SmellingSalt (move)

SmellingSalt きつけ Resuscitation

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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 Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to 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. It is the signature move of the Makuhita evolution family.

Effect

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

Description

Games Description RSE Powerful against paralyzed foes, but also heals them. FRLG Doubly effective on a paralyzed foe, but it also cures the foe’s paralysis. Colo.XD Strong against paralyzed targets, also heals them. DPPtHGSS This attack inflicts double damage on a paralyzed foe. It also cures the foe’s paralysis, however. BWB2W2 This attack inflicts double damage on a target with paralysis. It also cures the target's paralysis, however.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting	31			22				22
297		Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting	33			22				22
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
056		Mankey*	Fighting		Fighting
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting
108		Lickitung*	Normal		Normal
209		Snubbull*	Normal		Normal
255		Torchic*	Fire		Fire
293		Whismur*	Normal		Normal
304		Aron*	Steel	Rock
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass	no
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	no
532		Timburr	Fighting		Fighting	no				no
619		Mienfoo	Fighting		Fighting	no				no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Hariyama
The user smacks a target to awaken it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Hariyama	Hariyama slaps the target, waking it up if it's unconscious.
Brawly's Hariyama	VS Kyogre & Groudon VIII		Debut

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)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Despite real-life smelling salts restoring consciousness, SmellingSalt cures paralysis. Another move, Wake-Up Slap, does this instead.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 甦醒 Sūxǐng Dutch Ruikend Zout French Stimulant German Riechsalz Greek Ανάνιψη Italian Maniereforti Korean 정신차리기 Jeongsin Charigi Brazilian Portuguese Estimulo Serbian Mirišljava So Spanish Estímulo

Variations of the move SmellingSalt
SmellingSalt • Wake-Up Slap

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