Volt Absorb (Ability)

Volt Absorb (Japanese: ちくでん Electricity Storage) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Generation III

When a Pokémon with Volt Absorb is hit by a damaging Electric-type move, its HP is restored by one quarter of its maximum HP, and the move will have no effect on that Pokémon (if a Pokémon with this Ability already has full HP, the Electric-type move will do nothing).

Volt Absorb will not activate if the Pokémon is protected from the Electric-type move.

Generation IV onward

Volt Absorb will now also activate when a Pokémon with it is hit by an Electric-type status move.

Multi-strike moves that are turned into Electric-type moves, such as by being affected by Electrify or Galvanize, will only activate this Ability once.

If a Pokémon with Volt Absorb is holding a Cell Battery, Volt Absorb absorbs the move, so the Cell Battery's effect is not triggered.

Outside of battle

Volt Absorb has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Volt Absorb

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0135		Jolteon	Electric		Electric	Volt Absorb	None	Quick Feet
0170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
0171		Lanturn	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
0312		Minun	Electric		Electric	Minus	None	Volt AbsorbGen VI+
0417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric	Run Away	Pickup	Volt Absorb
0642		Thundurus Therian Forme	Electric	Flying	Volt Absorb	None	None
0807		Zeraora	Electric		Electric	Volt Absorb	None	None
0880		Dracozolt	Electric	Dragon	Volt Absorb	Hustle	Sand Rush
0881		Arctozolt	Electric	Ice	Volt Absorb	Static	Slush Rush
0922		Pawmo	Electric	Fighting	Volt Absorb	Natural Cure	Iron Fist
0923		Pawmot	Electric	Fighting	Volt Absorb	Natural Cure	Iron Fist
0940		Wattrel	Electric	Flying	Wind Power	Volt Absorb	Competitive
0941		Kilowattrel	Electric	Flying	Wind Power	Volt Absorb	Competitive
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.

Pokémon that formerly had Volt Absorb

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0243		Raikou	Electric		Electric	Pressure	None	Volt AbsorbGen V-VI
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 the Generation V and VI games, Raikou has Volt Absorb as its Hidden Ability, but it cannot be obtained by any legitimate means. Its Hidden Ability is replaced with Inner Focus in Generation VII.

Pokéstar Studios opponents with Volt Absorb

F-00  Steel  Normal  Volt Absorb HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 100 100 100 100 100 100

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, and the Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare) games, when a Pokémon with Volt Absorb is hit by an Electric-type move, its HP is restored by the amount of damage it would have inflicted.

In Gates to Infinity and Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Volt Absorb instead restores 20% of the Pokémon's maximum HP when hit by an Electric-type move.

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Volt Absorb is Zeraora's Ability. It converts 8% of the damage Zeraora was dealt as Attack, up to 200 Attack. This buff resets after not taking damage for 4s.

Description

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• Red's Eevee, Vee, is revealed to have Volt Absorb as his Ability when transformed into a Jolteon.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 蓄電 Chūkdihn Mandarin 蓄電 / 蓄电 Xùdiàn French Absorbe-VoltVIII+ Absorb VoltIII–VII German Voltabsorber Italian Assorbivolt Korean 축전 Chukjeon Brazilian Portuguese Absorção Voltaica Spanish Absorbe ElecVI+ Absor. Elec.III–V

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