Refresh (move)

Refresh リフレッシュ Refresh

The user rests to cure itself of a poisoning, burn, or paralysis.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) 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 III Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0 Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

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

Refresh on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Refresh on Eevee's Movedex

Refresh (Japanese: リフレッシュ Refresh) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

The user cures itself of a Burn, Poison, or Paralysis. The only reasons that Freeze and Sleep cannot be cured is that the user is, for the most part, immobile with these two statuses anyway.

In the anime

Misty's Azurill using Refresh.

Pikachu being healed by Azurill's Refresh.

Pokémon

Azurill Azurill glows blue. It could then heal itself or another nearby Pokémon.

• Used by Misty's Azurill in A Real Cleffa-Hanger.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
108		Lickitung	Normal		51
113		Chansey	Normal		9
222		Corsola	Water	Rock	17
242		Blissey	Normal		7
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	41
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	45
350		Milotic	Water		15
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	30
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	30
385		Jirachi	Steel	Psychic	25
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
007		Squirtle	Water		Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Psyduck, Golduck Corsola Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert Milotic
054		Psyduck	Water		Raticate Corsola Teddiursa Seedot Manectric Zangoose Milotic
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	Lickitung Corsola Milotic
177		Natu	Psychic	Flying	Swablu, Altaria
258		Mudkip	Water		Lickitung Corsola Milotic
276		Taillow	Normal	Flying	Swablu, Altaria
298		Azurill	Normal		Corsola Milotic
366		Clamperl	Water		Corsola Milotic
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.

By purification

#		Pokémon	Type		Game
017		Pidgeotto	Normal	Flying	XD
020		Raticate	Normal		XD
024		Arbok	Poison		XD
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	XD
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	XD
082		Magneton	Electric	Steel	XD
090		Shellder	Water		XD
100		Voltorb	Electric		XD
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic	XD
106		Hitmonlee	Fighting		XD
121		Starmie	Water	Psychic	XD
128		Tauros	Normal		XD
143		Snorlax	Normal		XD
165		Ledyba	Bug	Flying	XD
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	XD
204		Pineco	Bug		XD
216		Teddiursa	Normal		XD
219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock	XD
273		Seedot	Grass		XD
285		Shroomish	Grass		XD
296		Makuhita	Fighting		XD
310		Manectric	Electric		XD
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark	XD
335		Zangoose	Normal		XD
343		Baltoy	Ground	Psychic	XD
373		Salamence	Dragon	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
108		Lickitung	Normal		41
113		Chansey	Normal		9
222		Corsola	Water	Rock	16
242		Blissey	Normal		9
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	40
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	46
350		Milotic	Water		9
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	30
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	30
385		Jirachi	Steel	Psychic	25
440		Happiny	Normal		9
463		Lickilicky	Normal		41
493		Arceus	Fighting		50
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
007		Squirtle	Water		Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Psyduck, Golduck Corsola Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert Milotic
054		Psyduck	Water		Raticate Corsola Teddiursa Seedot Manectric Zangoose Milotic
060		Poliwag	Water		Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise Psyduck, Golduck Corsola Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert Milotic
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	Lickitung, Lickilicky Corsola Milotic
177		Natu	Psychic	Flying	Swablu, Altaria
258		Mudkip	Water		Lickitung, Lickilicky Corsola Milotic
276		Taillow	Normal	Flying	Swablu, Altaria
298		Azurill	Normal		Corsola Milotic
366		Clamperl	Water		Corsola Milotic
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 other languages

• Spanish: Alivio
• Italian: Rinfrescata
• German: Heilung

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