Electro Ball (move)

Electro Ball (Japanese: エレキボール Elecball) is a damage-dealing Electric-type move introduced in Generation V. It is TR80 in Generation VIII.

Electro Ball
エレキボール Elecball

Battles

Type	Electric
Category	Special
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	—
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
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

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation V
TR80 in Generation VIII

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cool
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jamming	0
Excites the audience a lot if used first.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Effect

Electro Ball inflicts more damage the faster the user is compared to the target.

Electro Ball's power is calculated as follows:

Target's Speed	Power
More than 100%, or exactly 0	40
50.01% - 100%	60
33.34% - 50%	80
25.01% - 33.33%	120
0.01% - 25%	150

The Speed values used take all modifiers into account (including stat stages, paralysis, held items such as the Iron Ball, and Abilities such as Slush Rush).

Electro Ball has no effect on Pokémon with Bulletproof.

Electro Ball can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining extra three appeal points if a certain move (Agility, Autotomize, Calm Mind, Charge, Rock Polish, or Shell Smash) was used in the prior turn.

Description

Games	Description
BW B2W2	The user hurls an electric orb at the target. The faster the user is than the target, the greater the damage.
XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh	The user hurls an electric orb at the target. The faster the user is than the target, the greater the move's power.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
025		Pikachu		Field	Fairy	18	18^XY 13^ORAS	13^SMUSUM	12
026		Raichu		Field	Fairy				1
026		Raichu Alolan Form		Field	Fairy				1^SwSh
081		Magnemite		Mineral		Mineral	27^BW 32^B2W2	32^XY 29^ORAS	29^SMUSUM	12
082		Magneton		Mineral		Mineral	27^BW 34^B2W2	34^XY 29^ORAS	29^SMUSUM	12
100		Voltorb		Mineral		Mineral	29	29^XY 22^ORAS	22^SMUSUM	22^BDSP
101		Electrode		Mineral		Mineral	29	29^XY 22^ORAS	22^SMUSUM	22^BDSP
125		Electabuzz		Human-Like		Human-Like	32^BW 22^B2W2	22	29^SMUSUM
170		Chinchou		Water 2		Water 2	28	28^XY 9^ORAS	9	4
171		Lanturn		Water 2		Water 2	30	30^XY 1, 9^ORAS	1, 9	1
179		Mareep		Monster	Field	28^BW 22^B2W2	22	22	22^BDSP
180		Flaaffy		Monster	Field	31^BW 25^B2W2	25	25	25^BDSP
181		Ampharos		Monster	Field	33^BW 25^B2W2	25	25	25^BDSP
239		Elekid		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	31^BW 22^B2W2	22	22
311		Plusle		Fairy		Fairy	29	29^XY 19^ORAS	19	19^BDSP
312		Minun		Fairy		Fairy	29	29^XY 19^ORAS	19	19^BDSP
417		Pachirisu		Field	Fairy	25	25	25	25^BDSP
462		Magnezone		Mineral		Mineral	27^BW 34^B2W2	34^XY 29^ORAS	29	12
466		Electivire		Human-Like		Human-Like	32^BW 22^B2W2	22	22
479		Rotom		Amorphous		Amorphous	43	43	43	20
587		Emolga		Field		Field	26	26	26
595		Joltik		Bug		Bug	29	29	29	20^SwSh
596		Galvantula		Bug		Bug	29	29	29	20^SwSh
785		Tapu Koko		Undiscovered		Undiscovered			58
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TR

