Smelling Salts (move)

Smelling Salts
きつけ Resuscitation
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Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  70
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Makes contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  3 ♥♥♥
Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  0  
Raises the score if the Voltage is low.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Smelling Salts (Japanese: きつけ Resuscitation), named SmellingSalt prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation III. It is the signature move of Makuhita and Hariyama.

Effect

Generation III to V

SmellingSalt deals damage. Its base power of 60 will double against a paralyzed target and also cure it of paralysis.

Generation VI

The base power of Smelling Salts is increased to 70.

Description

Games Description
RSE Powerful against paralyzed foes, but also heals them.
FRLG Doubly effective on a paralyzed foe, but it also cures the foe’s paralysis.
Strong against paralyzed targets, also heals them.
This attack inflicts double damage on a paralyzed foe. It also cures the foe’s paralysis, however.
This attack inflicts double damage on a target with paralysis. It also cures the target's paralysis, however.
This attack inflicts double damage on a target with paralysis. This also cures the target's paralysis, however.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
296   Makuhita Fighting Fighting 31 22 22 '
297   Hariyama Fighting Fighting 33 22 22 '
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
056   Mankey* Fighting Fighting       
066   Machop Fighting Fighting         
108   Lickitung* Normal Normal      
209   Snubbull* Fairy Fairy          
255   Torchic* Fire Fire          
293   Whismur* Normal Normal       
304   Aron* Steel Rock          
327   Spinda Normal Normal         
331   Cacnea Grass Grass        
453   Croagunk Poison Fighting        
532   Timburr Fighting Fighting       
619   Mienfoo Fighting Fighting       
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 manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • Despite real-life smelling salts restoring consciousness, Smelling Salts cures paralysis. Another move, Wake-Up Slap, does this instead.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 甦醒 Sūxǐng
  Dutch Ruikend Zout
  French Stimulant
  German Riechsalz
  Greek Ανάνιψη
  Italian Maniereforti
  Korean 정신차리기 Jeongsin Charigi
  Brazilian Portuguese Estimulo
  Serbian Mirišljava So
  Spanish Estímulo


Variations of the move Smelling Salts
  Smelling SaltsWake-Up Slap


  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.