Giga Drain (move)

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Giga Drain
ギガドレイン
A nutrient-draining attack. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.
Battles
Type Grass
Category Special
PP 10 (max. 16)
Power 60
Accuracy 100%
Introduced Generation II
Availability
  • Does not make contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Affected by BrightPowder
  • Not affected by King's Rock
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Contests
Category Smart
Appeal 2 ♥♥
Jam 1
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Super Contests
Category Smart
Appeal 1
Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row.

Giga Drain (Japanese: ギガドレイン Giga Drain) is a Grass-type move introduced in Generation II that deals a small amount of damage. Giga Drain is the strongest in a line of three Grass draining attacks, the other two being Absorb and Mega Drain.

Contents

Effect

Generation II

Giga Drain will inflict damage on the foe and will give the user 1/2 of the damage dealt as HP.

Giga Drain's base PP 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, likely due to the fact that its power is only 60, unlike most other moves with 5 PP.

In the anime

Pokémon

Torterra. The mountains on Torterra's back glows 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.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

Generation III

By leveling up

Generation IV

By leveling up

By TM19

In other languages

  • French: Giga-Sangsue
  • German: Gigasauger
  • Italian: Gigassorb, Gigassorbimento
  • Spanish: Gigadrenado


Image:Project MoveDex logo.png This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.
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