Moonlight (move)
Moonlight つきのひかり Moonlight | ||||||||||||
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Moonlight (Japanese: つきのひかり Moonlight) is a non-damaging Fairy-type move introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation VI, it was a Normal-type move.
Effect
Generation II
Moonlight restores the user's current HP based on the weather and time of day. In morning and day, clear conditions restore ¼, sunny conditions restore ½ and other conditions restore 1/8 HP. At night, the move restores twice as much of HP. In link battle, the move restores HP as if it was night.
Generations III to V
Moonlight restores the user's current HP based on the weather in the battle. Normal conditions restore ½ total HP, sunny conditions restore ⅔ total HP, and other types of weather restore ¼ total HP.
Generation VI
Moonlight is now a Fairy-type move.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | ||||||||||
035 | Clefairy | Fairy | 43 | 37 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 43 | ||||||
036 | Clefable | Fairy | 1 | |||||||||||
043 | Oddish | Grass | Poison | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 27 | ||||||
044 | Gloom | Grass | Poison | 35 | 35 | 41 | 41 | 41 29 | ||||||
197 | Umbreon | Dark | 52 | 52 | 71 | 71 | 33 | 33 | ||||||
269 | Dustox | Bug | Poison | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 17 | |||||||
313 | Volbeat | Bug | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 19 | ||||||||
314 | Illumise | Bug | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 19 | ||||||||
488 | Cresselia | Psychic | 57 | 57 | 1, 57 | |||||||||
517 | Munna | Psychic | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||
715 | Noivern | Flying | Dragon | 1 | ||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | ||||||||||
102 | Exeggcute | Grass | Psychic | |||||||||||
302 | Sableye | Dark | Ghost | |||||||||||
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. |
Special move
Generation IV
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Generation V
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By event
Generation II
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In other games
Description
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The user heals itself by using the energy from the moonlight. | |||
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The ring on Umbreon's forehead glows and it uses the energy from the moonlight to heal itself. | |||
Karen's Umbreon | The Last Battle XI | Debut |
In other generations
In other languages
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Variations of the move Moonlight | ||
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