Smelling Salts (move)

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Smelling Salts
きつけ Resuscitation
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
  • Affected by Mirror Move
  • 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
Condition  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  3 ♥♥♥
Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  0  
Raises the score if the Voltage is low.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Affected by how well the previous Pokémon's move went.

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

Generations 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.
ColoXD Strong against paralyzed targets, also heals them.
DPPtHGSS This attack inflicts double damage on a paralyzed foe. It also cures the foe's paralysis, however.
BWB2W2 This attack inflicts double damage on a target with paralysis. It also cures the target's paralysis, however.
XYORAS This attack inflicts double damage on a target with paralysis. This also cures the target's paralysis, however.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0296 Makuhita Human-Like Human-Like 31 22 22 22XY
28ORAS
28
0297 Hariyama Human-Like Human-Like 33 22 22 22XY
28ORAS
30
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 Types Parent
Egg Groups
Egg Move
II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0056 Mankey Field Field
0066 Machop Human-Like Human-Like
0108 Lickitung Monster Monster
0209 Snubbull Field Fairy
0255 Torchic Field Field
0293 Whismur Monster Field
0304 Aron Monster Monster
0327 Spinda Field Human-Like
0331 Cacnea Grass Human-Like
0453 Croagunk Human-Like Human-Like
0532 Timburr Human-Like Human-Like
0619 Mienfoo Field Human-Like
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 games

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It inflicts greater damage if the target has paralysis, but it also heals paralysis.


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

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
Vietnamese Trấn Tĩnh


Variations of the move Smelling Salts
Smelling SaltsWake-Up Slap


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