Mega Drain

Type

Grass

Gen.

Power

Accuracy

100%

Priority

Effect Summary

Drains half the damage done to heal the user.

Detailed Effect

Mega Drain deals damage and the user will recover 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 1-3 Mega Drain has 10 PP
In Let's Go Pikachu!Let's Go Eevee Mega Drain has 75 power and 10 PP

Description

GS C	Steals 1/2 of the damage inflicted.
RS E	An attack that absorbs half the damage inflicted.
FRLG	A tough attack that drains half the damage it inflicted to restore HP.
DP HGSS PL COL B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM LGPLGE SWSH	A nutrient-draining attack. 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

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.

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Mega Drain