Natural Cure (Ability)
Natural Cure (Japanese: しぜんかいふく Natural Recovery) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.
| Natural Cure | しぜんかいふく | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Effect
Generation III
Natural Cure heals any status conditions upon switching out.
This effect will occur if Natural Cure is the Pokémon's Ability in battle when it switches out and is not suppressed; a Pokémon that obtained the Ability with Trace will have its status condition cured when it switches out, whereas a Pokémon which has Natural Cure but has been affected by Gastro Acid will not.
Generation IV onward
Natural Cure also heals any status conditions upon completing a battle (if it was in battle at the end of the battle).
Outside of battle
From Generation IV onward, Natural Cure automatically heals status conditions upon the end of a battle.
Pokémon with Natural Cure
In other games
Description
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In the anime
In The Power of Us, during two simultaneous disasters in Fula City, Toren and his fellow Scientists attempted to create an elixir out of Natural Cure in the Pokémon Research Pavilion. However, a blackout occurred before the solution could be finished, forcing Toren to improvise with Team Rocket's Lum Berries.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
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| The Pokémon is healed from its status conditions upon switching out. | |||
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Blissey's status conditions are healed when she is returned to her Poké Ball. | ||
| Crystal's Blissey | Just My Luck...Shuckle | Debut | |
- In Moving Past Milotic, Crystal's Starmie was revealed to have Natural Cure as its Ability.
- Winona's Altaria and Swablu are revealed to have Natural Cure as their Ability.
- Marley's Land Forme Shaymin was revealed to have Natural Cure as its Ability.
- Celebi is revealed to have Natural Cure as its Ability.
Trivia
- In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Natural Cure is mistranslated as Natural Recovery, a direct translation of its Japanese name.
- Due to the user interface displaying how many of the opponent's Pokémon have status conditions, even though Natural Cure does not have an activation message, it is possible to deduce that a Pokémon had Natural Cure the next time the Poké Balls representing the opponent's party are displayed.
- In Generation III, this is when the opponent switches Pokémon.
- In Generation IV, this is both when the opponent switches Pokémon and on the move selection screen.
- From Generation V onward, it is visible on the move selection screen only.
In other languages
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