Morning Sun (move)

Morning Sun
あさのひざし Morning Sunlight
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Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  1
Jam  0  
The appeal's quality varies depending on its timing.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Increased Voltage is added to the performance score.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Morning Sun (Japanese: あさのひざし Morning Sunlight) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation III, it was Espeon's signature move.

Effect

Generation II

Morning Sun restores the user's current HP based on the weather conditions and time of day. Normal conditions will restore ½ of the total HP, sunny conditions restore 100% total HP, and other weather conditions restore ¼ total HP.

Generations III to V

Morning Sun restores the user's current HP based on the weather conditions in the battle. Normal conditions restore ½ total HP, sunny conditions restore ⅔ total HP, and other weather conditions restore ¼ total HP.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Morning Sun recovers a fixed amount of HP depending on the weather: 50 HP under clear weather, 80 HP under sunny weather, 40 HP under cloudy weather, 30 HP under sandstorms, 10 HP under rain and hail, and 1HP under snow.

Description

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Games Description
Stad2 Allows HP to be restored by the morning sunlight. In battle, half the user's max HP is restored.
GSC Restores HP (varies by time).
RSE Restores HP. The amount varies with the weather.
FRLG Restores the user’s HP. The amount of HP regained varies with the weather.
XD Restores HP. The amount varies with the weather.
DPPtHGSSBW The user restores its own HP. The amount of HP regained varies with the weather.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
196   Espeon Psychic Psychic 52 52 71 71 33 '
267   Beautifly Bug Flying   20 20 20 '
420   Cherubi Grass Grass       -- '
421   Cherrim Grass Grass       -- '
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
048   Venonat Bug Poison        
058   Growlithe Fire Fire          
077   Ponyta Fire Fire          
175   Togepi Normal Normal         
191   Sunkern Grass Grass         
519   Pidove Normal Flying        
636   Larvesta Bug Fire        
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 III

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0012   Butterfree
Bug Flying Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness
0070   Weepinbell
Grass Poison Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness
0114   Tangela
Grass Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness
0123   Scyther
Bug Flying Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness
0146   Moltres
Fire Flying Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0032   Nidoran♂ Poison New York Pokémon Center
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0465   Tangrowth Grass Pikachu Cafe Tangrowth
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0338   Solrock Rock Psychic Dream World - Icy Cave
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

 
May's Beautifly
 
Janet's Beautifly
Sparkles and rays of light surround the Pokémon's body, restoring HP.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Beautifly's whole body glows white, then all around it glows yellow, or yellow rays of light shine outward from Beautifly's body.
Janet's Beautifly All Things Bright and Beautifly! Debut
May's Beautifly Cruisin' for a Losin' None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 晨光 Chénguāng
  Dutch Morgenzon
  French Aurore
  German Morgengrauen
  Greek Πρωινός Ήλιος
  Indonesian Cahaya Mentari Pagi
  Italian Mattindoro
  Korean 아침햇살 Achim Haetsal
  Serbian Jutarnje Sunce
  Spanish Sol Matinal



Variations of the move Moonlight
  MoonlightMorning SunShore UpSynthesis


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.