Leech Life (move)
| Leech Life きゅうけつ Suck Blood | ||||||||||||
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Leech Life (Japanese: きゅうけつ Suck Blood) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Generation I-II
Leech Life inflicts damage, and up to 50% of the damage dealt to the target is restored to the user as HP. If this attack deals 1 HP of damage, 1 HP will be restored to the user.
If Leech Life breaks a Substitute, no HP will be restored to the user. If HP is restored to the user when its current HP is greater than its maximum HP, its current HP will be set equal to its maximum HP.
In Stadium, Leech Life will always miss if the target has a Substitute.
Generation III and on
If the target has the ability Liquid Ooze, the user takes damage instead of restoring HP.
In Generation IV, if the user has the Big Root as its held item, Leech Life saps 30% more HP than it normally would. The item does not increase the damage dealt by the move, however. All other effects remain the same.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
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Generation II
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0069
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| style="background: #FFF" | Bellsprout
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Paras, Parasect
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0193
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Paras, Parasect, Venonat, Venomoth,
Spinarak, Ariados
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0069
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Bellsprout
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Paras, Parasect
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0193
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Paras, Parasect, Venonat, Venomoth,
Spinarak, Ariados, Nincada, Ninjask
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0069
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Bellsprout
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Paras, Parasect
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0193
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Paras, Parasect, Venonat, Venomoth,
Spinarak, Ariados, Nincada, Ninjask,
Kricketune
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation V
By leveling up
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
| The user bites the opponent and drains their blood for energy. | |||
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Golbat bites the opponent and drains their blood for energy. Golbat can also spit the blood it drained at the opponent. | ||
| Koga's Golbat | Weezing Winks Out | Debut | |
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Crobat bites the opponent and drains their blood for energy. | ||
| Janine's Crobat | Crossing Crobat | None | |
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Shedinja sneaks behind the opponent's head. Then, a foam-like substance comes out of the opponent and goes around Shedinja, sapping their energy. | ||
| Amber's Shedinja | VS. Ninjask | None | |
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Zubat bites the opponent and drains their blood for energy. | ||
| Mars's Zubat | Belligerent Bronzor | None | |
In other generations
Trivia
- Zubat and its family are the only Pokémon that learn Leech Life by level up that don't get STAB from it.
In other languages
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