Lunar Blessing (move)

Lunar Blessing みかづきのいのり Crescent Prayer

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  5 (max. 8) 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 Your Party: Affects the user and all allies

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

Contests Condition  [[(condition)|]] Appeal   Jam

Super Contests Condition  [[(condition)|]] Appeal

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[(condition)|]] Appeal   Jamming

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VIII Generation IX

Lunar Blessing (Japanese: みかづきのいのり Crescent Prayer) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is one of the signature moves of Cresselia.

Effect

Generation VIII

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Lunar Blessing heals the user of any status conditions and restores a variable quantity of the user's maximum HP. It also obscures the user, making attacks more likely to miss.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Category  Status PP  10 Agile Strong Power  —  —  — Accuracy  —%  —%  —% Action speed modifier Self  0  -3  +5 Target  ?  ?  ? Additional effect Heal  50%  30%  70% Turns  4  3  5    ?  ? Heals the user by a percentage of its maximum HP Obscures the user Cures the user of status conditions

Generation IX

Lunar Blessing's PP was reduced to 5. Lunar Blessing restores the HP of the user and its allies by 25% of their maximum HP, and heals any non-volatile status conditions they may have.

Description

Games Description LA The user heals its own status conditions and restores its HP. Incoming moves also become more likely to miss. SV The user receives a blessing from the crescent moon, restoring HP and curing status conditions for itself and its ally Pokémon currently in the battle.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0488		Cresselia		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	57LA	72
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 generations

Core series games

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, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 新月祈禱 Sānyuht Kèihtóu Mandarin 新月祈禱 / 新月祈祷 Xīnyuè Qídǎo French Prière Lunaire German Lunargebet Italian Invocaluna Korean 초승달의기도 Choseungdaruigido Spanish Plegaria Lunar

Variations of the move Jungle Healing
Jungle Healing • Lunar Blessing

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