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 ⅔ 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
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	Yellow rays of light shine outward from Beautifly's body. If experienced enough, its whole body glows.
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 Pokémon in Sakura's team in the anime.

In other languages

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

Variations on the move Moonlight
	Moonlight | Morning Sun | Synthesis

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