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All Status Effects and How to Cure Them

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Pokemon FRLG - All Status Effects and How to Cure Them

Here is a list of all status effects and conditions in Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (FRLG). See the effects of each status problem, how to cure status effects, and what abilities can prevent status effects in this guide!

List of Contents

Main Status Effects and Conditions

Main Status Effects
Poison Paralysis Burn
Sleep Freeze

Poison

The Poison status reduces a Pokemon's HP at the end of every turn. The amount of HP reduction is 1/8 of the Pokemon's maximum HP.

If the status wasn't cured in battle, the poisoned Pokemon will still have its Poison condition after the battle ends. In this case, they will continue to lose their HP as you walk.

Poison Status Effect and How to Cure

How to Cure Poison

Items ・ Antidote
・ Pecha Berry
Moves Refresh
Heals poisoning, paralysis, or a burn.

Poison can be cured by giving an Antidote or Pecha Berry to a Pokemon. While a posioned Pokemon is holding a Pecha Berry in battle, it will consume it to recover from the status on its own.

Alternatively, Pokemon that have Refresh can use the move to cure themselves from poisoning.

Other Factors that Affect Poison

Poison and Steel-type Pokemon are generally immune from being poisoned. The following Abilities and Moves also affect the Poison status condition.

Ability Description
Immunity The immune system of the Pokémon prevents it from getting poisoned.
Move Description
Facade Boosts ATTACK when burned, paralyzed, or poisoned.

Paralysis

Paralyzed Pokemon have significantly reduced Speed and a 25% chance of being unable to perform a move.

Paralysis Status Effect and How to Cure

How to Cure Paralysis

Items ・ Paralyze Heal
・ Cheri Berry
Moves Refresh
Heals poisoning, paralysis, or a burn.

Paralysis can be cured with Paralyze Heal or Cheri Berry. Paralyzed Pokemon that are holding a Cheri Berry in battle will consume it to recover from the status on its own.

Alternatively, Pokemon that have Refresh can use the move to cure themselves from paralysis.

Other Factors that Affect Paralysis

The following Abilities and Moves also affect the Paralysis status condition.

Ability Description
Limber Its limber body protects the Pokémon from paralysis.
Move Description
Facade Boosts ATTACK when burned, paralyzed, or poisoned.

Burn

The Burn status makes affected Pokemon lose 1/8 of its maximum HP at the end of every turn. While burned, the Pokemon's Attack stat is also reduced.

Burn Status Effect and How to Cure

How to Cure Burn

Items ・ Burn Heal
・ Rawst Berry
Moves Refresh
Heals poisoning, paralysis, or a burn.

Burned Pokemon can be cured with Burn Heal or Rawst Berry. Pokemon that are holding a Rawst Berry in battle will consume it to recover from Burn on its own.

Alternatively, Pokemon that have Refresh can use the move to cure themselves from Burns.

Other Factors that Affect Burn

Fire-type Pokemon are immune to the burn status condition. Below are other Abilities and Moves that affect Burn:

Ability Description
Water Veil The Pokémon is covered with a water veil, which prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn.
Move Description
Facade Boosts ATTACK when burned, paralyzed, or poisoned.

Sleep

The sleep condition causes Pokemon to be unable to move until they wake up again. If the status isn't cured with an item, the sleeping Pokemon can wake up on its own within 2-5 turns.

Sleep Status Effect and How to Cure

How to Cure Sleep

Items That Cure Sleep
Awakening Chesto Berry

You can wait for the Pokemon to recover from Sleep on its own by spending turns in battle until it wakes up. However, to quickly cure Sleep, you can use an Awakening. A Pokemon that's holding a Chesto Berry during battle can also recover from Sleep on its own.

Other Factors that Affect Sleep

Below are other Abilities and Moves that affect the Sleep status condition:

Ability Description
Early Bird The Pokémon awakens twice as fast as other Pokémon from sleep.
Insomnia The Pokémon is suffering from insomnia and cannot fall asleep.
Vital Spirit The Pokémon is full of vitality, and that prevents it from falling asleep.
Move Description
Uproar User cannot sleep for 2-5 turns.

Freeze

A frozen Pokemon will be unable to move until they thaw out of the freeze. It will take a random amount of turns for the Pokemon to get out of being frozen. However, there is a 20% chance of being thawed out per turn.