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Machine
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I --	II --	III --	IV --	V --	VI --	VII --	VIII TR80
025		Pikachu		Field	Fairy				✔^SwSh
026		Raichu		Field	Fairy				✔^SwSh
026		Raichu Alolan Form		Field	Fairy				✔^SwSh
081		Magnemite		Mineral		Mineral				✔^SwSh
082		Magneton		Mineral		Mineral				✔^SwSh
125		Electabuzz		Human-Like		Human-Like				✔^SwSh
135		Jolteon		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
150		Mewtwo		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				✔^SwSh
151		Mew		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				✔^SwSh
170		Chinchou		Water 2		Water 2				✔^SwSh
171		Lanturn		Water 2		Water 2				✔^SwSh
239		Elekid		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				✔^SwSh
309		Electrike		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
310		Manectric		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
403		Shinx		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
404		Luxio		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
405		Luxray		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
462		Magnezone		Mineral		Mineral				✔^SwSh
466		Electivire		Human-Like		Human-Like				✔^SwSh
479		Rotom		Amorphous		Amorphous				✔^SwSh
587		Emolga		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
595		Joltik		Bug		Bug				✔^SwSh
596		Galvantula		Bug		Bug				✔^SwSh
642		Thundurus		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				✔^SwSh
644		Zekrom		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				✔^SwSh
694		Helioptile		Monster	Dragon				✔^SwSh
695		Heliolisk		Monster	Dragon				✔^SwSh
702		Dedenne		Field	Fairy				✔^SwSh
737		Charjabug		Bug		Bug				✔^SwSh
738		Vikavolt		Bug		Bug				✔^SwSh
777		Togedemaru		Field	Fairy				✔^SwSh
785		Tapu Koko		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				✔^SwSh
796		Xurkitree		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				✔^SwSh
801		Magearna		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				✔^SwSh
807		Zeraora		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				✔^SwSh
813		Scorbunny		Field	Human-Like				✔^SwSh
814		Raboot		Field	Human-Like				✔^SwSh
815		Cinderace		Field	Human-Like				✔^SwSh
831		Wooloo		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
832		Dubwool		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
835		Yamper		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
836		Boltund		Field		Field				✔^SwSh
849		Toxtricity Amped Form		Human-Like		Human-Like				✔^SwSh
849		Toxtricity Low Key Form		Human-Like		Human-Like				✔^SwSh
877		Morpeko		Field	Fairy				✔^SwSh
880		Dracozolt		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				✔^SwSh
881		Arctozolt		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				✔^SwSh
894		Regieleki		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				✔^SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups	Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
309		Electrike		Field	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
150		Mewtwo		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	Pokémon Smash! Mewtwo February 2012 Mewtwo Strongest Return Mewtwo Spring 2012 Mewtwo
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Gates to Infinity, as the Speed stat does not exist in the game, the difference of the user's Travel Speed and the target's Travel Speed affects damage inflicted to the target. The faster the user is (comparing Travel Speed), the more damage it does.

From Super Mystery Dungeon onward, it compares the Speed stats between the user and the target. The higher the user's Speed stat is compared to the target's, the more damage it does.

Pokémon Conquest


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Stars: ★★

Power: 26

Accuracy: 100%

Effect: Inflicts more damage the faster the user is compared to the target.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Description

Games	Description
Conq.	The user hurls an electric orb at the target. The faster the user is than the target, the greater the damage.
MDGtI	It damages an enemy. The faster your Travel Speed than that of the enemy, the greater the damage it causes.
SMD	It damages an enemy. The faster your Speed compared to that of the enemy, the greater the damage caused.
MDRTDX	It damages an enemy. The higher your Speed compared to that of the enemy, the greater the damage caused.

