Move profile

Sleep Talk Pokemon Move

Debut: Generation II

Normal

Power

N/A

Accuracy

N/A

Priority

Battle context

Damage class

Status

Target

User

Flavor text

Randomly attacks while asleep.

Effect

Randomly uses one of the user’s other three moves. Only works if the user is sleeping.

Move mechanics

Introduced in Generation II.

How to get Sleep Talk

Sleep Talk learnset by level-up, egg move, tutor, and TM sources. Sampled 48 of 1239 official learners — compare fan favorites before committing a move slot.

Move tutor · 23 species in sample

Abomasnow Abra Absol Accelgor Aerodactyl Aggron Aipom Alakazam Alomomola Altaria Ambipom Amoonguss Ampharos Anorith Arbok Arcanine Arceus Archen Archeops Ariados Armaldo Aron Articuno

Machine availability

TM, TR, and HM item links by version group — open the held item profile for shop and battle context.

Version group	Item
Crystal	Tm35
Diamond Pearl	Tm82
Gold Silver	Tm35
Heartgold Soulsilver	Tm82
Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire	Tm88
Platinum	Tm82
Scarlet Violet	Tm70
Sun Moon	Tm88
Sword Shield	Tr27
Ultra Sun Ultra Moon	Tm88
X Y	Tm88

Species that learn it

1239 Pokémon can learn Sleep Talk in the official dataset. Sample profiles below — compare fan favorites before you slot this move on a team.

Showing 24 of 1239 learners

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