Soft-Boiled (move)

Softboiled (Japanese: タマゴうみ Egg Lay) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. Notably, when contained in TM41, it was the least-usable TM, learnable by only two Pokémon.

Effect

Softboiled restores up to 50% of the user's current HP.

Softboiled will fail if the difference between the user's current and maximum HP is 0, or if (user's maximum HP - user's current HP) mod 256 = 255. If the user's current HP is greater than its maximum HP, Softboiled will set the user's current HP to equal its maximum HP.

In Stadium, Softboiled will fail only when the difference between the user's current and maximum HP is 0.

Similar to Milk Drink, Softboiled can also be used outside of battle to take away some HP from the user and restore another party Pokémon's HP.

Learnset

Generation I

By TM41

#   Pokémon Type 0113 Chansey Normal 0151 Mew Psychic Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0113 Chansey Normal 13 0242 Blissey Normal 10 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0113 Chansey Normal 13 0242 Blissey Normal 10 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald

#   Pokémon Type 0035 Clefairy Normal 0036 Clefable Normal 0113 Chansey Normal 0151 Mew Psychic 0173 Cleffa Normal 0175 Togepi Normal 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 0242 Blissey Normal Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0113 Chansey Normal 12 0242 Blissey Normal 12 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Mew is the only non-Normal type to learn Softboiled, and only can learn Softboiled by TM.

In other languages

• French: E-Coque
• Spanish: Amortiguador
• German: Weichei
• Italian: Covauova

Variations of the move Recover
Recover • Soft-Boiled • Milk Drink • Slack Off • Heal Order • Roost

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