Thunder Wave

Electric Special Stun Stun

A shock marked on the ground that paralyzes whoever it catches.

Attack animation · Zapdos using Thunder Wave on training dummies, recorded with the game’s own code. Sprite by CHUNSOFT, Emmuffin (Zapdos), SpriteCollab, CC BY-NC 4.0.

Numbers per level

	Lv 1	Lv 2	Lv 3	Lv 4	Lv 5	Volt Tackle
Base damage	22	30.8	30.8	30.8	40.04	72.07
Cooldown (s)	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.2	1.2
Radius / range (px)	58	58	72.5	72.5	72.5	94.25
Stun (s)	1	1	1	1.5	1.5	2.1

Bold values changed from the previous level.

What each level improves

Lv 2+40% damage
Lv 3+25% radius
Lv 4+50% stun
Lv 5-25% cooldown and +30% damage

Evolution

Thunder Wave Volt Tackle

Evolves at level 5 if you have at least 1 Power card.

×1.8 damage, more radius and longer stun

In the best build of 0 Pokémon

No Pokémon uses this move in its main build.

Numbers per level

What each level improves

Evolution

In the best build of 0 Pokémon

Who learns it (64)