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Smelling Salts (move)
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Smelling Salts きつけ Resuscitation | ||||||||||||
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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
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | ||||||||
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III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0296 | ![]() |
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Human-Like | 31 | 22 | 22 | 22XY 28ORAS |
28 | ||||
0297 | ![]() |
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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 | ||||||||
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III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
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Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
0066 | ![]() |
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Human-Like | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
0108 | ![]() |
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Monster | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
0209 | ![]() |
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Field | Fairy | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0255 | ![]() |
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Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
0293 | ![]() |
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Monster | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0304 | ![]() |
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Monster | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
0327 | ![]() |
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Field | Human-Like | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
0331 | ![]() |
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Grass | Human-Like | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
0453 | ![]() |
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Human-Like | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0532 | ![]() |
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Human-Like | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
0619 | ![]() |
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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
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
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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
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Variations of the move Smelling Salts | ||
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