24
0179				Monster	Field	−	23	23BW 15B2W2	15	15		15	15
0180				Monster	Field	−	25	25BW 16B2W2	16	16		16	16
0181				Monster	Field	−	25	25BW 16B2W2	16	16		16	16
0239				No Eggs Discovered		−	−	−	−	−	8	8	8
0243				No Eggs Discovered		−	−	−	−	−	1	1	1
0309				Field		41	44	44	44	44	36	36
0310				Field		53	54	54	54XY 48ORAS	48	42	42
0311				Fairy		31	35	38	38XY 28ORAS	28		28	26
0312				Fairy		31	35	38	38XY 28ORAS	28		28	26
0403				Field			9	9	9	9	8	8	8
0404				Field			9	9	9	9	1	1	1
0405				Field			1, 9	1, 9	1, 9	1, 9	1	1	1
0466				Human-Like			−	−	−	−	1	1	1
0479				Amorphous			43	57	1, 57	1, 57	15	15	15
0522				Field				8	8	8			8
0523				Field				1, 8	1, 8	1, 8			1
0587				Field				10	10	10	20
0599				Mineral				6	6	6	8
0600				Mineral				1, 6	1, 6	1, 6	1
0601				Mineral				1, 6	1, 6	1, 6	1
0618				Water 1	Amorphous			−	−	−	20
0642				No Eggs Discovered				55	1, 55	49	30		30
0694				Monster	Dragon				11	11	16
0695				Monster	Dragon				1	1	1
0702				Field	Fairy				11	11	10		10
0737				Bug						1, Evo.	1, Evo.		Evo.
0738				Bug						1	1		1
0777				Field	Fairy					13	10
0785				No Eggs Discovered						26	30
0796				No Eggs Discovered						1	5
0807				No Eggs Discovered						26USUM	40
0835				Field							35
0836				Field							41
0849				Human-Like							4		4
0871				Water 1	Amorphous						10		10
0880				No Eggs Discovered							7
0881				No Eggs Discovered							7
0921				Field									8
0922				Field									8
0923				Field									8
0938				Water 1									17
0939				Water 1									17
0992				No Eggs Discovered									49
0995				No Eggs Discovered									35
1008				No Eggs Discovered									14
1021				No Eggs Discovered									7
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 TM

By breeding

By event

Generation IV

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

The user gains the Charging status condition until the end of next turn, causing the user's next Electric-type move to have its damage doubled. The status will wear off instantly after using a move, regardless of its type. From Explorers of Time and Darkness, Charge also raises the user's Sp. Defense by one stage.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

In Pokémon Rumble Rush, all status moves including Charge could only be used by opposing Pokémon and could not be obtained on any caught Pokémon. Charge could be seen as a move used by Boss Blitzle.

Description

Games Description MDRB The user gains the Charging status. It boosts the power of the Electric-type move to be used next. MDTDS Gives the user a Charging status, which boosts the power of any Electric-type move used on the next turn. It also boosts the user's Special Defense by 1 level. BSL じぶんを じゅうでんじょうたいにして つぎにつかった でんきタイプの わざの いりょくを たかめる しかも じぶんの とくぼうを １だんかいあげる MDGtI You'll get the Charging status, which boosts the power of Electric-type moves used on the next turn. It also boosts your Special Defense. (The stat change returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.) SMD You'll get the Charging status, which boosts the power of Electric-type moves used on the next turn. It also boosts your Sp. Def. The stats return to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.

In the anime

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• A wild Shinx was revealed to know Charge on the official website, but it was never shown using the move.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

• This move originated as TCG attack.
• In Generation III, the status screen erroneously states that the move has 100% accuracy, even though it targets the user (thus it ignores accuracy and evasion checks).

In other languages