Water Absorb (ability)

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Water Absorb
ちょすい

Flavor text

Generation III	Changes water into HP.
Generation IV	Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move.

Water Absorb (Japanese: ちょすい Water Storage) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Ten Pokémon have this ability, all of them Water-type.

Effect

In battle

Water Absorb heals one quarter of the user's maximum HP when hit with a Water-type attack. Therefore, the user does not take damage from Water-type moves.

Outside of battle

Water Absorb has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Water Absorb

Single ability

#	Pokémon		Type
134		Vaporeon	Water

Dual ability

#		Type		Other ability
060	Poliwag	Water		Damp
061	Poliwhirl	Water		Damp
062	Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	Damp
131	Lapras	Water	Ice	Shell Armor
186	Politoed	Water		Damp
194	Wooper	Water	Ground	Damp
195	Quagsire	Water	Ground	Damp
226	Mantine	Water	Flying	Swift Swim
458	Mantyke	Water	Flying	Swift Swim