Sleep (status condition): Difference between revisions

The '''sleep''' condition (SLP) (Japanese: '''ねむり''' ''Sleeping'') causes a Pokémon to be unable to make a move. In [[Generation V]], Pokémon close their eyes when they are asleep, and their movement slows down.

Sleep causes a Pokémon to be unable to make a move for an indeterminate number of moves. The specifics vary between generations.

Sleep lasts for a randomly chosen duration of 1 to 7 turns (1 to 3 in Stadium). A Pokémon cannot move on the turn it wakes up. A Pokémon can inflict self-induced sleep using the move {{m|Rest}}, which will restore all of the Pokémon's health and remove any other non-volatile status condition. A {{DL|Level|Disobedience|disobedient}} Pokémon may also nap during battle.  

 

===Generation II onwards===

A Pokémon can move on the turn it woke up.

 

In addition to Dream Eater, sleeping Pokémon are now vulnerable to {{m|Nightmare}}.

 

[[Roaming Pokémon]] do not [[escape#Wild Pokémon|flee]] while asleep.

Sleep lasts for a random duration from 1 to 6 turns.

 

[[Roaming Pokémon]] now attempt to flee in the usual way while asleep.

Sleep lasts for a random duration from 1 to 4 turns.

 

In the Japanese version of {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}}, the minimum and maximum sleep count are 1 turn higher.<ref>[http://www.smogon.com/forums/showpost.php?p=648215&postcount=24 DP Battle Tower Records]</ref>

 

Sleep lasts for a random duration from 1 to 3 turns. In addition, a Pokémon's sleep counter is reset to its original amount when switched out; this also applies for self-induced sleep. Also in Generation V, most Pokémon close their eyes while sleeping, and their animation moves more slowly as well.

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| class="l" | [[Grass]] types are now immune to Spore (Generation {{gen|VI}}).

Being put to sleep can be cured with the use of an {{DL|Status condition healing item|Awakening}} or a [[Chesto Berry]] ([[Mint Berry]] in [[Generation II]]). In addition, like all other major [[status condition]]s, it can be cured by the items {{DL|Status condition healing item|Full Heal}}, {{DL|Status condition healing item|Lava Cookie}}, {{DL|Potion|Full Restore}}, {{DL|Status condition healing item|Old Gateau}}, {{DL|Herbal medicine|Heal Powder}}, [[Lum Berry]], {{DL|Status condition healing item|Casteliacone}}, and [[Sacred Ash]]. In [[Generation I]] games and its {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s|remakes}}, [[Poké Flute]] can be reused indefinitely, while {{DL|Flute|Blue Flute}} can be used in [[Generation III]] and {{gen|IV}} games.

{{m|Heal Bell}} and {{m|Aromatherapy}} also removes it from all Pokémon in the party. {{m|Safeguard}} will prevent the user's team from being afflicted by any status condition for five turns and a Pokémon behind a {{m|substitute}} cannot be put to sleep (other than using Rest). {{m|Wake-Up Slap}}'s [[base power]] increases when used on sleeping targets, but wakes them up. Pokémon hit with {{m|Worry Seed}} have their Ability temporarily changed to {{a|Insomnia}}, effectively preventing them from sleeping, and waking already asleep targets. It can target both friends and foes, but not the user, or Pokémon with the Abilities {{a|Truant}} or {{a|Multitype}}. No Pokémon can sleep while one of them is using the continuous move {{m|Uproar}}.

Pokémon with the Abilities {{a|Vital Spirit}} and {{a|Insomnia}} or active allies of Pokémon with the Ability {{a|Sweet Veil}} cannot be put to sleep. In a similar vein, Pokémon with the Ability {{a|Leaf Guard}} cannot be put to sleep if the weather is [[weather conditions|intensely sunny]]. A Pokémon with {{a|Natural Cure}} will be cured upon switching out, one with the {{a|Hydration}} Ability will be cured while it is [[weather conditions|raining]] (even if {{m|Rest|self-afflicted}}), one with {{a|Early Bird}} halves the amount of turns it is asleep, one with {{a|Shed Skin}} has a 1/3 chance of being cured every turn. An ally with {{a|Healer}} has a 1/3 chance of curing an ally's condition every turn during [[Double battles|double]] and [[Triple Battle]]s, while an ally with {{a|Sweet Veil}} prevents allies from sleeping altogether.

==={{pkmn|Mystery Dungeon}}===

* In ''[[AG190|Pace - The Final Frontier!]]'', {{FB|Pyramid King|Brandon}}'s {{TP|Brandon|Regice|Regis}} went to sleep twice by using Rest in order to recover from the damage taken while battling with Ash's Pikachu.

* In ''[[DP066|Lost Leader Strategy!]]'', [[Reggie]]'s {{p|Bibarel}} put [[Ash's Turtwig]] to sleep using {{m|Secret Power}}.

===Pokémon Adventures===

===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===

===Phantom Thief Pokémon 7===

In the {{pkmn|Trading Card Game}}, Sleep, called Asleep, is one of the five [[Special Conditions]] along with Poisoned, Burned, Confused, and Paralyzed. If a Pokémon is Asleep, it cannot attack or retreat by itself. It must also be turned to the left. After each turn, if a player's Pokémon is Asleep, the player must flip a coin: if heads, the Asleep Pokémon "wakes up" and is no longer affected by the Special Condition. However, if the coin lands on tails, the Pokémon is still asleep. Unlike the Pokémon games, a Pokémon can be afflicted with more than one Special Condition at once; however, some special conditions will erase ones already present.

* Sleep is the status condition with the most moves that always cause it when they hit.

 

* Not counting, fainted, sleep is the only status condition not technically associated with a certain type. Even so, grass and normal are the two most common types it is affiliated with.