Morning Sun (move)

Morning Sun あさのひざし Morning Sunlight

The user restores its own HP. The amount of HP regained varies with the weather.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  5 (max. 8) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0 The appeal's quality varies depending on its timing.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  0 Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.

Morning Sun on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Morning Sun on Eevee's Movedex

Morning Sun (Japanese: あさのひざし Morning Sunlight) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Generation II

Morning Sun restores the user's current HP based on the weather conditions and time of day. Normal conditions will restore ½ of the total HP.

Generation III

Morning Sun restores the user's current HP based on the weather conditions in the battle. Sunny conditions restore full HP, normal conditions restore ½ HP, and other conditions restore ¼ HP.

Generation IV

Morning Sun restores the user's current HP based on the weather conditions in the battle. Sunny conditions restore full HP, normal conditions restore ½ HP, and other conditions restore ¼ HP.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 196 Espeon Psychic 52 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 196 Espeon Psychic 52 267 Beautifly Bug Flying 20 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 purification

#   Pokémon Type Game 012 Butterfree Bug Flying XD 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison XD 114 Tangela Grass XD 123 Scyther Bug Flying XD 146 Moltres Fire Flying XD 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 196 Espeon Psychic 71 267 Beautifly Bug Flying 20 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 breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 048 Venonat Bug Poison Butterfree Scyther, Scizor Beautifly 058 Growlithe Fire EspeonHGSS 077 Ponyta Fire EspeonHGSS Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

In the anime

	Beautifly
Sparkles and rays of light surround the Pokémon's body, restoring HP.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Beautifly	Beautifly's whole body glows white, then all around it glows yellow, or yellow rays of light shine outward from Beautifly's body.
Janet's Beautifly	All Things Bright and Beautifly!		Debut
May's Beautifly	Cruisin' for a Losin'		None

Trivia

• Morning Sun was Espeon's signature move in Generation II.
• From Generation III onwards, only Espeon and Beautifly can learn Morning Sun by level up. These two Pokémon also have counterparts (Umbreon and Dustox, respectively) that learn Moonlight at the same levels.
  • Coincidentally, Espeon and Beautifly are the only known Pokémon in Sakura's team in the anime.

In other languages

• Dutch: Morgenzon
• French: Aurore.
• German: Morgengrauen.
• Italian: Mattindoro.
• Spanish: Sol Matinal.

Variations on the move Moonlight
	Moonlight | Morning Sun | Synthesis

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