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Discharge

Electric · Special · 15 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Electric
Discharge
TypeElectric
CategorySpecial
Base power80
Accuracy100%
PP15
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Rotom-Wash 3.8% 10.1% Rotom-Heat 0.80% 45.4% Mega Raichu X 0.78% 3% Mega Eelektross 0.77% 25.6% Heliolisk 0.28% 15.2% Jolteon 0.23% 38.8% Mega Ampharos 0.20% 12.5% Mega Manectric 0.20% 9.6% Rotom-Mow 0.19% 13.9% Rotom-Frost 0.13% 16.1% Aurorus 0.06% 6.4% Dedenne 0.06% 2.7% Pikachu 0.04% 14.5% Emolga 0.02% 18.3% Raichu-Alola 0.01% 22.1%

What it does

Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.

At 80 base power it is the 30th strongest of the 40 damaging special moves that appear in this format.

Who carrys it

15 of the 282 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Discharge. The one that matters most is Rotom-Wash, which is on 3.8% of teams and carrys it on 10.1% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Electric move it is super effective against Flying and Water, resisted by Dragon, Electric and Grass, and does nothing at all to Ground. 3 other Electric moves appear in this format: Thunderbolt, Volt Switch, Electroweb.

Who could and does not

20 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Discharge at all, against the 15 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. The most-played of those are Raichu, Bellibolt and Luxray — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Discharge accounts for an expected 0.01 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 123rd most-brought of the 126 moves this format runs. 32% of that comes from Rotom-Wash alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Electric (14) and Ice (2).

Where these numbers come from

Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.