What happens when you call Psycho Shift or Refresh via Sleep Talk?

Question

If you are asleep, use Sleep Talk, and call Psycho Shift, would you put the opponent to sleep and wake up, would it fail or can Psycho Shift not be called by Sleep Talk in the first place?
And, for Refresh, if you call it via Sleep Talk, will it wake you up?
I was thinking of a funny strategy with Latias and I would like to know if it would work.

Answer 1

For your first question, yes.

Psycho Shift can be used to transfer sleep when used via Sleep Talk.

Source.

For your second question, apparently no.

Refresh cures the user of burns, poison, or paralysis. It cannot cure freeze or sleep, so Refresh will fail if it is called by Sleep Talk.

Source.

However, I haven't a clue if a Psycho Shift strategy is viable on Latios. I personally doubt it but who knows, maybe there was some weird Gen 3 set or something.

Comments

Thank you! Also, just to confirm, does the Refresh fact also apply to Take Heart (Manaphy's new signature move)?

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You mean if Sleep Talk calls Take Heart? Yes, Take Heart will cure sleep.

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Interesting how it works with Take Heart but not Refresh, thanks.