Giga Drain (move)
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| Giga Drain ギガドレイン Giga Drain | ||||||||||||
| A nutrient-draining attack. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target. | ||||||||||||
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Giga Drain (Japanese: ギガドレイン Giga Drain) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation II. Giga Drain is the strongest in a line of three Grass-type HP draining attacks, the other two being Absorb and Mega Drain.
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Effect
Generation II
Giga Drain will inflict damage on the target and 1/2 of the damage dealt will be restored to the user as HP.
The base PP of Giga Drain is 5 in this generation.
Generation III
Functions the same as Generation II, however, when used on a Pokémon with the Liquid Ooze ability, the user will lose the amount of HP it would have gained instead.
Generation IV
The move's base PP was raised to 10. If the user has the Big Root as its held item, Giga Drain does twice the amount of damage as a result. All other effects remain the same.
In the anime
 Torterra using Giga Drain |
 Garchomp being restrained by Giga Drain |
 Energy being sucked from Garchomp |
 The energy being transfered into Torterra |
Pokémon
Torterra. The mountains on Torterra's back glow green. Glowing green vines are then released from them and it shoot towards the foe. Torterra then restrains its target with the vines and they suck the target's energy.
- Used by Paul's Torterra in Top-Down Training.
Learnset
Generation II
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 046 | 
| Paras | Bug | Grass | 43 |
| 047 | 
| Parasect | Bug | Grass | 55 |
| 191 | 
| Sunkern | Grass | 46 | |
| 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 TM19
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 048 | 
| Venonat | Bug | Poison | Paras, Parasect |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 046 |
| Paras | Bug | Grass | 43 |
| 047 |
| Parasect | Bug | Grass | 51 |
| 191 |
| Sunkern | Grass | 42 | |
| 252 | 
| Treecko | Grass | 46 | |
| 267 | 
| Beautifly | Bug | Flying | 38 |
| 285 | 
| Shroomish | Grass | 45 | |
| 315 | 
| Roselia | Grass | Poison | 33 |
| 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 TM19
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 
| Bulbasaur | Grass | Poison | Paras, Parasect Sunkern Treecko Shroomish Roselia |
| 048 |
| Venonat | Bug | Poison | Paras, Parasect Beautifly |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 043 | 
| Oddish | Grass | Poison | 37 |
| 044 | 
| Gloom | Grass | Poison | 47 |
| 046 |
| Paras | Bug | Grass | 33 |
| 047 |
| Parasect | Bug | Grass | 39 |
| 187 | 
| Hoppip | Grass | Flying | 37 |
| 188 | 
| Skiploom | Grass | Flying | 44 |
| 189 | 
| Jumpluff | Grass | Flying | 44 |
| 191 |
| Sunkern | Grass | 41 | |
| 252 |
| Treecko | Grass | 46 | |
| 267 |
| Beautifly | Bug | Flying | 38 |
| 285 |
| Shroomish | Grass | 37 | |
| 315 |
| Roselia | Grass | Poison | 25 |
| 387 | 
| Turtwig | Grass | 41 | |
| 388 | 
| Grotle | Grass | 47 | |
| 389 | 
| Torterra | Grass | Ground | 51 |
| 470 | 
| Leafeon | Grass | 43 | |
| 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 TM19
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 |
| Bulbasaur | Grass | Poison | Oddish, Gloom Paras, Parasect Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff Sunkern Treecko Shroomish Roselia Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra |
| 048 |
| Venonat | Bug | Poison | Paras, Parasect Beautifly |
| 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
- French: Giga-Sangsue
- German: Gigasauger
- Italian: Gigassorb, Gigassorbimento
- Spanish: Gigadrenado
| Variations on the move Giga Drain | |
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| Drain Punch |
| Giga Drain |
| Generation II TMs | |
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| Generation II HMs | |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | |
| Generation III TMs | |
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| Generation III HMs | |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | |
| Generation IV TMs | |
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| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | |
| 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | |
| 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | |
| Generation IV HMs | |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | |
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