Charge Beam

チャージビーム Charge Beam

Generation:	IV

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	50
Accuracy:	90%
PP:	10, max: 16
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	Raises user's Special Attack
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Type:
Appeal:

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Charge Beam is a special Electric-type move introduced in Generation IV. This move has the tendency to increase the user's Special Attack by one level if the attack hits. The TM for this move is given after you defeat Volkner.

Description

Games	Description
DP Pt HGSS	The user fires a concentrated bundle of electricity. It may also raise the user's Sp. Atk stat.
BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM	The user attacks with an electric charge. The user may use any remaining electricity to raise its Sp. Atk stat.
SwSh BDSP	The user attacks the target with an electric charge. The user may use any remaining electricity to raise its Sp. Atk stat.
LA	The user attacks the target with an electric charge. The leftover electricity may also raise the user’s offensive stats.
SV	The user attacks the target with an electric charge. The residual electricity may also boost the user's Sp. Atk stat.

Effect

In Battle

The user fires a concentrated beam of electricity. It may also raise the user's Sp. Atk stat.

Super Contests

Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Voltorb	electric	Mineral	26	22	22XY 16ORAS	16	16BDSP	16
	Voltorb	electric/grass	Mineral						16
	Electrode	electric	Mineral	26	22	22XY 16ORAS	16	16BDSP	16
	Electrode	electric/grass	Mineral						16
	Mareep	electric	Monster/Field					39BDSP
	Flaaffy	electric	Monster/Field					39BDSP
	Ampharos	electric	Monster/Field					39BDSP
	Remoraid	water	Water 1/Water 2					11LA
	Octillery	water	Water 1/Water 2					11LA
	Regirock	rock	Undiscovered	49	49	49XY 1, 13ORAS	1, 13	1
	Regice	ice	Undiscovered	49	49	49XY 1, 13ORAS	1, 13	1
	Registeel	steel	Undiscovered	49	49	49XY 1, 13ORAS	1, 13	1
	Rotom	electric/ghost	Amorphous					6LA
	Klink	steel	Mineral		26	26	26	12
	Klang	steel	Mineral		26	26	26	12
	Klinklang	steel	Mineral		25	25	25	12
	Tynamo	electric	Amorphous		1	1	1		1
	Eelektrik	electric	Amorphous		1	1	1		1
	Meowstic	psychic	Field			28	28	15
	Dedenne	electric/fairy	Field/Fairy			34	34
	Necrozma	psychic	Undiscovered				1	1
File:0800DM.png	Necrozma	psychic/steel	Undiscovered				1USUM	1
File:0800DW.png	Necrozma	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered				1USUM	1
	Sandy Shocks	electric/ground	Undiscovered						21
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Rattata	normal	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Raticate	normal	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Pikachu	electric	Field/Fairy	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Raichu	electric	Field/Fairy	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Raichu	electric/psychic	Field/Fairy				TM57		TM023
	Clefairy	fairy	Fairy	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Clefable	fairy	Fairy	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Jigglypuff	normal/fairy	Fairy	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Wigglytuff	normal/fairy	Fairy	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Abra	psychic	Human-Like	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Kadabra	psychic	Human-Like	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Alakazam	psychic	Human-Like	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Geodude	rock/electric	Mineral				TM57
	Graveler	rock/electric	Mineral				TM57
	Golem	rock/electric	Mineral				TM57
	Magnemite	electric/steel	Mineral	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Magneton	electric/steel	Mineral	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Voltorb	electric	Mineral	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Voltorb	electric/grass	Mineral						TM023
	Electrode	electric	Mineral	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Electrode	electric/grass	Mineral						TM023
	Chansey	normal	Fairy	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Mr. Mime	psychic/fairy	Human-Like	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Electabuzz	electric	Human-Like	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Jolteon	electric	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Porygon	normal	Mineral	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Zapdos	electric/flying	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Mewtwo	psychic	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Sentret	normal	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Furret	normal	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Chinchou	water/electric	Water 2	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Lanturn	water/electric	Water 2	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Pichu	electric	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Mareep	electric	Monster/Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Flaaffy	electric	Monster/Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Ampharos	electric	Monster/Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Misdreavus	ghost	Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Girafarig	normal/psychic	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Dunsparce	normal	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Remoraid	water	Water 1/Water 2	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Octillery	water	Water 1/Water 2	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Porygon2	normal	Mineral	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Stantler	normal	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Elekid	electric	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Blissey	normal	Fairy	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Raikou	electric	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Lugia	psychic/flying	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Ho-Oh	fire/flying	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Celebi	psychic/grass	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Zigzagoon	normal	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Linoone	normal	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Ralts	psychic/fairy	Human-Like/Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Kirlia	psychic/fairy	Human-Like/Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Gardevoir	psychic/fairy	Human-Like/Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Skitty	normal	Field/Fairy	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Delcatty	normal	Field/Fairy	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Mawile	steel/fairy	Field/Fairy	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Electrike	electric	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Manectric	electric	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Plusle	electric	Fairy	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Minun	electric	Fairy	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Volbeat	bug	Bug/Human-Like	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Illumise	bug	Bug/Human-Like	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Spoink	psychic	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Grumpig	psychic	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Lunatone	rock/psychic	Mineral	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Solrock	rock/psychic	Mineral	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Baltoy	ground/psychic	Mineral	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Claydol	ground/psychic	Mineral	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Kecleon	normal	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Shuppet	