Volt Tackle
Pokémon Champions
Has 33% . 10% chance to target.
- Power
- 120
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 15
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
- On Showdown
- 0.2% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it
Changes over time
How Volt Tackle changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen V
… user takes recoil damage equal to
dropped: 1/3added: 33% the HP lost by the target, roundeddropped: down,added: half up, but not less than 1 HP. - Gen IV
Became Physical (the physical/special split)
added: Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target. If the target lost HP, the …
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
Has a 10% chance to the target. If the target lost HP, the user takes damage equal to 33% the HP lost by the target, rounded half up, but not less than 1 HP.
- Makes contact
Good to know
- Makes contact: Rough Skin, Iron Barbs and Rocky Helmet hurt the attacker; Protective Pads prevents it.Contact moves
- The user takes recoil: 33% of the damage dealt. Reckless boosts it; Rock Head and Magic Guard prevent the recoil.Recoil moves
- Has a secondary effect: Sheer Force boosts it and removes the effect, Serene Grace doubles the chance, and Shield Dust and Covert Cloak block it.Moves with a secondary effect
Who runs Volt Tackle 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 Volt Tackle among their most used moves.
#7Raichu
#191PikachuWho learns Volt Tackle
5 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
Alolan Raichu
Mega Raichu YAll 3 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →