Status Problems
Status problems are very important to Pokémon battling. You can only have one status condition at a time, but Confused can be on a Pokémon at the same time as another status problem. On this page I’m going to tell you all about the status problems you’ll encounter, and what they do.
Poison
Poison hurts your Pokémon during battle a little bit every turn. Badly Poisoned means the poison will get worse every turn. It also lingers after battle, but in Diamond and Pearl, it wears of outside of battle at 1 HP. This is one of the most used status conditions you’ll see.
Paralyze
Paralysis is another commonly used status condition. When you Pokémon is Paralyzed, its Speed gets lowered to 25% of its max Speed, and cannot move on its turn some of the time.
Burn
Burn lowers your Pokémon’s Attack. It also hurts your Pokémon during battle, but not outside of battle.
Sleep
Sleep does exactly what it sounds like, puts your Pokémon to sleep. While your Pokémon is asleep, it cannot attack.
Freeze
When your Pokémon is Frozen it cannot move to attack.
Confused
Confused is a less used Status Problem. When a Pokémon is confused, it sometimes attacks itself in a battle.
~Slix