In the anime

Main series

Pokémon	Method

Electabuzz	Galvantula	Pikachu	Rotom
The user fires a ball of electricity at the opponent.
User	First Used In		Notes
Galvantula	Galvantula forms an orb of yellow and orange electricity with yellow electric sparks around it in front of its mouth. It then fires the orb at the opponent. The orb explodes when it hits the opponent, which leaves behind yellow electric sparks in the dust and smoke.
A wild Galvantula	Scraggy—Hatched to be Wild!		Debut
A wild Galvantula	Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!		None
A wild Galvantula	Team Rocket's Shocking Recruit!		None
Pikachu	Pikachu's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Pikachu's body. All the electricity then condenses at Pikachu's tail and forms into an orange-yellow orb of electricity with sparks of yellow electricity coming off it. Pikachu then jumps into the air and flings the orb at the opponent.
Ash's Pikachu	Dancing With the Ducklett Trio!		None
Frank's Pikachu	Lights! Camera! Pika!		None
Pikala's Bolt	Battle Royal 151!		None
Emolga	Multiple sparks of yellow electricity appear at the end of Emolga's tail and an orange-yellow orb of electrical energy, releasing yellow electricity forms from the sparks. Emolga then jumps into the air and flips forward, firing the orb from its tail at the opponent.
Elesa's Emolga	Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym!		None
Magneton	Magneton's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Magneton's body. All the electricity then condenses in the middle of Magneton's body and forms into an orange-yellow orb of electricity with sparks of yellow electricity coming off it. Magneton then fires the orb of electricity at the opponent.
Belmondo's Magneton	Confronting the Darkness!		None
Magnezone	Magnezone's body becomes surrounded by yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Magnezone's body. All the electricity then condenses in front of Magnezone's body and forms into three orange-yellow orbs of electricity with sparks of yellow electricity coming off them. Magnezone then fires the orbs of electricity at the opponent.
Belmondo's Magnezone	Confronting the Darkness!		None
Slurpuff	Slurpuff's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Slurpuff's body. All the electricity then condenses in front of Slurpuff's body and forms into an orange-yellow orb of electricity with sparks of yellow electricity coming off it. Slurpuff then fires the orb of electricity at the opponent.
Sawyer's Slurpuff	Rivals: Today and Tomorrow!		Slurpuff cannot legally learn Electro Ball.
Rotom	Rotom's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Rotom's body. All the electricity then condenses in front of Rotom's body and forms into an orange-yellow orb of electricity with sparks of yellow electricity coming off it. Rotom then fires the orb of electricity at the opponent.
Weston's Rotom	Rotom's Wish!		None
Magnemite	Magnemite's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Magneton's body. All the electricity then condenses in the middle of Magnemite's body and forms into an orange-yellow orb of electricity with sparks of yellow electricity coming off it. Magnemite then fires the orb of electricity at the opponent.
Clemont's Magnemite	Battling with a Clean Slate!		None
Electabuzz	Electabuzz forms an orb of yellow and orange electricity with yellow electric sparks and two yellow rings of electricity around it in between its horns. It then fires the orb at the opponent.
Tony's Electabuzz	Betrayed, Bothered, and Beleaguered!		None

In To Catch a Pokémon Smuggler!, Officer Jenny mentioned that her Manectric knew Electro Ball, but it was never seen using the move.

Pokémon Generations

Pokémon	Method

	Pikachu
The user fires a ball of electricity at the opponent.
User	First Used In	Notes
Pikachu	Pikachu's body becomes surrounded in yellow electricity and multiple yellow sparks come off Pikachu's body. All the electricity then condenses at Pikachu's tail and forms into an yellow-white orb of electricity with sparks of blue electricity coming off it. Pikachu then attacks with the orb and its tail.
Red's Pikachu	The Adventure	Debut

In the manga

Be the Best! Pokémon B+W

	Emolga

A ball of electricity is thrown.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Emolga	Emolga throws a ball of electricity at the foe.
Monta's Emolga	The Battle for More Friends!	Debut

Movie adaptations

	Pikachu

The user throws a ball of electricity.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Pikachu	Pikachu throws a ball of electricity at the foe.
Ash's Pikachu	White—Victini and Zekrom	Debut

Pokémon Adventures

	Galvantula

The user shoots a ball of electricity the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Galvantula	Galvantula pulls back one of its mandibles and it becomes surrounded in static electricity. Galvantula then waves the mandible forward and a ball of electricity comes out of it and hits the opponent.
Black's Tula	Wheeling and Dealing	Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

Electro Ball can have the highest base power of any Electric-type move (150).

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	電球 Dihnkàuh
Chinese	Mandarin	電球 / 电球 Diànqiú
Croatian		Elektro Kugla
Dutch		Elektrobal
French		Boule Élek
German		Elektroball
Hebrew		כדור חשמל Kadur Khashmal
Indonesian		Bola Listrik
Italian		Energisfera
Korean		일렉트릭볼 Electric Ball
Polish		Elektrokula
Portuguese	Brazil	Esfera Elétrica Bola Elétrica (Adventures in Unova-present, TCG, and manga)
Portuguese	Portugal	Eletro Bola
Russian		Электро Шар Elektro Shar
Spanish	Latin America	Electrobola
Spanish	Spain	Bola Voltio
Turkish		Elektro Top
Vietnamese		Quả Bóng Điện* Quả Cầu Điện Khí*

Variations of the move Gyro Ball

	Gyro Ball
	Electro Ball

Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24
25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49
50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74
75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99
BDSP
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25
26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75
76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 100
Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24
25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49
50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74
75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99

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