User:Memo326/Status condition

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: What game mechanics, such as Facade and Heal Bell, are affected by all non-volatile statuses?

A non-volatile status condition is a status condition that remains after being switched out. They can be cured by healing at a Pokémon Center, specific curative items, or other ways. Wild Pokémon that are affected by a status condition are easier to catch.

A Pokémon cannot gain non-volatile status conditions when it is affected by Safeguard, Leaf Guard, Flower Veil, Shields Down, Comatose, or Misty Terrain, nor can a Pokémon behind a substitute gain status conditions, except due to Synchronize, Rest, or a held item like Flame Orb or Toxic Orb. A Pokémon will cure its status condition when affected by Haze (Generation I only), Rest, Refresh, Heal Bell, Aromatherapy, Psycho Shift, Jungle Healing, G-Max Sweetness, Natural Cure, Purify, Take Heart, Lunar Blessing, Shed Skin, Healer, Hydration, or Lum Berry. Player can cure any status condition of their Pokémon by using on it any of the following items: Full Heal, Full Restore, Heal Powder, Pewter Crunchies, Rage Candy Bar, Lava Cookie, Old Gateau, Jubilife Muffin, Casteliacone, Lumiose Galette, Shalour Sable, Big Malasada, Sacred Ash, or Lum Berry (MiracleBerry in Generation II).

Pokémon with Guts, Marvel Scale, or Quick Feet will have their Attack, Defense, or Speed increased, respectively, when affected by a status condition. Pokémon with Magic Guard can be afflicted by status conditions and receive their additional effects but do not take damage. In addition, the base power of Facade is doubled (from 70 to 140) when inflicted with paralysis, a burn, or poison.

In the Generation II core series games, when an in-game opponent outside of the Battle Tower uses a status move that would inflict a non-volatile status condition upon the target, that move has a 25% chance to fail in addition to its normal chance to miss.

In all games except Pokémon Legends: Arceus, a Pokémon cannot gain a non-volatile status condition if it's already afflicted by another one, and a non-volatile status condition does not wear off automatically when the battle ends. If a Pokémon under a status condition (such as a poisoned Cascoon) evolves, the condition will be kept, even if the Pokémon gains a new type or Ability that would normally prevent it.

In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, all non-volatile status conditions have a set turn count and wear off after battle. If a Pokémon already has a non-volatile status condition, inflicting it with another one can override it.

There are five status conditions: Burn, Poison, Paralyze, Freeze, and Sleep, with Poison having a sub-variant that occurs when a Pokémon is "badly poisoned". In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, two new status conditions are introduced: Drowsy, which replaces Sleep, and Frostbite, which replaces Freeze. In subsequent games, Freeze and Sleep return, but Drowsy returned again in Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

Status condition	Effect	RB-SwSh; SV	LA	ZA
Burn	Inflicts damage every turn; halves damage dealt by a Pokémon's physical moves.	✔	✔	✔
Poison	Inflicts damage every turn.	✔	✔	✔
Paralysis	Reduces the Pokémon's Speed stat; may cause a Pokémon to be unable to use a move.	✔	✔	✔
Freeze	Causes a Pokémon to be unable to use moves.	✔		✔
Sleep	Causes a Pokémon to be unable to use moves.	✔
Frostbite	Inflicts damage every turn; halves damage dealt by a Pokémon's special moves.		✔
Drowsy	Pokémon take increased damage from direct attacks; may cause a Pokémon to be unable to use a move.LA Doubles the length of the Pokémon's attack cooldowns.ZA		✔	✔

Curing

Non-volatile status conditions, as well as confusion, can be cured by a variety of items, moves, and Abilities.

Items

	Name	Notes
	Full Heal
	Lum Berry
	Full Restore	Also fully restores a Pokémon's HP.
	Heal Powder	Also lowers friendship.
	Pewter Crunchies
	Rage Candy Bar	Starting in Generation VII.
	Lava Cookie
	Old Gateau
	Jubilife Muffin
	Casteliacone
	Lumiose Galette
	Shalour Sable
	Big Malasada
	Sacred Ash	Of all Pokémon in the Party prior to Generation IV.
	MiracleBerry	In Generation II only; succeeded by the Lum Berry.

Moves

Move Type Category Power Accuracy Notes Haze Ice Status — —% In Generation I only. Rest Psychic Status — —% Causes the user to fall asleep, restoring its HP to its maximum amount and curing any other status condition. Refresh Normal Status — —% Cures the user of burns, poison, or paralysis. It cannot cure freeze or sleep, so Refresh will fail if it is called by Sleep Talk. Heal Bell Normal Status — —% Cures the user, and all Pokémon in the user's party, of all status conditions. Aromatherapy Grass Status — —% Cures the user, and all Pokémon in the user's party, of all status conditions. Psycho Shift Psychic Status — 100% Cures any status condition the user has and afflicts the target with it.