Take Heart (move)

Take Heart ブレイブチャージ Brave Charge

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VIII

Contests Condition   Appeal   Jam

Super Contests Condition   Appeal

Contest Spectaculars Condition   Appeal   Jamming

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VIII Generation IX

Take Heart (Japanese: ブレイブチャージ Brave Charge) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced during Generation VIII, in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is the signature move of Phione and one of the signature moves of Manaphy.

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• Effect
  • Generation VIII
  • Generation IX
• Description
• Learnset
  • By leveling up
• In other games
  • Pokémon Masters EX
• In other generations
• Trivia
• In other languages

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Effect

Generation VIII

Take Heart cures the user of all status conditions and raises its offensive and defensive stats for four turns.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Category  Status PP  10 Agile Strong Power  —  —  — Accuracy  —%  —%  —% Action speed modifier Self  -2  -3  +5 Target  ?  ?  ? Additional effect Turns  4  3  5    ?  ?    ?  ? Raises the user's offensive and defensive stats Cures the user of status conditions Raises the user's action speed

Generation IX

Take Heart raises the user's Special Attack and Special Defense stats by one stage each, and heals any non-volatile status conditions the user may have.

Description

Games Description LA The user lifts its spirits, healing its own status conditions and raising its offensive and defensive stats. SV The user lifts its spirits, curing its own status conditions and boosting its Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups	Level
					VIII	IX
					LA	SV
0489		Phione		Water 1 Fairy	46	75
0490		Manaphy		Water 1 Fairy	46	76
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Masters EX

Name	Category	Move gauge cost	MP (uses)	Base power	Max power	Accuracy	Target	Effect tag	Description	Playable sync pair(s)
Buddy move
Blue Seas Take Heart	Status	2	—	—	—	—%	All allies	—	Activation Condition: When the user is not in a pinch. Deactivation Condition: When the user is in a pinch. Removes all status conditions from all allied sync pairs. Raises the Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, and Sp. Def of all allied sync pairs by one stat rank. In addition, increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect and Special Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by one rank when the weather is rainy.	Akari (Summer 2026) & Manaphy

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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Trivia

• Take Heart is the last Generation VIII move in index number order.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	勇氣填充 Yúhnghei Tìhnchūng
	Mandarin	勇氣填充 / 勇气填充 Yǒngqì Tiánchōng
French		Extravaillance
German		Mutschub
Italian		Baldimpulso
Korean		브레이브차지 Beureibeuchaji
Spanish		Bálsamo Osado

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