Charge Beam

Charge Beam is a Fast Attack of type Electric in Pokémon GO. In Gym and Raid battles, it deals 7 damage and it generates 14 energy. In GO Battle League, Charge Beam deals 6 damage and generates 11 energy. Explore its damage and energy stats in battles, its effectiveness against various Pokémon types, and see which Pokémon wield it best.

Charge Beam effectiveness against other Pokémon types


Electric	×1.0	×1.0	×1.6	×1.0	×0.4	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	×1.6	×0.6	×0.6	×1.0	×1.0	×0.6	×1.0	×1.0

Charge Beam Adventure Effects

Charge Beam has no Adventure Effects.

Charge Beam in Gym and Raid Battles

Gym and Raid Battles Stats

Category	Fast Attack
Type	Electric
Power	7
Energy	14
Animation Duration	1.0s
Damage Window	0.8s - 0.9s
DPS	7.00 Damage per second
DPE	0.50 Damage per Energy
EPS	14.00 Energy per second

Similar moves in Gym and Raid Battles

Name	PWR	ENG	Duration	EPS	DPS
Thunder Shock	4	7	0.5s	14.00	8.00
Spark	4	6	0.5s	12.00	8.00
Charge Beam	7	14	1.0s	14.00	7.00
Volt Switch	13	20	1.5s	13.33	8.67
Thunder Fang	10	13	1.0s	13.00	10.00

Charge Beam in Trainer Battles

Trainer Battles Stats

Category	Fast Attack
Type	Electric
Power	6
Energy	11
Duration	3 Turns
DPS	0.55 Damage per second
EPS	3.67 Energy per second
DPE	0.55 Damage per Energy
Tags	Fast Charge

Special effects

Charge Beam has no special effects.

Similar moves in Trainer Battles

Name	DPT	EPT	PWR	ENG	CD
Thunder Shock Fast Charge	2.00	4.50	4	9	1s
Spark Fast Charge	2.50	3.50	5	7	1s
Charge Beam Fast Charge	2.00	3.67	6	11	2s
Volt Switch Multipurpose	3.50	4.00	14	16	2s
Thunder Fang Multipurpose	4.00	3.00	8	6	1s

Strongest Pokémon with Charge Beam

Configuration

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score
1	Deoxys (Normal Forme)	Charge Beam	Psycho Boost	21.52	222.8	17.4
2	Mega Gardevoir	Charge Beam	Psychic	17.98	434.3	16.3
3	Zekrom	Charge Beam	Fusion Bolt *	16.87	440.0	15.4
4	Shadow Zapdos	Charge Beam	Drill Peck	17.37	337.6	15.4
5	Mega Manectric	Charge Beam	Wild Charge	16.98	332.4	15.1
6	Shadow Magnezone	Charge Beam	Wild Charge	16.83	303.7	14.8
7	Mega Ampharos	Charge Beam	Zap Cannon	15.73	409.1	14.4
8	Deoxys (Speed Forme)	Charge Beam	Psycho Boost	16.22	301.1	14.3
9	Shadow Gardevoir	Charge Beam	Psychic	15.50	261.9	13.5
10	Shadow Porygon-Z	Charge Beam	Tri Attack *	15.46	237.2	13.3
11	Jirachi	Charge Beam	Doom Desire	14.36	407.3	13.2
12	Zapdos	Charge Beam	Drill Peck	14.56	339.7	13.2
13	Magnezone	Charge Beam	Wild Charge	14.21	307.8	12.7
14	Celebi	Charge Beam	Aura Sphere	12.95	367.4	11.9
15	Shadow Manectric	Charge Beam	Wild Charge	14.34	167.1	11.8
16	Shadow Ampharos	Charge Beam	Brutal Swing	13.37	239.1	11.7
17	Gardevoir	Charge Beam	Psychic	13.13	266.3	11.7
18	Pawmot	Charge Beam	Wild Charge	13.56	208.2	11.7
19	Porygon-Z	Charge Beam	Tri Attack *	13.15	242.3	11.6
20	Shadow Magneton	Charge Beam	Magnet Bomb	13.73	167.7	11.4
21	Mew	Charge Beam	Psychic	12.15	344.5	11.2
22	Shadow Porygon2	Charge Beam	Tri Attack	12.07	218.9	10.6
23	Manectric	Charge Beam	Wild Charge	12.49	174.6	10.6
24	Shadow Grumpig	Charge Beam	Psychic	11.73	214.1	10.3
25	Ampharos	Charge Beam	Zap Cannon	11.34	243.4	10.2
26	Magneton	Charge Beam	Magnet Bomb	11.77	172.5	10.1
27	Morpeko (Hangry)	Charge Beam	Aura Wheel	11.68	138.5	9.7
28	Morpeko (Full Belly)	Charge Beam	Aura Wheel	11.68	138.5	9.7
29	Porygon2	Charge Beam	Hyper Beam	10.27	223.5	9.2
30	Clefable	Charge Beam	Meteor Mash	10.16	218.9	9.1
31	Grumpig	Charge Beam	Psychic	9.92	217.2	8.9
32	Musharna	Charge Beam	Psyshock	9.48	242.1	8.6
33	Mega Audino	Charge Beam	Dazzling Gleam	8.65	289.9	8.1
34	Lanturn	Charge Beam	Thunderbolt	8.76	197.9	7.9
35	Aromatisse	Charge Beam	Psychic	8.80	184.0	7.9
36	Klinklang	Charge Beam	Hyper Beam	8.81	179.7	7.9
37	Shadow Flaaffy	Charge Beam	Discharge	8.93	90.9	7.2
38	Shadow Porygon	Charge Beam	Hyper Beam	8.43	99.1	7.0
39	Flaaffy	Charge Beam	Thunderbolt	7.88	96.2	6.5
40	Porygon	Charge Beam	Hyper Beam	7.52	106.0	6.4
41	Klang	Charge Beam	Thunderbolt	7.07	119.1	6.2
42	Pawmo	Charge Beam	Wild Charge	7.54	65.2	5.9
43	Audino	Charge Beam	Hyper Beam	6.49	148.4	5.9
44	Shadow Joltik	Charge Beam	Discharge	6.12	45.9	4.6
45	Munna	Charge Beam	Psyshock	5.60	62.3	4.6
46	Spritzee	Charge Beam	Thunderbolt	5.39	72.7	4.5
47	Joltik	Charge Beam	Discharge	5.66	51.0	4.4
48	Hisuian Voltorb	Charge Beam	Thunderbolt	5.54	49.4	4.3
49	Abra	Charge Beam	Psyshock	5.78	31.7	4.0
50	Kirlia	Charge Beam	Psychic	5.07	36.8	3.8

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