Mega Drain (move)

Mega Drain (Japanese: メガドレイン Mega Drain) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Mega Drain is the second in a line of three Grass-type HP draining attacks, the other two being Absorb and Giga Drain.

Effect

Generation I - III

Mega Drain inflicts damage, and 50% of the damage dealt to the target is restored to the user. The amount of HP recovered is always rounded down, however, if this move deals 1 HP of damage, 1 HP will be restored to the user.

If Mega Drain 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 Pokémon Stadium, Mega Drain will always miss if the opponent has a Substitute.

Mega Drain has 10 PP.

Generation IV

Mega Drain's base PP was increased to 15. All other effects are the same.

In the anime

• Budew mega drain1.jpg

  Budew's bud glows.

• Budew Mega Drain.JPG

  Budew using Mega Drain.

• Pikachu getting hit by Mega Drain.JPG

  Pikachu getting hit by Mega Drain.

• Budew Mega Drain 2.JPG

  Budew begins to heal.

• Budew Mega Drain 3.JPG

  Budew whilst healing.

• Budew megadrain final.jpg

  Budew is healed.

Pokémon

Budew. Budew's bud glows white. A greenish beam then comes out and hits then opponent. The opponent and beam then glow red. The beam then goes back to the user and the user glows and gets healed.

• Used by Nando's Budew in Dawn of a New Era

Learnset

Generation I

By TM21

#   Pokémon Type 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 0015 Beedrill Bug Poison 0023 Ekans Poison 0024 Arbok Poison 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 0042 Golbat Poison Flying 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison 0046 Paras Bug Grass 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 0088 Grimer Poison 0089 Muk Poison 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 0114 Tangela Grass 0151 Mew Psychic Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0114 Tangela Grass 31 0140 Kabuto Water Rock 46 0141 Kabutops Water Rock 51 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 30 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 36 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 44 0191 Sunkern Grass 10 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0102 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Exeggcute
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom,Vileplume
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela
Hoppip, SkiploomJumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0114 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom,Vileplume
Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison -- 0114 Tangela Grass 31 0140 Kabuto Water Rock 49 0141 Kabutops Water Rock 55 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 30 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 36 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 44 0191 Sunkern Grass 13 0252 Treecko Grass 26 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 24 0270 Lotad Water Grass 43 0285 Shroomish Grass 16 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 16 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 17 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0114 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Vileplume
Tangela
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 21 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 23 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison -- 0114 Tangela Grass 26 0140 Kabuto Water Rock 36 0141 Kabutops Water Rock 36 0182 Bellossom Grass -- 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 25 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 28 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 28 0191 Sunkern Grass 5 0192 Sunflora Grass 5 0252 Treecko Grass 26 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 24 0270 Lotad Water Grass 19 0272 Ludicolo Water Grass -- 0285 Shroomish Grass 17 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 17 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 13 0387 Turtwig Grass 25 0388 Grotle Grass 27 0389 Torterra Grass Ground 27 0406 Budew Grass Poison -- 0407 Roserade Grass Poison -- 0465 Tangrowth Grass 26 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0114 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Vileplume
Tangela, Tangrowth
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora

|- | 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. |} |}

In other languages

• Spanish: Megaagotar
• French: Mega-sangsue
• German: Megasauger
• Italian: Megassorbimento

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