Moonlight
Pokémon Champions
Heals the user by a weather-dependent amount.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- —
- PP
- 8 Scarlet & Violet: 5
- Hits
- The user
Changes over time
How Moonlight changed from game to game, newest first.
- Champions
PP 5 → 8 Buffed
- Gen IX
- Gen VIII
… or no weather conditions are in
dropped: effect,added: effect or if the user is holding Utility Umbrella, 2/3 of its maximum HP if … - Gen VI
- Gen V
- Gen III
Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
See it in the games
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How it works in Champions
The user restores 1/2 of its maximum HP if Strong Winds or no weather conditions are in effect or if the user is holding Utility Umbrella, 2/3 of its maximum HP if the weather is Intense Sun or Sun, and 1/4 of its maximum HP if the weather is Heavy Rain, Rain, Sandstorm, or Snow, all rounded half down.
“The user restores its own HP. The amount of HP regained varies with the weather.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
What interacts
Abilities and items that boost Moonlight, block it, punish its user or change how it works.
Good to know
- Heal Block stops the healing.
- Snatch can steal it.
- The weather changes it: Extremely harsh sun, Hail, Heavy rain, Rain, Sandstorm, Snow, Sun.
Who runs Moonlight on Showdown
Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.
On the ladder today
Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Moonlight among their most used moves.
Who learns Moonlight
6 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
All 22 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →