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.DPPt All status problems heal when it switches out.HGSS Generation V All status problems heal when it switches out. Generation VI All status conditions heal when the Pokémon switches out. Generation VII All status conditions heal when the Pokémon switches out. Generation VIII All status conditions heal when the Pokémon switches out. Generation IX Currently unknown

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

Effect

In battle

Generation III

Natural Cure heals any status conditions upon switching out.

This effect will occur if Natural Cure is the Pokémon's Ability in battle when it switches out and is not suppressed; a Pokémon that obtained the Ability with Trace will have its status condition cured when it switches out, whereas a Pokémon which has Natural Cure but has been affected by Gastro Acid will not.

Generation IV onward

Natural Cure also heals any status conditions upon completing a battle (if it was in battle at the end of the battle).

Outside of battle

From Generation IV onward, Natural Cure automatically heals status conditions upon the end of a battle.

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
0764		Comfey	Fairy		Fairy	Flower Veil	Triage	Natural Cure
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 games

Description

Games Description MDRB Recovers quickly from status problems. MDTDS Helps the Pokémon recover from status problems more quickly. BSL わるい じょうたいが なおるのが ふつうより はやい MDGtI Unavailable SMD Sometimes it cures every single bad status condition the Pokémon has!

In the anime

In The Power of Us, during two simultaneous disasters in Fula City, Toren and his fellow Scientists attempted to create an elixir out of Natural Cure in the Pokémon Research Pavilion. However, a blackout occurred before the solution could be finished, forcing Toren to improvise with Team Rocket's Lum Berries.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Blissey
The Pokémon is healed from its status conditions upon switching out.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Blissey's status conditions are healed when she is returned to her Poké Ball.
Crystal's Blissey	Just My Luck...Shuckle		Debut

• In Moving Past Milotic, Crystal's Starmie was revealed to have Natural Cure as its Ability.
• Winona's Altaria and Swablu are revealed to have Natural Cure as their Ability.
• Celebi is revealed to have Natural Cure as its Ability.

Trivia

• In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Natural Cure is mistranslated as Natural Recovery, a direct translation of its Japanese name.
• Due to the user interface displaying how many of the opponent's Pokémon have status conditions, even though Natural Cure does not have an activation message, it is possible to deduce that a Pokémon had Natural Cure the next time the Poké Balls representing the opponent's party are displayed.
  • In Generation III, this is when the opponent switches Pokémon.
  • In Generation IV, this is both when the opponent switches Pokémon and on the move selection screen.
  • From Generation V onward, it is visible on the move selection screen only.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 自然恢復 Jihyìhn Fūifuhk Mandarin 自然恢復 / 自然恢复 Zìrán Huīfù Finnish Luonnonparannus French Médic Nature German Innere Kraft Italian Alternacura Korean 자연회복 Jayeon Hoebok Polish Naturalny Lek Portuguese Cura Natural Russian Самолечение Samolechenie Spanish Cura Natural Vietnamese Tự hồi phục

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