Soft-Boiled (move)

Soft-Boiled (Japanese: タマゴうみ Egg Lay), formatted as Softboiled prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation I. It was TM41 in Generation I. It is the signature move of , , and in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, as well.
==Effect==
===In battle===
====Generation I====
Soft-Boiled restores up to 50% of the user's maximum HP, rounded down. It will fail if the user's current HP is already equal to its maximum HP.
Soft-Boiled has a PP of 10.
In the Generation I handheld games, Soft-Boiled will also fail if the difference between the user's maximum HP and current HP is 255 256 (i.e. if this difference is 255 or 511). This does not occur in Pokémon Stadium.
====Generation II to IV====
Soft-Boiled no longer fails if the difference between the user's maximum HP and current HP is 255 modulo 256.
Soft-Boiled can be used as the first move of a Pokémon Contest combination, causing to score double the normal appeal if used in the next turn.
In Generation III, Soft-Boiled has several oversights:
* The summary states that the move has 100% accuracy, even though it targets the user and thus ignores accuracy and checks.
* If used immediately after , the egg will be rendered as transparent rather than solid.
* In the 1.0 release of the English versions of , whenever the player uses the move on a that is fainted or at full health, the game says "This item can't be used on that ." In the 1.1 and 1.2 releases, the word "item" was removed.
===Generation V to VIII===
Soft-Boiled now restores 50% of the user's maximum HP, rounded up.
If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Soft-Boiled, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.
====Generation VIII====
=====Pokémon Legends: Arceus=====
====Generation IX====
Soft-Boiled's PP has been reduced from 10 to 5.
===Outside of battle===
Prior to Generation VII and in , Soft-Boiled can also be used outside of battle to transfer some of the user's HP to another party Pokémon. Each use will transfer 20% of the user's HP, up to the target's maximum HP. The move will not work if the user has 20% or less HP left.
There is a glitch involving this move in Generation IV; if the player presses A on a Pokémon to be healed and a direction on the D-pad on the same frame, the new Pokémon to be healed instead by the amount the intended target would've been healed, possibly leading to a Pokémon having more HP than its max HP, or healing fainted Pokémon or s. If the "Cancel" button is attempted to be healed, the game will crash.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
===By TM/Move Tutor===
Although Soft-Boiled can be learned in from , no Pokémon naturally in the game are able to do so. Therefore, all Pokémon capable of using the Move Tutor must be traded into the game from other Generation III games or caught using an event item.
==In other games==
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Soft-Boiled restores a portion of the user and teammates' HP, with the percentage (of the Pokémon's maximum HP) varying each game.
* Rescue Team and Explorers series: 25%
* Adventure Squad series: 10%
* : 40%
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In , all status moves including Soft-Boiled could only be used by opposing Pokémon and could not be obtained on any caught Pokémon. Soft-Boiled could be seen as a move used by Boss and .
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In Pokémon UNITE, Soft-Boiled is 's second move. It is obtained by evolving at level 4 and upgrading into it instead of . The user throws an egg to an ally; healing the user and the designated ally. Holds 2 uses in reserve and cannot be used more than once every 2s. At level 10, the attack can hold an extra use in reserve.
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
* In Just My Luck...Shuckle, 's was mentioned to have used Soft-Boiled, but the move was used off-panel.
==In other generations==
===In battle===
====Core series games====
====Side series games====
====Spin-off series games====
===Outside of battle===
==Trivia==
* The TM for Soft-Boiled can be taught to the fewest number of Pokémon of any TM.
* The NPC who gives out TM41 in Generation I says that only can learn Soft-Boiled. However, 's existence was supposed to be kept secret, which explains the apparent omission.
==In other languages==
Category:Signature moves
Category:Status moves that heal the user immediately
Category:Moves in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves in Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
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it:Covauova
ja:タマゴうみ
zh:生蛋（招式）