Awakening

**Awakening** is a temporary transformation introduced in Razus that affects certain Pokémon. Awakened Pokémon are identified by having "Awoken" in front of their name. This change of form requires the trainer to wear a Royal Armband and a Pokémon capable of Awakening holding a Awoken Item.

A Pokémon can only Awaken if it is holding the Awoken Item after their HP drops below 30%. This temporarily maxes out the Pokémon's best stat, and in some case even the Pokémon's appearance, abilities or typing can change. After Awakening, the held item is destroyed but the player can get their hands on more of these through many ways.

## Effects

An Awoken Pokémon has maxed out his better stat (for example in Blaziken's case, it would be its Attack stat). In some cases, the Pokémon will change its appearance, and can have a different Ability and type from its Base form.

## History

According to a Razus legend, the first Pokémon to have achieved Awoken Forms were the three members of the Symbol Trio; Auraboroz, Apolygryf & Ascaleius. After the 1st ruler of Razus subjugated every human and Pokémon in the region to his power to found Razus using the 2 main legendaries, the Symbol Trio unlocked their true potential, and were powerful enough to seal away the 2 beasts. To prevent anyone from repeating the same evil deeds as the old ruler, or to become victim to the same fate as the beasts, they dispersed a majority of their powers across the region in stone amulets. Scientists theorize that Awakening can only be achieved if there is a strong bond between a Trainer and the Pokémon.

## In the game

In order to Awaken, most Pokémon must be holding a **Awoken Item** and the Trainer must have a Royal Armband. Only members of the Symbol Trio do not need a **Awoken Item** to Awaken; instead, they must know the move Awakening.

### In battle

In any battle, each Trainer may Awaken a single Pokémon once. Awakening is essentially a free action a Pokémon may make in addition to its normal move, but if a Pokémon will not use a move, it cannot Awaken. Awakening occurs before most actions except switching. An Awoken Pokémon will only revert to its original state if it faints or the battle ends; if it is switched out, it will remain Awoken.

A Pokémon cannot Awaken if it is being held in the airborne phase of Sky Drop. Neither volatile nor non-volatile status conditions such as paralysis, sleep, and infatuation will have any effect over a Pokémon's ability to Awaken, even if they result in the Pokémon not being able to move that turn.

**Awoken Item** are not affected by most moves or Abilities. If they would move a **Awoken Item** to or from a Pokémon, the moves Bestow, Covet, Fling, Thief, Trick, and Switcheroo will fail and the Abilities Magician, Pickpocket and Symbiosis will not activate. The move Knock Off cannot remove a **Awoken Item** from a Pokémon that can use it to Awaken, and Knock Off's power will not be increased since it cannot remove the item. The moves Embargo and Magic Room and the Ability Klutz will not prevent a Pokémon from using its item to Awaken.

Changes in a Pokémon's Ability will take place immediately. A Blaziken that normally has Speed Boost will not gain a boost in Speed at the end of the turn it Awakens, but summons harsh sunlight because of Drought, its Ability as Awoken Blaziken.

A transformed Pokémon (either by Transform or Imposter) is unable to achieve Awoken Forms. It will fail to Awaken even if it is transformed into the correct species and it is holding the **Awoken Item**. However, it is possible to transform into an Awoken Form Pokémon by copying another Awoken Form Pokémon. This has no effect on the restriction that only allows each player one Awakening per battle.

## Pokémon with an Awoken Form

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Pokémon introduced in Razus:

Pokémon introduced in previous generations: