Natural Cure (Ability)

Natural Cure (Japanese: しぜんかいふく Natural Recovery) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

In battle
Natural Cure heals any status conditions upon switching out or completing a battle (if it was in battle at the end of the battle).

This effect will occur if Natural Cure is the Pokémon's Ability in battle when it switches out and is not suppressed; a Pokémon that obtained the Ability with will have its status condition cured when it switches out, whereas a Pokémon which has Natural Cure but has been affected by  will not.

Outside of battle
From Generation IV onward, Natural Cure automatically heals status conditions upon the end of a battle.

Description

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In the anime
In The Power of Us, during two simultaneous disasters in Fula City, Toren and his fellow s attempted to create an elixir out of Natural Cure in the Pokémon Research Pavilion. However, a blackout occurred before the solution could be finished, forcing Toren to improvise with 's Lum Berries.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 * In Moving Past Milotic, 's was revealed to have Natural Cure as its Ability.
 * Winona's Altaria and are revealed to have Natural Cure as their Ability.
 * is revealed to have Natural Cure as its Ability.

Trivia

 * In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Natural Cure is mistranslated as Natural Recovery, a direct translation of its Japanese name.

In other languages
Innere Kraft Cura natural Médic Nature Alternacura しぜんかいふく 自然回复（特性）