Refresh (move)

If you were looking for the in-game feature, see Pokémon Refresh.

Refresh リフレッシュ Refresh

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

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

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jamming  0   Prevents the user from being startled one time this turn.

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

Refresh (Japanese: リフレッシュ Refresh) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Generation III to VII

Refresh cures the user of burns, poison, or paralysis. It cannot cure freeze or sleep, so Refresh will fail if it is called by Sleep Talk.

Refresh can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 1 bonus appeal point if Sing or Water Sport was used in the previous turn.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Refresh, the user regains all of its HP.

Generation VIII onwards

Refresh cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description RSEColo.XD Heals poisoning, paralysis, or a burn. FRLG A self-healing move that cures the user of a poisoning, burn, or paralysis. DPPtHGSSPBR BWB2W2 XYORAS The user rests to cure itself of a poisoning, burn, or paralysis. SMUSUMPE The user rests to cure itself of poisoning, a burn, or paralysis. SwShBDSPLA SV This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
108		Lickitung		Monster		Monster	51	41	45	45	45SMUSUM
113		Chansey		Fairy		Fairy	9	9	9	9	9SMUSUM
133		Eevee		Field		Field				20	20SMUSUM
222		Corsola		Water 1	Water 3	17	16	16BW 13B2W2	13	13
242		Blissey		Fairy		Fairy	7	9	9	9	9
333		Swablu		Flying	Dragon	41	40	45BW 29B2W2	29XY 26ORAS	26
334		Altaria		Flying	Dragon	45	46	54BW 29B2W2	29XY 26ORAS	26
350		Milotic		Water 1	Dragon	15	9	9	9XY 7ORAS	1, 7
380		Latias		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	30	30	30	30XY 13ORAS	13
381		Latios		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	30	30	30	30XY 13ORAS	13
385		Jirachi		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	25	25	25	25	25
440		Happiny		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		9	9	9	9
463		Lickilicky		Monster		Monster		41	45	45	45
493		Arceus		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		50	50	50	50
531		Audino		Fairy		Fairy			5	5XY 9ORAS	9
788		Tapu Fini		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					26
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
007		Squirtle		Monster	Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
054		Psyduck		Water 1	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
060		Poliwag		Water 1		Water 1		✔	✔	✔	✔
131		Lapras		Monster	Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
152		Chikorita		Monster	Grass			✔	✔	✔
177		Natu		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
183		Marill		Water 1	Fairy		✔	✔	✔	✔
258		Mudkip		Monster	Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
276		Taillow		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
298		Azurill		Water 1	Fairy	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
366		Clamperl		Water 1		Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
535		Tympole		Water 1		Water 1			✔	✔	✔
594		Alomomola		Water 1	Water 2			✔	✔	✔
676		Furfrou		Field		Field				✔	✔
682		Spritzee		Fairy		Fairy				✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation III

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
017		Pidgeotto		Flying		Flying	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
020		Raticate		Field		Field	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
024		Arbok		Field	Dragon	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
046		Paras		Bug	Grass	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
049		Venomoth		Bug		Bug	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
082		Magneton		Mineral		Mineral	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
090		Shellder		Water 3		Water 3	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
100		Voltorb		Mineral		Mineral	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
103		Exeggutor		Grass		Grass	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
106		Hitmonlee		Human-Like		Human-Like	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
121		Starmie		Water 3		Water 3	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
128		Tauros		Field		Field	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
143		Snorlax		Monster		Monster	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
165		Ledyba		Bug		Bug	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
167		Spinarak		Bug		Bug	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
204		Pineco		Bug		Bug	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
216		Teddiursa		Field		Field	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
219		Magcargo		Amorphous		Amorphous	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
273		Seedot		Field	Grass	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
285		Shroomish		Fairy	Grass	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
296		Makuhita		Human-Like		Human-Like	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
310		Manectric		Field		Field	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
318		Carvanha		Water 2		Water 2	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
335		Zangoose		Field		Field	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
343		Baltoy		Mineral		Mineral	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
373		Salamence		Dragon		Dragon	Purified Shadow PokémonXD
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation III

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
375		Metang		Mineral		Mineral	Festa Metang Rocks Metang
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation VII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
025		Pikachu		Field	Fairy	Pokémon Cafe Pikachu
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Explorers of Time and Darkness and Sky, Refresh is a move with 17PP that ignores accuracy and evasion checks. It cures all allies in the same room as user of all status conditions that are considered negative, such as Slowed Down, Nightmare or Constriction, as well as removing move seals (even though they aren't considered a status condition by the game). In hallways, this move targets Pokémon up two tiles away (or one in one-tile darkness). This move is affected by Taunt and Snatch.

Description

Games Description MDRB Heals all status problems of the user and its team members in the room. MDTDS Heals all the status problems of the user and its team members in the room. BSL おなじへやの なかまポケモンと じぶんの わるいじょうたいを すべて かいふくする MDGtI It heals all the bad status conditions of you and your teammates in the same room. SMD If you and your teammates in the same room have any bad status conditions, all of the bad status conditions will be removed. MDRTDX If you and your teammates in the same room have any bad statuses, all the bad statuses will be removed.

In the anime

Altaria	Azurill	Pikachu being healed	Alomomola
The user rests to cure itself of a poisoning, burn, or paralysis.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Azurill	Azurill wraps its tail around the opponent and its body glows light blue. Waves of energy come off it, and the target becomes fully healed.
Misty's Azurill	A Real Cleffa-Hanger		Debut
Altaria	Altaria's body glows green for a second and it becomes completely healed.
An Altaria Captured by Solana's Capture Styler	Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys' Crisis! (Part 1)		None
Alomomola	Alomomola's body glows green. Waves of energy come off it, and the target becomes fully healed.
Two wild Alomomola	The Name's N!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Altaria
The user heals its injuries.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Altaria	Altaria holds its head and wings up and its body glows brightly, healing its injuries.
Winona's Altaria	I Dare Ya, Altaria... Knock Chic off My Shoulder		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• In Generation III, the status screen erroneously states that the move has 100% accuracy, even though it targets the user (thus it ignores accuracy and evasion checks).

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 煥然一新 Wuhnyìhnyātsān * 清新 Chīngsān * Mandarin 煥然一新 / 焕然一新 Huànrányīxīn * 清新 Qīngxīn * Finnish Virkistys French Régénération German Heilung Greek Ανανέωση Ananéose Italian Rinfrescata Korean 리프레시 RipeuresiIX+ 리프레쉬 RipeureswiIV–VIII Polish Regeneracja Portuguese Refrescar Serbian Osveženje Spanish Alivio Vietnamese Thanh Lọc

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