ghost	Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Banette	ghost	Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Duskull	ghost	Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Dusclops	ghost	Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Chimecho	psychic	Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Absol	dark	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Regirock	rock	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Regice	ice	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Registeel	steel	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Latias	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Latios	dragon/psychic	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Jirachi	steel/psychic	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Deoxys	psychic	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Bidoof	normal	Water 1/Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Bibarel	normal/water	Water 1/Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Shinx	electric	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Luxio	electric	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Luxray	electric	Field	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Pachirisu	electric	Field/Fairy	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Drifloon	ghost/flying	Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Drifblim	ghost/flying	Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Buneary	normal	Field/Human-Like	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Lopunny	normal	Field/Human-Like	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Mismagius	ghost	Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Chingling	psychic	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Bronzor	steel/psychic	Mineral	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Bronzong	steel/psychic	Mineral	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Mime Jr.	psychic/fairy	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Magnezone	electric/steel	Mineral	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Electivire	electric	Human-Like	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Porygon-Z	normal	Mineral	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Gallade	psychic/fighting	Human-Like/Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Dusknoir	ghost	Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Rotom	electric/ghost	Amorphous	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Uxie	psychic	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Mesprit	psychic	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Azelf	psychic	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Giratina	ghost/dragon	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Cresselia	psychic	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Darkrai	dark	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP
	Arceus	normal	Undiscovered	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57	TM57BDSP	TM023
	Victini	psychic/fire	Undiscovered		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Munna	psychic	Field		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Musharna	psychic	Field		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Blitzle	electric	Field		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Zebstrika	electric	Field		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Woobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Swoobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Audino	normal	Fairy		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Sigilyph	psychic/flying	Flying		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Gothita	psychic	Human-Like		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Gothorita	psychic	Human-Like		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Gothitelle	psychic	Human-Like		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Emolga	electric/flying	Field		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Joltik	bug/electric	Bug		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Galvantula	bug/electric	Bug		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Klink	steel	Mineral		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Klang	steel	Mineral		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Klinklang	steel	Mineral		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Tynamo	electric	Amorphous			TM57	TM57		TM023
	Eelektrik	electric	Amorphous		TM57	TM57	TM57		TM023
	Eelektross	electric	Amorphous		TM57	TM57	TM57		TM023
	Elgyem	psychic	Human-Like		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Beheeyem	psychic	Human-Like		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Druddigon	dragon	Dragon/Monster		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Golurk	ground/ghost	Mineral		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Hydreigon	dark/dragon	Dragon		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Thundurus	electric/flying	Undiscovered		TM57	TM57	TM57		TM023
	Zekrom	dragon/electric	Undiscovered		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Meloetta	normal/psychic	Undiscovered		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Genesect	bug/steel	Undiscovered		TM57	TM57	TM57
	Furfrou	normal	Field			TM57	TM57
	Espurr	psychic	Field			TM57	TM57
	Meowstic	psychic	Field			TM57	TM57
	Meowstic	psychic	Field			TM57	TM57
	Spritzee	fairy	Fairy			TM57	TM57
	Aromatisse	fairy	Fairy			TM57	TM57
	Helioptile	electric/normal	Monster/Dragon			TM57	TM57
	Heliolisk	electric/normal	Monster/Dragon			TM57	TM57
	Amaura	rock/ice	Monster			TM57	TM57
	Aurorus	rock/ice	Monster			TM57	TM57
	Dedenne	electric/fairy	Field/Fairy			TM57	TM57		TM023
	Pumpkaboo	ghost/grass	Amorphous			TM57	TM57
	Gourgeist	ghost/grass	Amorphous			TM57	TM57
	Hoopa	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered			TM57	TM57
	Hoopa	psychic/dark	Undiscovered			TM57	TM57
	Grubbin	bug	Bug				TM57
	Charjabug	bug/electric	Bug				TM57
	Vikavolt	bug/electric	Bug				TM57
	Shiinotic	grass/fairy	Grass				TM57
	Oranguru	normal/psychic	Field				TM57
	Minior	rock/flying	Mineral				TM57
	Turtonator	fire/dragon	Monster/Dragon				TM57
	Togedemaru	electric/steel	Field/Fairy				TM57
	Mimikyu	ghost/fairy	Amorphous				TM57
	Tapu Lele	psychic/fairy	Undiscovered				TM57
	Lunala	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered				TM57
	Nihilego	rock/poison	Undiscovered				TM57
	Xurkitree	electric	Undiscovered				TM57
	Necrozma	psychic	Undiscovered				TM57
File:0800DM.png	Necrozma	psychic/steel	Undiscovered				TM57USUM
File:0800DW.png	Necrozma	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered				TM57USUM
	Magearna	steel/fairy	Undiscovered				TM57		TM023
	Toxtricity	electric/poison	Human-Like						TM023
	Toxtricity	electric/poison	Human-Like						TM023
	Pincurchin	electric	Water 1/Amorphous						TM023
	Regieleki	electric	Undiscovered						TM023
	Wyrdeer	normal/psychic	Field						TM023
	Pawmi	electric	Field						TM023
	Pawmo	electric/fighting	Field						TM023
	Pawmot	electric/fighting	Field						TM023
	Tadbulb	electric	Water 1						TM023
	Bellibolt	electric	Water 1						TM023
	Wattrel	electric/flying	Water 1/Flying						TM023
	Kilowattrel	electric/flying	Water 1/Flying						TM023
	Farigiraf	normal/psychic	Field						TM023
	Flutter Mane	ghost/fairy	Undiscovered						TM023
	Sandy Shocks	electric/ground	Undiscovered						TM023
	Iron Jugulis	dark/flying	Undiscovered						TM023
	Iron Moth	fire/poison	Undiscovered						TM023
	Iron Thorns	rock/electric	Undiscovered						TM023
	Gholdengo	steel/ghost	Undiscovered						TM023
	Iron Valiant	fairy/fighting	Undiscovered						TM023
	Miraidon	electric/dragon	Undiscovered						TM023
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By Move Tutor

