Naive Mint

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Summary

Naive Mint is an item introduced in Pokémon Sword and Shield that allows trainers to change the Nature of a Pokémon to Naive. Natures influence the growth rates of a Pokémon's stats, and the Naive Nature specifically increases Speed while decreasing Special Defense.

Effects: - Changes a Pokémon's stat growth pattern to that of a Naive Nature, effectively boosting its Speed stat while making its Special Defense grow more slowly. - It does not alter the Pokémon’s actual base stats or inherent Nature, meaning that the Pokémon's original Nature is still displayed in its summary, but its stat effects are changed as if it were Naive.

Interesting Facts: - Naive Mints are part of a new set of items introduced to give trainers more control over their Pokémon's development, making competitive breeding and training more efficient. - Mints can be purchased at the Battle Tower for Battle Points (BP), aligning them with other high-level competitive tools. - Mints do not retroactively

Effect

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Fling Information

Fling Power: 10

Game Descriptions

When a Pokémon smells this mint, its Speed will grow more easily, but its Sp. Def will grow more slowly.

Item Details

Game Appearances

Generation Game Index
Generation VIII 1250