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Vikavolt

Pitch Black / #026/84

Vikavolt

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Pitch Black
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
KEIICHIRO ITO
Source reference
me05-026

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The Pokémon’s story

Vikavolt darts around opponents until it finds an opening. It generates electricity in its abdomen, concentrates it in its large mandibles and releases it as a beam. Its aerial manoeuvres serve to surprise the enemy before this discharge. The Pokédex also credits it with a reserve strategy: carrying a Charjabug in flight to provide an extra battery. This combination of agility and stored energy makes its attacks difficult to anticipate.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Shield describes Vikavolt carrying a Charjabug as a backup battery. With this reserve, it is said to be able to fire several powerful beams without landing. This cooperation gives its previous evolutionary stage a very concrete role in aerial battles.

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Card details

HP
160
Type (source)
Lightning
Stage (source)
Stage2
Evolves from (printed name)
Charjabug
Pokédex number
738
Regulation mark
J
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fighting ×2

Printed card text — English

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Attacks

Quick Dive

Cost: Lightning

This attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Giga Railgun

Cost: Lightning · Lightning

Damage: 260

If this Pokémon has no Voltaic {L} Energy attached, this attack does nothing.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • normal · standard
  • reverse · standard

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