Leech Life (move)

Leech Life きゅうけつ Suck Blood

A blood-draining attack. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.

Battles Type  Bug Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  20 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row.

Leech Life on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Leech Life on Eevee's Movedex

Leech Life (Japanese: きゅうけつ Suck Blood) is a damage-dealing Bug-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

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

If the target has the ability Liquid Ooze, the user takes damage instead of restoring HP.

Generation IV onwards

If the user has the Big Root as its held item, Leech Life does twice the amount of damage as a result.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	--
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying	--
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	20
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	-- 20
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	27
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	-- 27
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
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	--
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying	--
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	19
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	19
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	25
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	25
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	23
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison	25
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying	--
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

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	Paras, Parasect
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying	Paras, Parasect, Venonat, Venomoth, Spinarak, Ariados
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
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	--
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying	--
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	19
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	19
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	25
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	25
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	23
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison	25
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying	--
290		Nincada	Bug	Ground	5
291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying	-- 5
292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost	5
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

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	Paras, Parasect
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying	Paras, Parasect, Venonat, Venomoth, Spinarak, Ariados, Nincada, Ninjask
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
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	--
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying	--
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	11
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	-- 11
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	17
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	17
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	12
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison	12
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying	--
290		Nincada	Bug	Ground	5
291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying	-- 5
292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost	5
402		Kricketune	Bug		14
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

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	Paras, Parasect
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying	Paras, Parasect, Venonat, Venomoth, Spinarak, Ariados, Nincada, Ninjask, Kricketune
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

• German: Blutsauger
• French: Vampirisme
• Spanish: Chupavidas
• Italian: Sanguisuga

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