Early Bird (Ability)

Early Bird (Japanese: はやおき Early Rising) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Early Bird halves the sleep duration. When the Pokémon is put to sleep, the number of turns it will remain asleep is preset, between 1 and 5 (the range depends on the generation). This number of turns is halved for a Pokémon with Early Bird, rounded down if it is odd. So if only 1 turn is preset, it is rounded down to 0, causing the Pokémon to wake up the next time it moves.

This also applies to the self-induced sleep from Rest, reducing its length from 2 turns to 1 turn asleep (not counting the turn in which Rest is used).

Outside of battle

Early Bird has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Early Bird

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0084		Doduo	Normal	Flying	Run Away	Early Bird	Tangled Feet
0085		Dodrio	Normal	Flying	Run Away	Early Bird	Tangled Feet
0115		Kangaskhan	Normal		Normal	Early Bird	ScrappyGen IV+	Inner Focus
0165		Ledyba	Bug	Flying	Swarm	Early Bird	Rattled
0166		Ledian	Bug	Flying	Swarm	Early Bird	Iron Fist
0177		Natu	Psychic	Flying	Synchronize	Early Bird	Magic Bounce
0178		Xatu	Psychic	Flying	Synchronize	Early Bird	Magic Bounce
0191		Sunkern	Grass		Grass	Chlorophyll	Solar PowerGen IV+	Early Bird
0192		Sunflora	Grass		Grass	Chlorophyll	Solar PowerGen IV+	Early Bird
0203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic	Inner Focus	Early Bird	Sap Sipper
0228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	Early Bird	Flash Fire	Unnerve
0229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	Early Bird	Flash Fire	Unnerve
0273		Seedot	Grass		Grass	Chlorophyll	Early Bird	Pickpocket
0274		Nuzleaf	Grass	Dark	Chlorophyll	Early Bird	Pickpocket
0928		Smoliv	Grass	Normal	Early Bird	None	Harvest
0929		Dolliv	Grass	Normal	Early Bird	None	Harvest
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Pokémon that formerly had Early Bird

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0275		Shiftry	Grass	Dark	Chlorophyll	Early BirdGen III-VIII	Pickpocket
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Pokéstar Studios opponents with Early Bird

Black Door  Grass  Early Bird HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 100 100 100 100 100 100

In other games

Description

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• In volume 25, Yellow's Dodrio, Dody, was revealed to have Early Bird as his Ability.
• In volume 42, Crystal's Xatu, Natee, was revealed to have Early Bird as her Ability.

In other languages

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