Liquid Ooze (Ability)

Liquid Ooze	ヘドロえき
	Oozing Liquid
Flavor text Generation III Draining causes injury. Generation IV Inflicts damage on foes using any draining move. Generation V Damages attackers using any draining move. Generation VI Damages attackers using any draining move. Generation VII Oozed liquid has strong stench, which damages attackers using any draining move. Generation VIII The oozed liquid has a strong stench, which damages attackers using any draining move. Generation IX The strong stench of the Pokémon's oozed liquid damages attackers that use HP-draining moves.

Liquid Ooze (Japanese: ヘドロえき Oozing Liquid) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Liquid Ooze causes HP-draining moves used on the Pokémon with this Ability to damage their user instead of healing them.

If a Pokémon with Liquid Ooze is hit by a draining move such as Giga Drain or Leech Life (including the status move Strength Sap), or takes damage from the effect of Leech Seed, the amount of HP that would be recovered by the opponent is dealt as damage instead (after applying the effect of Big Root). The damage dealt by the move is not affected. Prior to Generation V, Liquid Ooze did not affect Dream Eater.

Even if the user of the HP-draining move cannot heal from its effect due to having full HP or the effect of Heal Block, it will still take damage.

If the user of an HP-draining move were to faint due to Liquid Ooze on the same turn as the victim of the move, then the user faints before the victim. This means that the user's team loses the battle if both teams had their final Pokémon sent out.

If the recipient of Leech Seed's effect were to faint due to Liquid Ooze on the same turn as the victim of Leech Seed, then the victim faints before the recipient. This means that the victim's team loses the battle if both teams had their final Pokémon sent out.

Draining moves

The Ability affects the following moves:

Move Type Cat. III IV V VI VII+ Absorb  Grass  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Bitter Blade  Fire  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} ✔ Drain Punch  Fighting  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Draining Kiss  Fairy  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} ✔ ✔ Dream Eater  Psychic  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔ Giga Drain  Grass  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Horn Leech  Grass  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} ✔ ✔ ✔ Leech Life  Bug  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Mega Drain  Grass  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Oblivion Wing  Flying  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} ✔ ✔ Parabolic Charge  Electric  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} ✔ ✔ Strength Sap  Grass  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} ✔

It also affects the seeded status condition.

Outside of battle

Liquid Ooze has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Liquid Ooze

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0072		Tentacool	Water	Poison	Clear Body	Liquid Ooze	Rain Dish
0073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison	Clear Body	Liquid Ooze	Rain Dish
0316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	Liquid Ooze	Sticky Hold	Gluttony
0317		Swalot	Poison		Poison	Liquid Ooze	Sticky Hold	Gluttony
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Description

Games Description MDRB Inflicts damage on the foe if hit by a move that drains HP. MDTDS Inflicts damage on a foe that tries to drain the Pokémon's HP with an attack. BSL ＨＰを すいとるわざを うけたときに ぎゃくに ダメージを あたえる MDGtI Unavailable SMD When the Pokémon is attacked by an HP-absorbing move, the enemy takes damage without the Pokémon's HP being absorbed! MDRTDX When the Pokémon is hit by an HP-absorbing move, the Pokémon's HP is not absorbed and the enemy is damaged instead.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 污泥漿 Wūnàihjēung * 黏液 Nìhmyihk * Mandarin 污泥漿 / 污泥浆 Wūníjiāng * 黏液 Niányè * French Suintement German Kloakensoße Italian Melma Korean 해감액 Haegam Aek Spanish Lodo Líquido

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