Discharge in Pokemon Survivor

Discharge at a glance

What Discharge does

Discharge is an Electric-type aura move. A permanent electric field around you.

A Pokemon can learn it if it is Electric-type, which is true of 64 of the 966 Pokemon. It reaches you as a new-move card when you level up, as long as one of your four move slots is free. No Pokemon begins a run with it, so you only find it on level-up cards. Each level-up draws three cards by weight from up to six new-move candidates, your move upgrades and the stat cards, so even a good move can sit out several level-ups.

Discharge stats by level

At level 1, Discharge deals 8 damage with a 0.45 second cooldown. At level 5 that becomes 17 damage every 0.32 seconds, which is 55.2 potential damage per second against 17.8 at level 1.

Potential damage per second multiplies damage by the number of hits and divides by the cooldown. It assumes every one lands on the same enemy and leaves out the Pokemon's attack multiplier, your cards and the type chart, so treat it as an upper bound for comparing levels and moves, not as a kill time.

Discharge level-up changes

Each level-up card for Discharge applies the changes below. They stack, so the level 5 row above already includes all of them.

• Level 2: +30% radius
• Level 3: +45% damage
• Level 4: -30% cooldown
• Level 5: +30% radius, +50% damage

Discharge evolution: Electric Terrain

Discharge evolves into Electric Terrain when it reaches level 5 and you have taken the Armor card at least once in the same run. Once both are true, a golden evolution card is always offered at your next level-up. Until then, the Armor card keeps showing up with a note that it unlocks this evolution, so you do not have to hunt for it.

Electric Terrain keeps the Electric type and the same slot. Its damage goes from 17 to 31 and its cooldown stays at 0.32 seconds. The move evolution guide lists all 59 evolutions and the cards they need.

• +80% damage
• +35% radius

Which Pokemon can use Discharge

64 Pokemon can learn Discharge: every Electric-type, which is 33 single-type and 31 dual-type. The best of them by Stat Score are Xurkitree, Zekrom, Iron Hands, and Regieleki.

No Pokemon starts with Discharge, so you only find it on level-up cards.

How to use Discharge

• Aura moves do not need a target: Discharge fires on its cooldown wherever you are.
• Water and Flying take 60% more damage from Electric moves, while Electric, Grass, and Dragon take 40% less and Ground takes only 30% of the damage. Enemies with two types multiply both effects. See the type chart.
• Other aura moves are Grass Knot, Bulldoze, and Bug Buzz. The moves list compares all 64.
• Each Reflexes card multiplies every cooldown by 0.92 and each Power card multiplies damage by 1.10. After 5 Reflexes cards the 0.45 second cooldown of Discharge at level 1 becomes 0.3 seconds.
• Only the move group in your active slot fires, and every move in the group keeps its own cooldown timer. A bond, which a rift win gives you, fuses loose moves into one group.
• Weather can boost or weaken Electric moves: see the weather guide.

Discharge in Pokemon Survivor FAQ

What does Discharge do in Pokemon Survivor?

A permanent electric field around you. It is an Electric-type aura move with 5 levels. It deals 8 damage at level 1 and 17 at level 5.

How do you evolve Discharge?

Level it to 5 and take the Armor card at least once in the same run. A golden evolution card then appears at the next level-up and turns it into Electric Terrain.

Which Pokemon can learn Discharge?

The 64 Electric-type Pokemon, including dual types. None of them start with it.

Browse all 64 moves in the Pokemon Survivor moves list, or read the Pokemon Survivor guides.