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Games
Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Gallery

Main games

Main series

v · d · e List of Electric-type moves

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A	Aura Wheel

B	Bolt Beak Bolt Strike Buzzy Buzz

C	Charge Charge Beam

D	Discharge Double Shock

E	Eerie Impulse Electric Terrain Electrify Electro Ball Electro Drift Electroweb

F	Fusion Bolt

I	Ion Deluge

M	Magnet Rise Magnetic Flux

N	Nuzzle

O	Overdrive

P	Parabolic Charge Pika Papow Plasma Fists

R	Rising Voltage

S	Shock Wave Spark Supercell Slam

T	Thunder Thunder Cage Thunder Fang Thunder Punch Thunder Shock Thunder Wave Thunderbolt Thunderclap

V	Volt Switch Volt Tackle

W	Wild Charge Wildbolt Storm

Z	Zap Cannon Zing Zap Zippy Zap

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Normal-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation IV

Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type

A	Acupressure Air Slash Aqua Jet Aqua Ring Aqua Tail Assurance Attack Order Aura Sphere Avalanche

B	Brave Bird Brine Bug Bite Bug Buzz Bullet Punch

C	Captivate Charge Beam Chatter Close Combat Copycat Cross Poison Crush Grip

D	Dark Pulse Dark Void Defend Order Defog Discharge Double Hit Draco Meteor Dragon Pulse Dragon Rush Drain Punch

E	Earth Power Embargo Energy Ball

F	Feint Fire Fang Flare Blitz Flash Cannon Fling Focus Blast Force Palm

G	Gastro Acid Giga Impact Grass Knot Gravity Guard Swap Gunk Shot Gyro Ball

H	Hammer Arm Head Smash Heal Block Heal Order Healing Wish Heart Swap

I	Ice Fang Ice Shard Iron Head

J	Judgment

L	Last Resort Lava Plume Leaf Storm Lucky Chant Lunar Dance

M	Magma Storm Magnet Bomb Magnet Rise Me First Metal Burst Miracle Eye Mirror Shot Mud Bomb

N	Nasty Plot Natural Gift Night Slash

O	Ominous Wind

P	Payback Pluck Poison Jab Power Gem Power Swap Power Trick Power Whip Psycho Cut Psycho Shift Punishment

R	Roar of Time Rock Climb Rock Polish Rock Wrecker Roost

S	Seed Bomb Seed Flare Shadow Claw Shadow Force Shadow Sneak Spacial Rend Stealth Rock Stone Edge Sucker Punch Switcheroo

T	Tailwind Thunder Fang Toxic Spikes Trick Room Trump Card

U	U-turn

V	Vacuum Wave

W	Wake-Up Slap Wood Hammer Worry Seed Wring Out

X	X-Scissor

Z	Zen Headbutt

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation IV