Roost (move)

Roost はねやすめ Feather Rest

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Battles Type  Flying Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV TM51 in Generation IV

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0   Jam  0   Points = voltage of judge.

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

Roost on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Roost on Eevee's Movedex

Roost (Japanese: はねやすめ Feather Rest) is a non-damaging Flying-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Roost restores half of the user's maximum HP. If the user is a Flying-type, it will lose its Flying-type (thus being treated as a single-type Pokémon) until the next turn. If a non-Flying-type uses Roost, then there are no additional side-effects.

Generation IV

If a Pokémon that has become a pure Flying-type uses Roost, it will become a ???-type Pokémon until the end of the turn.

Generation V

If a pure Flying-type Pokémon uses Roost, it will become Normal-type until the end of the turn.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying	37				37
017		Pidgeotto	Normal	Flying	42				42
018		Pidgeot	Normal	Flying	44				44
021		Spearow	Normal	Flying	33				33
022		Fearow	Normal	Flying	41				41
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying	57				57
145		Zapdos	Electric	Flying	57				57
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying	57				57
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	--				--
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying	45				53
164		Noctowl	Normal	Flying	52				62
206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal	33				33
278		Wingull	Water	Flying	29				29
279		Pelipper	Water	Flying	31				31
441		Chatot	Normal	Flying	33				41
519		Pidove	Normal	Flying	no				18
520		Tranquill	Normal	Flying	no				18
521		Unfezant	Normal	Flying	no				18
580		Ducklett	Water	Flying	no				30
581		Swanna	Water	Flying	no				30
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II --		III --		IV TM51		V --
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	✔
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	✔
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison	✔
016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying	✔
017		Pidgeotto	Normal	Flying	✔
018		Pidgeot	Normal	Flying	✔
021		Spearow	Normal	Flying	✔
022		Fearow	Normal	Flying	✔
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	✔
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying	✔
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	✔
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	✔
084		Doduo	Normal	Flying	✔
085		Dodrio	Normal	Flying	✔
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying	✔
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	✔
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying	✔
145		Zapdos	Electric	Flying	✔
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying	✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying	✔
164		Noctowl	Normal	Flying	✔
165		Ledyba	Bug	Flying	✔
166		Ledian	Bug	Flying	✔
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying	✔
176		Togetic	Normal	Flying	✔
177		Natu	Psychic	Flying	✔
178		Xatu	Psychic	Flying	✔
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying	✔
198		Murkrow	Dark	Flying	✔
206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal	✔
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	✔
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel	✔
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying	✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying	✔
250		Ho-Oh	Fire	Flying	✔
267		Beautifly	Bug	Flying	✔
269		Dustox	Bug	Poison	✔
276		Taillow	Normal	Flying	✔
277		Swellow	Normal	Flying	✔
278		Wingull	Water	Flying	✔
279		Pelipper	Water	Flying	✔
284		Masquerain	Bug	Flying	✔
291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying	✔
313		Volbeat	Bug		Bug	✔
314		Illumise	Bug		Bug	✔
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon	✔
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	✔
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	✔
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	✔
357		Tropius	Grass	Flying	✔
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying	✔
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	✔
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic	✔
396		Starly	Normal	Flying	✔
397		Staravia	Normal	Flying	✔
398		Staraptor	Normal	Flying	✔
414		Mothim	Bug	Flying	✔
416		Vespiquen	Bug	Flying	✔
430		Honchkrow	Dark	Flying	✔
441		Chatot	Normal	Flying	✔
468		Togekiss	Normal	Flying	✔
469		Yanmega	Bug	Flying	✔
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying
177		Natu	Psychic	Flying
198		Murkrow	Dark	Flying
276		Taillow	Normal	Flying
278		Wingull	Water	Flying
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying
396		Starly	Normal	Flying
527		Woobat	Psychic	Flying
561		Sigilyph	Psychic	Flying
587		Emolga	Electric	Flying
629		Vullaby	Dark	Flying
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 012 Butterfree Bug Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying Dream World - Pleasant Forest 084 Doduo Normal Flying Dream World - Pleasant Forest 198 Murkrow Dark Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky 227 Skarmory Steel Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky 333 Swablu Normal Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Wingull
The user rests on the ground to recover its health.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Wingull	Wingull lands on an object, folds its wings up and closes its eyes. Its body then becomes surrounded in an orb of energy, regaining some of its health.
A wild Wingull	VS. Wingull		Debut
Staraptor	Staraptor's body starts to glow brightly, regaining some of its health.
Darach's Staraptor	VS. Gallade II		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• All Pokémon that can learn Roost (besides Mew and Smeargle) either are Flying-type or have some form of wings.
• This move is the first Generation IV move in index number order.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 歇息 Xiēxí French Atterrissage German Ruheort Greek Κούρνιασμα Italian Trespolo Korean 날개쉬기 Nalgae Swigi Serbian Mitarenje Spanish Respiro

Variations of the move Recover
Recover • Softboiled • Milk Drink • Slack Off • Heal Order • Roost

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