Smelling Salts (move)

Smelling Salts きつけ Resuscitation

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  70 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Smelling Salts (Japanese: きつけ Resuscitation), named SmellingSalt prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation III. It is the signature move of Makuhita and Hariyama.

Effect

Generation III to V

SmellingSalt deals damage. Its base power of 60 will double against a paralyzed target, but it will also cure the target of paralysis.

Generation VI

The base power of Smelling Salts is increased to 70.

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. Strong against paralyzed targets, also heals them. This attack inflicts double damage on a paralyzed foe. It also cures the foe’s paralysis, however. This attack inflicts double damage on a target with paralysis. It also cures the target's paralysis, however. This attack inflicts double damage on a target with paralysis. This also cures the target's paralysis, however.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting	31			22				22			22
297		Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting	33			22				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. 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.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
056		Mankey*	Fighting		Fighting
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting
108		Lickitung*	Normal		Normal
209		Snubbull*	Fairy		Fairy
255		Torchic*	Fire		Fire
293		Whismur*	Normal		Normal
304		Aron*	Steel	Rock
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting
532		Timburr	Fighting		Fighting
619		Mienfoo	Fighting		Fighting
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 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 slaps the target, waking it up if it's unconscious.
Brawly's Hariyama	The Beginning of the End with 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)	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	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Despite real-life smelling salts restoring consciousness, Smelling Salts 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 Smelling Salts
Smelling Salts • Wake-Up Slap

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