Freeze Status Effect and How to Cure

How to Cure Freeze

Items ・ Ice Heal
・ Aspear Berry
Moves Fire-Type Moves (e.g.)
・Fire Blast: A fiery blast that scorches all. May cause a burn.
・Flame Wheel: A fiery charge attack that may inflict a burn.
・Sacred Fire: A mystical fire attack that may inflict a burn.

You can spend turns in battle and wait until your frozen Pokemon thaws out. Ice Heal and Aspear Berry can also be used to remove the Freeze status. In addition, hitting a frozen Pokemon with a Fire-type attack will also remove Freeze.

Other Factors that Affect Freeze

Ice-type Pokemon can't be frozen. Freeze also can't be inflicted on Pokemon when Harsh Sunlight is present. Below are other Moves that affect the Freeze status condition:

Move Description
Sunny Day Boosts the power of FIRE- type moves for 5 turns. Causes Sunshine for 5 rounds.

Hidden Status Effects and Conditions

Hidden Status Effects
Confusion Infatuation Flinch
Bind and Trap Curse

The following are status conditions that are not listed on your Pokemon's HP bar during battle. These status conditions can occur simultaneously with the main status conditions listed previously.

Confusion

A confused Pokemon has the possibility of attacking and dealing damage to itself during battle. With this, confused Pokemon are capable of making itself feint from its own attacks.

Confusion Status Effect and How to Cure

How to Cure Confusion

Items That Cure Confusion
Yellow Flute Persim Berry

Pokemon can automatically recover from Confusion after a few turns. Confusion also cannot be inflicted on Pokemon with the Own Tempo ability. To quickly cure Confusion, you can use items like the Yellow Flute and Persim Berry.

Infatuation

When a Pokemon uses the move Attract on a target of the opposite gender, the target Pokemon will become infatuated. Infatuated Pokemon can sometimes refuse to attack the opposing Pokemon due to being immobilized by love.

How to Cure Infatuation

Infatuation ends when either the infatuated Pokemon or the Pokemon it's infatuated with is switched out of battle. Pokemon with the Oblivious Ability are immune to Infatuation.

Flinch

When a Pokemon flinches, it doesn't attack during that turn. Flinch doesn't have any remedies, but it's easily mitigated since it only lasts for one turn.

However, Flinch cannot be inflicted on the first Pokemon that moves in a turn. Pokemon that have the Inner Focus ability are also immune from flinching.

Bind and Trap

When a move causes a Pokemon to be bound or trapped, the Pokemon can't be switched out for up to 5 turns. If it comes from a wild encounter, you are unable to flee. The Pokemon also takes damage at the end of every turn.

However, Pokemon are still able to perform moves normally even while bound or trapped.

How to Cure Bind and Trap

Items ・ Poké Doll
・ Smoke Ball
Moves Rapid Spin
User is becomes free from moves like Wrap, Bind and Leech Seed.

You can wait for the effects of Bind and Trap to wear off after several turns. However, you can also use Rapid Spin to free your Pokemon much quicker. When using the Poke Doll and Smoke Ball items, you can also flee the battle entirely despite the status effect.

Curse

When a Ghost-type Pokemon uses the move Curse, the target will be Cursed and take damage equivalent to 1/4 of its maximum HP every turn. Curse can only be cured if the cursed Pokemon switches out of battle or after the battle ends.

Curse Effects and Pokemon That Learn It

How to Cure All Status Effects

Items That Cure All Main Status Effects

Item Description
Full Restore A medicine that fully restores the HP and heals any status problems of one Pokémon.
Full Heal A spray-type medicine. It heals all the status problems of one Pokémon.
Heal Powder A very bitter medicine powder. It heals all the status problems of one Pokémon.
Lava Cookie Lavaridge Town's local specialty. It heals all the status problems of one Pokémon.
Lum Berry A Berry to be consumed by Pokémon. If a Pokémon holds one, it can recover from any status condition during battle.

List of All Items and Effects

Moves That Cure All Main Status Effects

Move Status Condition Cured
Aromatherapy Heals party's status problems.
Heal Bell Heals party's status problems.
Safeguard Prevents all status problems.

List of All Moves

Abilities That Cure All Main Status Effects

Ability Description
Natural Cure All status conditions heal when the Pokémon switches out.
Shed Skin The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin.

List of All Abilities

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