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Early Bird はやおき
Early Rising

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Generation VII
The Pokémon awakens twice as fast as other Pokémon from sleep.
Generation VIII
The Pokémon awakens from sleep twice as fast as other Pokémon.
Generation IX
The Pokémon awakens from sleep twice as fast as other Pokémon.

Early Bird (Japanese: はやおき Early Rising) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Early Bird halves the sleep duration. When the Pokémon is put to sleep, the number of turns it will remain asleep is preset, between 1 and 5 (the range depends on the generation). This number of turns is halved for a Pokémon with Early Bird, rounded down if it is odd. So if only 1 turn is preset, it is rounded down to 0, causing the Pokémon to wake up the next time it moves.

This also applies to the self-induced sleep from Rest, reducing its length from 2 turns to 1 turn asleep (not counting the turn in which Rest is used).

Outside of battle

Early Bird has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Early Bird

Pokémon that formerly had Early Bird

Pokéstar Studios opponents with Early Bird

In other games

Description

Games Description
MDRB Awakens quickly from sleep.
MDTDS Helps the Pokémon awaken more quickly from sleep.
BSL ねむっても はやく めが さめる
MDGtI Unavailable
SMD When the Pokémon gets the sleep, napping, yawning, or nightmare status condition, the status will be healed within fewer turns.
MDRTDX When the Pokémon gets the Sleep, Napping, Yawning, or Nightmare status condition, the condition will be healed within fewer turns.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In other languages