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 Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Liquid Ooze (Japanese: ヘドロえき Oozing Liquid) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. All Pokémon that have this Ability are Poison types.

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 an HP-draining move (such as Giga Drain or Leech Life), is hit by 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.

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.

HP draining moves

Move Type Cat. Absorb  Grass  Special {{{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}}} Leech Seed  Grass  Status {{{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}}}

Prior to Generation V, Dream Eater is not affected by this Ability.

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 languages

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

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