White Herb

White Herb しろいハーブ White Herb

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Introduced in Generation III Pocket Generation III Items Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 10 Effect Restores lowered stats of the target

The White Herb (Japanese: しろいハーブ White Herb) is a type of held item introduced in Generation III. It restores all of the holder's decreased stats.

In the core series games

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Effect

If the stat stages of any of the holder's stats are negative, it consumes the White Herb and all negative stat stages are reset to be neutral.

If a multi-strike move activates Tangling Hair, Gooey, or Weak Armor, a Pokémon will not consume the White Herb until after the final strike. If a Pokémon holding a White Herb activates multiple Pokémon's Tangling Hair or Gooey, it will not consume its White Herb until all of the Abilities have activated for that attack.

If a Pokémon with Weak Armor is hit by Knock Off, Thief, Covet, or a physical move from a Pokémon with Magician, its held White Herb will be knocked off or stolen before it has a chance to activate. If a Pokémon with Weak Armor is hit by Fling using a White Herb, the White Herb's effect will be applied before Weak Armor lowers its Defense. If a Pokémon uses a contact move that lowers its own stats (such as Superpower) on a Pokémon with Pickpocket, its held White Herb will be stolen before it has a chance to activate.

If the Pokémon with Defiant or Competitive is holding a White Herb, Defiant or Competitive will trigger before the White Herb, so the user will receive the Attack or Special Attack boost and then the lowered stat will be restored; if the same stat boosted by the Ability is lowered, the White Herb never has a chance to activate.

If a Pokémon with Contrary has one of its stats lowered by an O-Power, its held White Herb will not be activated until after a Pokémon uses a move.

Description

Acquisition

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Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In the anime

In Crisis at Ferroseed Research!, Professor Malveaux ordered Case to prepare a treatment for Pikachu, which included White Herb extract.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 白色香草 Baahksīk Hēungchóu Mandarin 白色香草 Báisè Xiāngcǎo * 白色藥草 Báisè Yàocǎo * Finnish Valkoyrtti French Herbe Blanche* Herbeblanche* German Schlohkraut Italian Erbachiara Korean 하양허브 Hayang Herb Polish Białe Ziele Spanish Hierba Blanca* Hier. Blanca*

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation III – IV – V – VI – VII – VIII – IX

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