Pokérus: Difference between revisions

When infected, a Pokémon's status screen will indicate it much as it does any other status condition. The icons are different in Generation III, IV and VI, while Generation V has the same as Generation IV and Generation II has no icon at all. When another normal status condition, such as {{status|Sleep}}, affects the Pokémon, the Pokérus icon will be temporarily replaced until the other status condition ends or is cured. As long as the Pokémon is infected with Pokérus, it can spread the virus to the other Pokémon in the player's party. The infection may spread if the infected Pokémon is in the main party after a battle. An uninfected Pokémon must be next to a Pokémon infected with Pokérus in the main party for the virus to spread. If Pokémon that have already been infected and cured from Pokérus are in the main party and are on either side of a Pokémon currently with the disease, Pokérus will not spread to or through them after any amount of battles. For example, if an infected Pokémon is positioned between two cured Pokémon, that particular infected Pokémon is not capable of spreading the Pokérus through the party. However, if an infected Pokémon is positioned between a non-infected Pokémon and a cured Pokémon, Pokérus will only have a chance of spreading through the party on the side of the non-infected Pokémon. Infected Pokémon that are put into the [[PC]] will keep the status indefinitely. From Generation III onward, {{pkmn|Egg}}s may catch Pokérus like any other Pokémon.