Does Roost and Recover stack?

Question

I know both Recover and Roost heal 50% of the user’s maximum HP, while Roost making the user loose the flying type temporarily. But they each only restore 50% and they don’t stack on themselves. So does Recover and Roost Stack on each other? ( For example a Smeargle used roost, then the opponent’s move doesn’t deal damage and/or misses, and Smeargle uses recover ).

PS: I’m not using this strategy for Smeargle by the way. It’s just an example..

Comments

By "do they stack", do you mean "will it work if I use them one after the other"?

---

Yeah I guess. I know they work but I’m not sure if they’ll heal more than 50%…

---

Each time you use a 1/2 healing move, like roost or recover, the game takes your max HP, divides that by 2, and adds the number to your remaining HP. So if you use roost twice in a row, you can heal yourself both times. Is this what you were asking?

---

Putting into consideration your other question about whether Recover and Drain Punch stack, I have a feeling you don't properly know how healing moves work.

---

i think op was wondering if you can be fully healed from if you use it twice. which is yes.

Answer 1

It's not a situation where they would or would not stack.

Functionally, the 2 moves do almost the same thing. Recover calculates 50% of the user's max HP, and restores that much HP to the user. Roost does the same thing, while also removing the user's Flying type if it has it, and overriding effects such as Levitate and Magnet Rise until the user moves again.

The only reason I can think of to put both moves on the same Pokemon is if you're worried about having enough PP to continue healing for a long time. But that doesn't strike me as a particularly valuable use, since you're also giving up 2 move slots on the Pokemon in question, critically limiting you options in battle.

Comments

Roost has no effect on levitate or magnet rise.
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Roost_(move)