Thunderbolt

Type

Electric

Category

special

Power

90

Accuracy

100

PP

15

Priority

0

Target

adjacent

Contact

No

Spread

No

Protect blocks

Yes

Wide Guard blocks

No

A coverage or STAB option worth comparing with alternatives of the same type in the team builder.

• Tyranitar Mega
• Gardevoir Mega
• Drampa Mega
• Gyarados Mega
• Ampharos Mega
• Dragalge Mega
• Gallade Mega
• Malamar Mega
• Gholdengo
• Dragapult
• Eelektross Mega
• Goodra Hisui
• Dragonite Mega
• Gengar Mega
• Archaludon
• Kangaskhan Mega
• Snorlax
• Goodra
• Lopunny Mega
• Golurk Mega
• Audino Mega
• Dragonite
• Rhyperior
• Froslass Mega
• Starmie Mega
• Aggron Mega
• Mr Rime
• Gengar Gmax
• Gengar
• Tyranitar
• Jolteon
• Gyarados
• Absol Mega
• Tauros Paldea Aqua Breed
• Raichu Mega Y
• Aggron
• Absol Mega Z
• Manectric Mega
• Tauros Paldea Blaze Breed
• Farigiraf
• Tauros Paldea Combat Breed
• Raichu Mega X
• Dragalge
• Gardevoir
• Raichu Alola
• Banette Mega
• Kangaskhan
• Clefable Mega
• Rotom Mow
• Luxray
• Heliolisk
• Bellibolt
• Oranguru
• Rotom Fan
• Ampharos
• Bastiodon
• Rotom Frost
• Rotom Wash
• Snorlax Gmax
• Garbodor
• Eelektross
• Rampardos
• Rotom Heat
• Clefable
• Stunfisk
• Malamar
• Meowstic Female
• Mimikyu Totem Busted
• Gallade
• Mimikyu Totem Disguised
• Mimikyu Busted
• Annihilape
• Slurpuff
• Aurorus
• Wyrdeer
• Manectric
• Tauros
• Starmie
• Drampa
• Raichu
• Absol
• Lopunny
• Froslass
• Mimikyu Disguised
• Aromatisse
• Garbodor Gmax
• Golurk
• Meowstic Male
• Stunfisk Galar
• Banette
• Audino
• Rotom
• Morpeko Hangry
• Emolga
• Morpeko Full Belly
• Dedenne
• Pikachu Starter
• Castform Snowy
• Castform Rainy
• Castform Sunny
• Watchog
• Castform
• Pikachu
• Pikachu Alola Cap
• Pikachu Belle
• Pikachu Cosplay
• Pikachu Gmax
• Pikachu Hoenn Cap
• Pikachu Kalos Cap
• Pikachu Libre
• Pikachu Original Cap
• Pikachu Partner Cap
• Pikachu Phd
• Pikachu Pop Star
• Pikachu Rock Star
• Pikachu Sinnoh Cap
• Pikachu Unova Cap
• Pikachu World Cap

Thunderbolt is a Electric-type special attack. It has 90 base power, 100% accuracy, 15 PP and targets a single adjacent target. Thunderbolt is a Electric-type special attack. It has 90 base power, 100% accuracy, 15 PP and targets a single adjacent target.

A coverage or STAB option worth comparing with alternatives of the same type in the team builder.

Consider Thunderbolt when its type and power cover targets your team otherwise struggles with. Single-target attacks are reliable and do not risk your own partner, but they can be redirected by Follow Me or Rage Powder. Evaluate the move alongside your team's speed tiers and overall coverage.

In team building, Thunderbolt is usually a coverage or primary STAB option. It shines when your team already has speed control or when it patches a matchup hole. Compare it with alternative moves of the same type and category to decide whether the extra power, accuracy or side effect justifies the slot over a more defensive option.

Common mistakes with Thunderbolt include: Using it without a clear plan for the turns it creates. Forgetting that Protect and Detect can block it, wasting a key turn. Spamming it predictably and letting the opponent switch into a resist. Not considering how redirectors like Follow Me and Rage Powder change targeting.

Protect and Detect block this move. These interactions are situational, so test them in the team builder and matchup analyzer before committing to the moveslot.

Use the tools below to test Thunderbolt in a full team context and compare it with alternative options.

• Protect / Detect: blocks this move.
• Wide Guard: does not block this move.
• Follow Me / Rage Powder: spread moves are not redirected.
• Quick Guard: no effect (non-priority).