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. Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

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
0060		Poliwag	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0131		Lapras	Water	Ice	Water Absorb	Shell Armor	Hydration
0134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	Water Absorb	None	Hydration
0170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
0171		Lanturn	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
0186		Politoed	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Drizzle
0194		Wooper	Water	Ground	Damp	Water Absorb	Unaware
0195		Quagsire	Water	Ground	Damp	Water Absorb	Unaware
0226		Mantine	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
0245		Suicune	Water		Water	Pressure	None	Water Absorb
0331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
0332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
0458		Mantyke	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
0535		Tympole	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
0536		Palpitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
0537		Seismitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Poison Touch	Water Absorb
0556		Maractus	Grass		Grass	Water Absorb	Chlorophyll	Storm Drain
0592		Frillish	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
0593		Jellicent	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
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 anime

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

Trivia

• All Pokémon that can have Water Absorb as their Ability are either Water or Grass types.

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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