Horn Leech

Type

Grass

Gen.

Power

Accuracy

100%

Priority

Effect Summary

Deals damage and drains half the damage done to heal the user.

Detailed Effect

Horn Leech deals damage and the user restores up to 50% of the HP

drained.
If the user is holding a Big Root

, the move instead recovers 65% of the damage dealt (a 30% increase!).
If used on a Pokémon with the ability Liquid Ooze, the user instead loses the HP

it would have gained.

In Gen 5 Horn Leech can be used while affected by Heal Block but will not restore any HP
In Brilliant DiamondShining Pearl this move can not be selected in battle.

Description

COL

B2W2

ORAS

USUM

LGPLGE

SWSH

The user drains the target’s energy with its horns. The user’s HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.

Meta Information

Move Target

Normal

Affects a selected adjacent target.

means that the Pokémon can not be selected.

means that the Pokémon can be selected.

means that the Pokémon will be selected.

Effect Type

Damage	Deals damage.
Drain	Absorbs some amount to heal the user.

Interactions

Makes contact	User touches the target. This triggers some abilities (e.g., Static) and items (e.g., Sticky Barb ).
Blocked by Detect and Protect	This move will not work if the target has used Detect or Protect this turn.
Copied by Mirror Move	A Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.
Heals	This move is blocked by Heal Block.