Electro Shot (move)

Electro Shot エレクトロビーム Electro Beam

Battles Type  Electric Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  130 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Electro Shot (Japanese: エレクトロビーム Electro Beam) is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced during Generation IX, in The Indigo Disk. It is the signature move of Archaludon.

Effect

On the turn it is selected, Electro Shot will raise the user's Special Attack stat by one stage, and the message "[User] absorbed electricity!" will be shown. On the following turn, Electro Shot will do damage (factoring in the Special Attack boost), PP will be deducted from it, and it will count as the last move used. Once Electro Shot is selected, the user won't be able to switch out until it is disrupted or fully executed. Electro Shot will not need a turn to charge if used during rain.

Sleep, freezing, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of Electro Shot.

If a Power Herb is held by the user, Electro Shot can be executed in one turn. The user will charge and boost their Special Attack, consume the Power Herb, then execute the final stage of the move in the same turn. The Special Attack boost is applied because the charging stage is still performed.

Electro Shot's damage is boosted by Sheer Force despite not suppressing any additional effects.^[1]

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						IX
						SV
1018		Archaludon		Mineral	Dragon	Evo.
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.

Trivia

• Electro Shot is tied with Bolt Strike for having the highest base power of all Electric-type moves, excluding Z-Moves, Max Moves, and G-Max Moves.

In other languages

References

Variations of the move Skull Bash
Skull Bash

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