Smelling Salts

Type

Gen.

Power

Accuracy

100%

Priority

Effect Summary

, deals double damage and cures the paralysis

Smelling Salts (formatted as SmellingSalts in Gen 3-5) deals damage and hits for double power if the target is paralyzed

but also removes the paralysis effect afterwards.
A hit against a Substitute can not double in power.

RS E	Powerful against paralyzed foes, but also heals them.
FRLG	Doubly effective on a paralyzed foe, but it also cures the foe’s paralysis.
DP HGSS PL	This attack inflicts double damage on a paralyzed foe. It also cures the foe’s paralysis, however.
COL B2W2	This attack inflicts double damage on a target with paralysis. It also cures the target’s paralysis, however.
XY ORAS	This attack inflicts double damage on a target with paralysis. This also cures the target’s paralysis, however.
SM USUM LGPLGE	This attack’s power is doubled when used on a target with paralysis. This also cures the target’s paralysis, however.
SWSH	This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.

Move Target

Normal

Affects a selected adjacent target.

means that the Pokémon can not be selected.

means that the Pokémon can be selected.

means that the Pokémon will be selected.

Effect Type

Damage	Deals damage.

Interactions

Makes contact	User touches the target. This triggers some abilities (e.g., Static) and items (e.g., Sticky Barb ).
Blocked by Detect and Protect	This move will not work if the target has used Detect or Protect this turn.
Copied by Mirror Move	A Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.

Other Languages

Smelling Salts

きつけ (Kitsuke)

Riechsalz

Stimulant

Maniereforti

Estímulo

정신차리기 (Jeongsin Charigi)

清醒 (Qīngxǐng / Chīngsíng)

Effect	Attempts to jam the Pokémon that appealed before the user.
Description	Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.
Jam	🖤🖤🖤
Appeal	❤️❤️

Description	Raises the score if the Voltage is low.
Appeal	-