Healing Wish (move)

Healing Wish いやしのねがい Healing Wish

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

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

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jam  0   The Points received are equal to the judges voltage.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Healing Wish (Japanese: いやしのねがい Healing Wish) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Healing Wish causes the user to faint, then immediately switches in the new Pokémon. The new Pokémon's HP is restored and it is cured of any status ailments upon being sent out. Healing Wish will fail if the player has no other conscious Pokémon in their party.

Generation V

The receiving Pokémon is now sent out at the end of the turn rather than immediately sending it out.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Healing Wish reduces the user's HP to 1, and restores all the HP and PP of team members in the same room as the user. It also removes any status ailments on those Pokémon and breaks any move seals caused by seal traps.

Description

Games Description The user faints. In return, the Pokémon taking its place will have its HP restored and status cured. The user faints. In return, the Pokemon taking its place will have its HP restored and status conditions cured.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
035		Clefairy	Fairy		Fairy	46				49	55	--, 55
113		Chansey	Normal		Normal	42				50			50
242		Blissey	Normal		Normal	42				50			50
251		Celebi	Psychic	Grass	73				73			'
282		Gardevoir	Psychic	Fairy	--				--			--
358		Chimecho	Psychic		Psychic	49				57			'
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic	60				85			'
385		Jirachi	Steel	Psychic	50				50			'
427		Buneary	Normal		Normal	53				63			'
428		Lopunny	Normal		Normal	53				63			'
481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic	76				76			'
492		Shaymin Land Forme	Grass		Grass			91	91			'
594		Alomomola	Water		Water					57			'
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
					II		III		IV		V		VI
420		Cherubi	Grass		Grass	no
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic	Fairy
517		Munna	Psychic		Psychic	no				no
531		Audino	Normal		Normal	no
548		Petilil*	Grass		Grass	no
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 event

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0251 CelebiLv.50 Psychic Grass 13th Movie Celebi Winter 2011 Celebi Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Jirachi
The user sacrifices itself to heal its allies.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Jirachi flies into the sky, and its body starts to glow white. It then lets out a burst of light blue, sparkling lights, that rain down onto Jirachi's allies, healing them. After using the move, Jirachi faints.
A wild Jirachi	Searching for a Wish!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Lopunny Next Pokémon is healed
The user sacrifices itself to heal its replacement.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Lopunny makes itself faint. Then, the next Pokémon the Trainer calls out will be fully healed and clear of any injuries it had before.
Platinum's Lopunny	To and Fro with Froslass		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 治癒願望 Zhìyù Yuànwàng French Vœu Soin German Heilopfer Greek Ιαματική Ευχή Italian Curardore Korean 치유소원 Chiyu Soweon Brazilian Portuguese Desejo de Cura Serbian Želja za Lečenje Spanish Deseo Cura

Variations of the move Destiny Bond
Destiny Bond • Grudge

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