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.

Altaria Same as above

• Used by a wild Altaria under Solana's command in Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! (Part 1).

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 Electric 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 183 Marill Water Corsola Milotic 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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