Natural Cure (Ability)

Natural Cure	しぜんかいふく
	Natural Recovery
Flavor text Generation III Heals upon switching out. Generation IV All status problems are healed upon switching out. Generation V All status problems heal when it switches out. Generation VI All status conditions heal when the Pokémon switches out. Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Natural Cure (Japanese: しぜんかいふく Natural Recovery) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Fifteen Pokémon can have this Ability.

Effect

In battle

Natural Cure heals any status ailments upon switching out.

If a Pokémon without Natural Cure traces or otherwise gains this Ability, they will be cured upon switching out before the Ability is lost.

Outside of battle

Natural Cure automatically heals status ailments upon the end of a battle (not in Gen III).

Pokémon with Natural Cure

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0113		Chansey	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace	Healer
0120		Staryu	Water		Water	Illuminate	Natural Cure	Analytic
0121		Starmie	Water	Psychic	Illuminate	Natural Cure	Analytic
0222		Corsola	Water	Rock	Hustle	Natural Cure	Regenerator
0242		Blissey	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace	Healer
0251		Celebi	Psychic	Grass	Natural Cure	None	None
0315		Roselia	Grass	Poison	Natural Cure	Poison Point	Leaf Guard
0333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	Natural Cure	None	Cloud Nine
0334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying	Natural Cure	None	Cloud Nine
0406		Budew	Grass	Poison	Natural Cure	Poison Point	Leaf Guard
0407		Roserade	Grass	Poison	Natural Cure	Poison Point	Technician
0440		Happiny	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace	Friend Guard
0492		Shaymin	Grass		Grass	Natural Cure	None	None
0708		Phantump	Ghost	Grass	Natural Cure	Frisk	Harvest
0709		Trevenant	Ghost	Grass	Natural Cure	Frisk	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.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 自然恢復 Zìrán Huīfù French Médic Nature German Innere Kraft Italian Alternacura Korean 자연회복 Jayeon Hoebok Portuguese Cura Natural Spanish Cura Natural

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