Vital Spirit (Ability)

Vital Spirit	やるき
	Willingness
Flavor text Generation III Prevents sleep. Generation IV Prevents the Pokémon from falling asleep. Generation V Prevents the Pokémon from falling asleep. Generation VI Prevents the Pokémon from falling asleep. Generation VII The Pokémon is full of vitality, and that prevents it from falling asleep. Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Vital Spirit (Japanese: やるき Willingness) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. It is one of three Abilities that prevent sleeping, the others being Insomnia and Sweet Veil.

Effect

In battle

Vital Spirit prevents the Pokémon from being afflicted by sleep and Yawn. Rest will fail when used by the Pokémon.

A Pokémon with this Ability will wake up if it is asleep in battle (such as if it gains the Ability outside of battle or by an effect like Skill Swap, or is put to sleep by a Pokémon with an Ability like Mold Breaker). If the Pokémon is holding a Chesto Berry or a Lum Berry, it will be eaten before Vital Spirit wakes up the Pokémon.

If a Pokémon with this Ability is drowsy due to Yawn, when it would fall asleep the Ability activates and keeps it awake.

Generation III

If a sleeping Pokémon with Vital Spirit is sent into battle as one of the lead Pokémon or to replace a fainted Pokémon, it will not be cured of sleep until after a Pokémon takes its turn (uses a move, switches out, etc.). It will be cured of sleep if it is switched in to replace a switched out Pokémon.

If a sleeping Pokémon has Vital Spirit as its original Ability but not its current Ability, it will remain asleep when switched out.

Generation IV

When a sleeping Pokémon with Vital Spirit enters battle, it will be cured of sleep.

If a sleeping Pokémon has Vital Spirit as its original Ability but not its current Ability, if it is one of the active Pokémon at the end of the battle or switched out, it will be cured of sleep (with no message).

Generation V onward

If a sleeping Pokémon has Vital Spirit as its original Ability but not its current Ability, it will remain asleep when switched out.

Outside of battle

If a sleeping Pokémon gains Vital Spirit by evolution or the Ability Capsule, it will not wake up until sent into battle. Pokémon with Vital Spirit will not be put to sleep by the Gentleman's Kirlia in the Battle Pike nor the Battle Arcade's game board.

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with Vital Spirit is in the first place in the party (even if fainted), the chance of encountering a higher-leveled wild Pokémon increases by 50%. It shares this effect with Hustle and Pressure.

In Generation V, Vital Spirit also prevented a Pokémon from visiting the Dream World before it was shut down.

Pokémon with Vital Spirit

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting	Vital Spirit	Anger Point	Defiant
0057		Primeape	Fighting		Fighting	Vital Spirit	Anger Point	Defiant
0125		Electabuzz	Electric		Electric	Static	None	Vital Spirit
0126		Magmar	Fire		Fire	Flame Body	None	Vital Spirit
0225		Delibird	Ice	Flying	Vital Spirit	Hustle	Insomnia
0236		Tyrogue	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	Steadfast	Vital Spirit
0239		Elekid	Electric		Electric	Static	None	Vital Spirit
0240		Magby	Fire		Fire	Flame Body	None	Vital Spirit
0288		Vigoroth	Normal		Normal	Vital Spirit	None	None
0466		Electivire	Electric		Electric	Motor Drive	None	Vital Spirit
0467		Magmortar	Fire		Fire	Flame Body	None	Vital Spirit
0506		Lillipup	Normal		Normal	Vital Spirit	Pickup	Run Away
0744		Rockruff	Rock		Rock	Keen Eye	Vital Spirit	Steadfast
745Mn	Lycanroc	Lycanroc	Rock		Rock	Keen Eye	Vital Spirit	No Guard
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 the anime

Vigoroth
The Pokémon cannot fall asleep, and nullifies moves that cause sleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Vigoroth attacks and destroys moves that would cause it to fall asleep with its claws.
Marcel's Vigoroth	The Garden of Eatin'		Debut

Trivia

• Vital Spirit is the only variation of Limber that has been seen in the anime so far.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 幹勁 Gongihng * 元氣 Yuánqì * 過動 Gwoduhng * Mandarin 幹勁 / 干劲 Gànjìng * 元氣 Yùhnhei * 過動 Guòdòng * Dutch Vitale kracht Finnish Elohenki French Esprit Vital German Munterkeit Italian Spiritovivo Korean 의기양양 Yigiyang'yang Portuguese Espírito Vital Russian Душевный Подъём Dushevnyy Podyom Spanish Espíritu Vital* Espír. Vital*

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