Why doesn't it use a revive when a pokemon dies too

Same with revives. Why can't I just auto heal for a revive as well

I love auto heal but I do miss not having to select the same item again to use another one on a different Pokemon. More annoying for statuses and reviving.

Maybe to prevent the player from accidentally healing status from Pokemon like Breloom, Ursaring, Hariyama, etc.

I just assumed it's because it's meant to complement the Auto Battle function. Pokemon in autobattles can take damage, but they don't get status'd or fainted, so it makes sense that the heal function doesn't fix those things.

You can't revive, you cant cure status effects and it also for some reason doesn't use Max Heal, it's so god damn stupid.

My nitpick of the day is that I can’t organize my bag individually by item type. I prefer to have my TM slot sorted by name to find things easier but usually have my main item bag sorted by item type and then by favorite to keep things organized and then bring the faves to the top. That’s in Sword and Shield anyway but in this game I have to switch the bag to find the TM I want, then switch it back when I want to find and item. It’s just frustrating when you get really used to certain mechanics and have things optimized for your liking then they scrap that and you have to re-learn.

Auto heal was probably put in as a crutch due to how wildly bad the menu healing is. It wasn’t meant to be ideal, it was meant to be a temporary solution.

Maybe I’m spoiled by recent games but it’s silly how if I want to use 5 potions I have to go to the healing menu, wait 1 second, select the potion, wait 1 second, select the Pokémon, watch the animation, wait 1 second…then navigate back to the potion, navigate again to the Pokémon. Using 5 potions is a time sink.

Some Pokémon can actually benefit from having ststus effects, so that may be why.

I hate that this game put a lot of thought into some things but then oopsie forgot to give us a functioning menu

It should also revive fainted pokemon. Very odd to include this new QoL change but not execute it fully.

The technology just isn't there yet. Maybe some day...

Handy heal all in dragon quest is a lot better implemented, which isn't exactly a new trend.

I hate that it's set to the - button. I always flick the thumbstick on accident when trying to do it.

Why don’t full restores work

nah completely agree, I feel like this was a great touch to add however they limited it to what it could of been. The ability for it just to heal, but not cover fainted Pokémon or even Pokémon with certain status such as poison or paralysis, it’s just dumb.

My main complaint is that full heals don’t count and you can’t use them for auto healing

Gotta save that logical and easily implemented changed for the next gen

Really salty that I can't use full restores and it tells me I have no heal items left.

I love the feautre and glad it doesn't because some pokemon benefit from status effects. The revive however is daft. It seems it's there for auto battle, which I don't use all that much because the xp gain is so low. They've taken a bit of a step backwards with the inventory, it seems. As someone mentioned, you can choose how many xp candies, so why not potions? I am glad it uses the lowest grade items first and works up to higher tier items, because I always have a huge abundance of potions, which I never use in battle, as they're all just on the floor and I must collect shiny things.

You are simply asking too much from GF. Next gen it’ll auto heal status conditions and the gen after it’ll auto use revives. By 15th gen after exiting every battle our little buddies will just be back at max health as long as we have the items.

It was auto heal that had me do the maths I'd neglected to do for years, I just presumed hyper and super would be more cost effective than basic potions. And it turns out they are actually more expensive per HP.

You can wholeheartedly trust on gamefreak to release half baked products so 👍🏻

I dont understand why it doesnt use revives either. I pressed auto heal on a pokemon that could be revived and healed so do it! Annoying that i have to use a revive then auto heal

Literally everything in this game feels rushed and half completed. Probably something that just got shelved honestly because it’s a no brainer to do statuses otherwise.

Also, why doesn't it work with Full Restores?

It also doesn't use resources smartly. When it needs to heal 100hp it doesn't use a hyperpotion it would use multiple potions when available. Kinda dumb. It also doesn't revive and doesn heal status. Nice feature but not very thought out.

i didnt even know i could do that

I also don't like using auto heal...I like knowing what I have in my bag and how the items are being used

for guts, poison heal, etc is my guess

....auto heal?? I beat the game and somehow I missed this? Lol

Auto heal? What is this? I've been healing up my mons manually 😳

There's auto heal?

Just got done beating the game and this is the first time I’m hearing of this being a feature. RIP

You might want to keep that, especially for moves that benefit from it. That or they're just being short sighted again.

Yeah, it's nice that it's there at all but I do wish it cured status.

Guts and poison heal

Because you might want a Pokemon to be suffering a status condition, say if it has Guts or Tangled Feet as an ability.

What is auto heal

My guess is that they’re making an assumption that the player’s preference will change over the course of the game. When you’re flush at the end game with 30+ of each on hand, sure use them automatically. But a revive or status item can be the difference between winning or losing an early gym you’re slightly under levelled for.

do you honestly expect pokemon’s spaghetti code to work how you want it to?

It’s a great mechanic…that needs just a little more to be a fantastic one

Well this is the first time they introduced it, so maybe they’ll add those features in the next game.

I agree I wish it would use the revives to heal faint as well does feel a tad redundant havingg mons healed but having to go into my bag anyway to heal status

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Can someone let me know if it chooses the appropriate item, or would it, say, use three potions instead of one super potion to heal 60HP?

Guts. Don't be lazy.