Move card

Thunder Punch

Stats and effect
Electric Physical
Power 75
Accuracy 100%
PP 15
Priority 0
Effect

Has a chance to paralyze the target.

Target: Selected target Introduced: Generation I (Kanto) Effect chance: 10% Learned by 276 Pokémon
Move properties
  • Contact — The user touches the target, so abilities such as Static and Rough Skin and items like Rocky Helmet activate.
  • Punch — Boosted by the Iron Fist ability (+20%) and by the Punching Glove item.
Machines that teach this move
  • TM41 Gold/Silver, Crystal
  • TM23 Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee, Legends: Z-A
  • TM05 Sword/Shield
  • TM68 Scarlet/Violet, Scarlet/Violet: The Teal Mask, Scarlet/Violet: The Indigo Disk

The same move has different numbers in different games — check the number for your version before going after the machine.

Pokémon that learn this move (276)

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The tiles cover all games at once. “From Lv.” is the level from the latest game in which that species learns this move by level-up — hover over the number to see which game. No number means it never learns the move by level-up.