White Herb

Revision as of 07:00, 25 May 2017 by SnorlaxMonster (talk | contribs) (O-Power was the only case I managed to find where the White Herb didn't activate when would be expected. Baton Pass, Psych Up, Power Swap, Embargo, etc. all work as expected.)

The White Herb (Japanese: しろいハーブ White Herb) is a type of held item introduced in Generation III. It restores all of a Pokémon's decreased stats.

White Herb
しろいハーブ
White Herb
Bag White Herb Sprite.png
White Herb
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation III
Pocket
Generation III Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation IV Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation V Bag Items pocket icon.png Items (Held items)
Generation VI Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation VII Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Fling
Power 10
Effect Restores lowered stats of the target

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
RSEFRLG
ColoXD
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
N/A $50
SM N/A $2,000

Effect

If the stat stages of any of the holder's stats are negative, it consumes the White Herb and all negative stat stages are reset to be neutral.

If a multi-strike move activates Tangling Hair, Gooey, or Weak Armor, a Pokémon will not consume the White Herb until after the final strike. If a Pokémon holding a White Herb activates multiple Pokémon's Tangling Hair or Gooey, it will not consume its White Herb until all of the Abilities have activated for that attack.

If a Pokémon with Weak Armor is hit by Knock Off, Thief, Covet, or a physical move from a Pokémon with Magician, its held White Herb will be knocked off or stolen before it has a chance to activate. If a Pokémon with Weak Armor is hit by Fling using a White Herb, the White Herb's effect will be applied before Weak Armor lowers its Defense. If a Pokémon uses a contact move that lowers its own stats (such as Superpower) on a Pokémon with Pickpocket, its held White Herb will be stolen before it has a chance to activate.

If the Pokémon with Defiant or Competitive is holding a White Herb, Defiant or Competitive will trigger before the White Herb, so the user will receive the Attack or Special Attack boost and then the lowered stat will be restored; if the same stat boosted by the Ability is lowered, the White Herb never has a chance to activate.

If a Pokémon with Contrary has one of its stats lowered by an O-Power, its held White Herb will not be activated until after a Pokémon uses a move.

Description

Games Description
RSE A hold item that restores any lowered stat.
ColoXD A hold item that restores any lower stat.
FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. It restores any lowered stat in battle. It can be used only once.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It restores any lowered stat in battle. It can be used only once.
XYORAS
SM
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It will restore any lowered stat in battle. It can be used only once.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
RSE Route 104 Pickup (Levels 41-61: 1%)E
Steal from Flannery's Torkoal (all battles)E, steal from Flannery's Magcargo or Camerupt (all rematches)E
Battle Frontier (48 BP)E
Colo Mt. Battle (8,000 Poké Coupons)
XD Citadark Isle Pickup (Levels 41-61: 1%)
Mt. Battle (6,000 Poké Coupons)
DPPt Pickup (Levels 41-61: 1%)
Battle Park/Frontier (32 BP)
HGSS Steal from any of Blaine's Pokémon (first battle only) Battle Frontier (32 BP)
PW Winner's Path
BW Battle Subway (32 BP)
B2W2 Battle Subway/PWT (16 BP)
XY Battle Maison (32 BP)
Grass (in battles; using Petal Blizzard or Razor Leaf)
ORAS Route 104, Sea Mauville Battle Maison (32 BP)
SM Battle Tree (24 BP)

In other languages

Language Title
  Japanese しろいハーブ White Herb
Chinese Cantonese 白色香草 Baahksīk Hēungchóu
Mandarin 白色香草 Báisè Xiāngcǎo *
白色藥草 Báisè Yàocǎo *
  French Herbe Blanche*
Herbeblanche*
  German Schlohkraut
  Italian Erbachiara
  Korean 하양허브 Hayang Herb
  Spanish Hierba Blanca*
Hier. Blanca*

External links


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