Water Absorb (Ability)

Water Absorb	ちょすい
	Water Storage
Flavor text Generation III Changes water into HP. Generation IV Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move. Generation V 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. Twenty-one Pokémon have this Ability.

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. If the user has full HP, a message appears saying: "<Pokémon's name>'s Water Absorb made <name of Water-type move> useless!

Outside of battle

Water Absorb has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Water Absorb

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Poliwag	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
	Poliwhirl	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
	Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
	Lapras	Water	Ice	Water Absorb	Shell Armor	Hydration
	Vaporeon	Water		Water	Water Absorb	None	Hydration
	Chinchou	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
	Lanturn	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
	Politoed	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Drizzle
	Wooper	Water	Ground	Damp	Water Absorb	Unaware
	Quagsire	Water	Ground	Damp	Water Absorb	Unaware
	Mantine	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
	Suicune	Water		Water	Pressure	None	Water Absorb
	Cacnea	Grass		Grass	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
	Cacturne	Grass	Dark	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
	Mantyke	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
	Tympole	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
	Palpitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
	Seismitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Poison Touch	Water Absorb
	Maractus	Grass		Grass	Water Absorb	Chlorophyll	Storm Drain
	Frillish	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
	Jellicent	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation V games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

	Wooper
The user gets healed if a Water-type attack is used on it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Wooper	When a Water-type attack is used on Wooper, the injuries on its body fade away.
A Wooper Matt was Pokésitting	Pinch Healing!		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 儲水 Chúshuǐ French Absorb Eau German H2O-Absorber Italian Assorbacqua Korean 저수 Jeosu Portuguese Absorção de água Spanish Absor. Agua

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