SmellingSalt (move)

SmellingSalt きつけ Resuscitation

This attack inflicts double damage on a paralyzed foe. It also cures the foe's paralysis, however.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

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

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  0 Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

SmellingSalt on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex SmellingSalt on Eevee's Movedex

SmellingSalt (Japanese: きつけ Resuscitation) is a damage dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

SmellingSalt deals damage and will have double the power on a target that is paralyzed. It will also cure the target of paralysis.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
296		Makuhita	Fighting		31
297		Hariyama	Fighting		33
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
056		Mankey	Fighting		Snubbull, Granbull Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Spinda
066		Machop	Fighting		Makuhita, Hariyama Spinda
108		Lickitung	Normal		Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Aron, Lairon, Aggron
209		Snubbull	Normal		Mankey, Primeape Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Spinda
255		Torchic	Fire		Mankey, Primeape Snubbull, Granbull Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Spinda
293		Whismur*	Normal		Mankey, Primeape Lickitung Snubbull, Granbull Aron, Lairon, Aggron Spinda
304		Aron	Steel	Rock	Lickitung Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
327		Spinda	Normal		Mankey, Primeape Machop, Machoke, Machamp Snubbull, Granbull Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Makuhita, Hariyama
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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
296		Makuhita	Fighting		22
297		Hariyama	Fighting		22
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
056		Mankey	Fighting		Snubbull, Granbull Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Spinda
066		Machop	Fighting		Makuhita, Hariyama Spinda Cacnea, Cacturne
108		Lickitung	Normal		Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Aron, Lairon, Aggron
209		Snubbull	Normal		Mankey, Primeape Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Spinda
255		Torchic	Fire		Mankey, Primeape Snubbull, Granbull Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Spinda
293		Whismur*	Normal		Mankey, Primeape Lickitung, Lickilicky Snubbull, Granbull Aron, Lairon, Aggron Spinda
304		Aron	Steel	Rock	Lickitung, Lickilicky Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
327		Spinda	Normal		Mankey, Primeape Machop, Machoke, Machamp Snubbull, Granbull Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken Whismur, Loudred, Exploud Makuhita, Hariyama Cacnea, Cacturne
331		Cacnea	Grass		Machop, Machoke, Machamp Makuhita, Hariyama Spinda Croagunk, Toxicroak
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	Machop, Machoke, Machamp Makuhita, Hariyama Spinda Cacnea, Cacturne
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

German: Riechsalz

Variations on the move SmellingSalt
	SmellingSalt | Wake-Up Slap

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