Parabolic Charge
Pokémon Champions
User recovers 50% of the damage dealt.
- Power
- 65
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 20
- Hits
- Everyone next to the user, ally too (spread move)
- On Showdown
- 0.1% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it
Changes over time
How Parabolic Charge changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen VII
Power 50 → 65 Buffed
Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
See it in the games
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How it works in Champions
The user recovers 1/2 the HP lost by the target, rounded half up. If Big Root is held by the user, the HP recovered is 1.3× normal, rounded half down.
- Healing: stopped by Heal Block
“The user attacks everything around it. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by those hit.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Good to know
- Hits everyone next to the user, its partner too, at 0.75× damage each in Doubles.Spread moves
- Heals the user by 1/2 of the damage dealt. Big Root heals 30% more; Liquid Ooze hurts the user instead.Draining moves
- Healing move: Heal Block stops it, and Triage gives it +3 priority.Healing moves
- Doesn't make contact: Rough Skin, Rocky Helmet and similar don't trigger.
Who runs Parabolic Charge on Showdown
Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.
On the ladder today
Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Parabolic Charge among their most used moves.
Who learns Parabolic Charge
5 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
All 7 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →