| Type | electric |
| Category | Special |
| Power | 110 |
| Accuracy | 70 |
| PP | 10 |
| Introduced | Generation 1 |
Thunder deals damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target.
Electric type Pokémon, those with the ability Limber or those behind a Substitute cannot be paralyzed.
If used during rain, Thunder ignores accuracy. Conversely, if used during intense sunlight, its accuracy drops to 50%.
Thunder can hit Pokémon during the first stage of Bounce, Fly or Sky Drop.
When a Pokémon is holding Electrium Z and uses its Z-Power, Thunder turns into Gigavolt Havoc and has base power 185.
| Gold Silver Crystal | An attack that may cause paralysis. |
| Ruby Sapphire Emerald | A lightning attack that may cause paralysis. |
| FireRed LeafGreen | A brutal lightning attack that may also leave the foe paralyzed. |
| Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver | A wicked thunderbolt is dropped on the foe to inflict damage. It may also leave the target paralyzed. |
| Black White Black 2 White 2 | A wicked thunderbolt is dropped on the target to inflict damage. It may also leave the target with paralysis. |
| X Y O.Ruby A.Sapphire | A wicked thunderbolt is dropped on the target to inflict damage. This may also leave the target with paralysis. |
| Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon L.G. Pikachu L.G. Eevee | A wicked thunderbolt is dropped on the target to inflict damage. This may also leave the target with paralysis. |
| Sword Shield B.Diamond S.Pearl | A wicked thunderbolt is dropped on the target to inflict damage. This may also leave the target with paralysis. |
| English | Thunder |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Trueno |
| Italian | Tuono |
| Japanese | かみなり (Kaminari) |
| German | Donner |
| French | Fatal-Foudre |