Ability Detail

Poison Heal is a unique and beneficial ability in the Pokémon series that fundamentally changes how a Pokémon interacts with the status condition of poison. Instead of taking damage from being poisoned or badly poisoned, a Pokémon with the Poison Heal ability will instead recover health each turn. Here are the key aspects and interesting details of this ability:

Effects

Healing Mechanism:
- When a Pokémon with Poison Heal is poisoned (either regular poison or bad poison), it will recover 1/8th of its maximum HP at the end of each turn instead of losing health. This makes Poison Heal a powerful means of self-sustain and recovery over time.
Substitute Synergy:
- Poison Heal pairs exceptionally well with moves like Substitute, which lets the Pokémon create a decoy at the cost of some HP. The health regained from Poison Heal can offset the HP loss from using Substitute multiple times, allowing for strategic play.
Status Immunity

Flavor Texts

diamond-pearl: Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned.

platinum: Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned.

heartgold-soulsilver: Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned.

black-white: Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned.

black-2-white-2: Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned.

x-y: Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned.

omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned.

sun-moon: Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned, instead of losing HP.

ultra-sun-ultra-moon: Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned, instead of losing HP.

lets-go-pikachu-lets-go-eevee: Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned instead of losing HP.

sword-shield: Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned instead of losing HP.

scarlet-violet: If poisoned, the Pokémon has its HP restored instead of taking damage.

Pokémon with the Poison-Heal ability

Shroomish

285 - Grass

Breloom

286 - Grass, Fighting

Gliscor

472 - Ground, Flying