Salt Cure (move)

Salt Cure しおづけ Salting

Battles Type  Rock Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IX Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Salt Cure (Japanese: しおづけ Salting) is a damage-dealing Rock-type move introduced in Generation IX. It is the signature move of Naclstack and Garganacl.

Effect

Salt Cure inflicts 1/8 of the target's maximum HP as damage per turn in addition to the damage dealt when it is used. If a Steel and/or Water type is affected by Salt Cure, the amount of damage per turn is ¼ of its maximum HP.

The effect is removed when the afflicted Pokémon is switched out. Salt Cure cannot be passed by Baton Pass.

Team Star's Starmobiles are unaffected by the secondary effects of Salt Cure.

Description

Games Description SV The user salt cures the target, inflicting damage every turn. Steel and Water types are more strongly affected by this move.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						IX
						SV
0933		Naclstack		Mineral		Mineral	Evo.
0934		Garganacl		Mineral		Mineral	24
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 the anime

Garganacl Effect
The user salt cures the target, inflicting continuing damage.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Garganacl forms a white orb before each of its hands and releases a vortex of salt particles from them at the opponent. The opponent then becomes covered in salt crystals, hurting them further.
Sidian's Garganacl	Rivals in the Dark of Night!		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 鹽醃 Yìhmyīm Mandarin 鹽醃 / 盐腌 Yányān French Salaison German Pökelsalz Italian Sotto Sale Korean 소금절이 Sogeumjeor-i Spanish Salazón

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