Insomnia

Insomnia is an ability in the Pokémon games that prevents the Pokémon with this ability from falling asleep. This includes sleep induced by moves such as Sleep Powder, Spore, Hypnosis, and Yawn, as well as the self-inflicted sleep from Rest. As a result, Pokémon with Insomnia are immune to one of the major status conditions, which can be a critical advantage in both competitive and casual play.

Effects: 1. Prevention of Sleep: Insomnia ensures that the Pokémon cannot be put to sleep by any move or effect. This includes the moves mentioned earlier and various abilities or effects that would otherwise cause sleep. 2. Rest Immunity: When a Pokémon with Insomnia uses the move Rest, the move will fail completely, since Rest requires the Pokémon to fall asleep to restore HP. 3. Spore Vulnerability: While immune to sleep-inducing moves, Pokémon with Insomnia can still be affected by other status conditions like Poison, Paralysis

Effects

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Pokémon with the Insomnia ability

drowzee
Drowzee

96 - Psychic

hypno
Hypno

97 - Psychic

hoothoot
Hoothoot

163 - Normal, Flying

noctowl
Noctowl

164 - Normal, Flying

spinarak
Spinarak

167 - Bug, Poison

ariados
Ariados

168 - Bug, Poison

murkrow
Murkrow

198 - Dark, Flying

delibird
Delibird

225 - Ice, Flying

shuppet
Shuppet

353 - Ghost

banette
Banette

354 - Ghost

honchkrow
Honchkrow

430 - Dark, Flying

pumpkaboo-average
Pumpkaboo-Average

710 - Ghost, Grass

gourgeist-average
Gourgeist-Average

711 - Ghost, Grass

tarountula
Tarountula

917 - Bug

spidops
Spidops

918 - Bug

capsakid
Capsakid

951 - Grass

scovillain
Scovillain

952 - Grass, Fire

pumpkaboo-small
Pumpkaboo-Small

10027 - Ghost, Grass

pumpkaboo-large
Pumpkaboo-Large

10028 - Ghost, Grass

pumpkaboo-super
Pumpkaboo-Super

10029 - Ghost, Grass

gourgeist-small
Gourgeist-Small

10030 - Ghost, Grass

gourgeist-large
Gourgeist-Large

10031 - Ghost, Grass

gourgeist-super
Gourgeist-Super

10032 - Ghost, Grass

mewtwo-mega-y
Mewtwo-Mega-Y

10044 - Psychic