Mega Drain (move)
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Mega Drain メガドレイン Mega Drain | ||||||||||||
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Mega Drain (Japanese: メガドレイン Mega Drain) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation I. It was TM21 in Generation I.
Mega Drain is the second in a line of three Grass-type HP draining attacks, the other two being Absorb and Giga Drain.
Effect
Generations I and II
Mega Drain inflicts damage, and 50% of the damage dealt to the target is restored to the user. The amount of HP recovered is rounded down unless Mega Drain deals only 1 HP of damage. In this case, 1 HP would be restored to the user.
If Mega Drain breaks a substitute, no HP will be restored to the user. If HP is restored to the user when its current HP is greater than its maximum HP, its current HP will be set equal to its maximum HP.
In the Pokémon Stadium series and Generation II games, Mega Drain will always miss if the target has a substitute.
Mega Drain has 10 PP.
Generation III
Mega Drain will now properly heal the user when damaging a substitute, even if it was broken. If used on a Pokémon with the Liquid Ooze Ability, the user will lose the amount of HP it would have gained instead.
Mega Drain can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining an extra appeal point if the move Growth was used in the prior turn.
Generation IV and V
Mega Drain's base PP was increased to 15. If the user has a Big Root as its held item, it will recover 30% more HP than it normally would. Big Root does not increase damage dealt. All other effects are the same.
Generation VI
Mega Drain cannot be used if the user is under the effects of Heal Block.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | ||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0043 | |
Grass | 21 | 21 | 21XY 19ORAS |
19 | ||||||||
0044 | |
Grass | 23 | 23 | 23XY 19ORAS |
19 | ||||||||
0045 | |
Grass | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
0114 | Grass | 31 | 1 | 26 | 26BW 23B2W2 |
23 | 23 | |||||||
0140 | |
Water 1 | Water 3 | 46 | 49 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | |||||
0141 | |
Water 1 | Water 3 | 51 | 55 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | |||||
0182 | Grass | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
0187 | |
Fairy | Grass | 30 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |||||
0188 | |
Fairy | Grass | 36 | 36 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | |||||
0189 | |
Fairy | Grass | 44 | 44 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | |||||
0191 | Grass | 10 | 13 | 5 | 5BW 10B2W2 |
10 | 10 | |||||||
0192 | Grass | 5 | 5BW 10B2W2 |
10 | 10 | |||||||||
0252 | Monster | Dragon | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26XY 13ORAS |
13 | |||||||
0253 | Monster | Dragon | 13ORAS | 13 | ||||||||||
0254 | Monster | Dragon | 13ORAS | 13 | ||||||||||
0267 | |
Bug | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24XY 22ORAS |
22 | |||||||
0270 | |
Water 1 | Grass | 43 | 19 | 19 | 19XY 18ORAS |
18 | ||||||
0272 | |
Water 1 | Grass | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
0285 | Fairy | Grass | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17XY 12ORAS |
12 | |||||||
0286 | |
Fairy | Grass | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17XY 12ORAS |
12 | ||||||
0315 | |
Fairy | Grass | 17 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||||
0387 | Monster | Grass | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | ||||||||
0388 | Monster | Grass | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | ||||||||
0389 | |
Monster | Grass | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | |||||||
0406 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | |||||||
0407 | |
Fairy | Grass | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
0465 | Grass | 26 | 26BW 23B2W2 |
23 | 23 | |||||||||
0495 | Field | Grass | 22 | 22 | 22 | |||||||||
0496 | Field | Grass | 24 | 24 | 24 | |||||||||
0497 | Field | Grass | 24 | 24 | 24 | |||||||||
0546 | |
Grass | Fairy | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||
0547 | |
Grass | Fairy | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
0548 | Grass | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||
0549 | Grass | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
0556 | Grass | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||
0590 | |
Grass | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
0591 | |
Grass | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
0616 | Bug | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||||||||||
0617 | Bug | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||||||||||
0755 | |
Grass | 15 | |||||||||||
0756 | |
Grass | 15 | |||||||||||
0769 | |
Amorphous | 18 | |||||||||||
0770 | |
Amorphous | 18 | |||||||||||
0781 | |
Mineral | 5 | |||||||||||
0797 | |
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 13 | ||||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0102 | |
Grass | ✔ | ||||||||||
0114 | Grass | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
0345 | |
Water 3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
By TM
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Machine | ||||||||||
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I TM21 |
II -- |
III -- |
IV -- |
V -- |
VI -- |
VII -- |
VIII -- |
IX -- | ||||||
0001 | |
Monster | Grass | ✔ | ||||||||||
0002 | |
Monster | Grass | ✔ | ||||||||||
0003 | |
Monster | Grass | ✔ | ||||||||||
0012 | |
Bug | ✔ | |||||||||||
0015 | |
Bug | ✔ | |||||||||||
0023 | Field | Dragon | ✔ | |||||||||||
0024 | Field | Dragon | ✔ | |||||||||||
0041 | |
Flying | ✔ | |||||||||||
0042 | |
Flying | ✔ | |||||||||||
0043 | |
Grass | ✔ | |||||||||||
0044 | |
Grass | ✔ | |||||||||||
0045 | |
Grass | ✔ | |||||||||||
0046 | |
Bug | Grass | ✔ | ||||||||||
0047 | |
Bug | Grass | ✔ | ||||||||||
0048 | |
Bug | ✔ | |||||||||||
0049 | |
Bug | ✔ | |||||||||||
0069 | |
Grass | ✔ | |||||||||||
0070 | |
Grass | ✔ | |||||||||||
0071 | |
Grass | ✔ | |||||||||||
0072 | |
Water 3 | ✔ | |||||||||||
0073 | |
Water 3 | ✔ | |||||||||||
0088 | Amorphous | ✔ | ||||||||||||
0089 | Amorphous | ✔ | ||||||||||||
0092 | |
Amorphous | ✔ | |||||||||||
0093 | |
Amorphous | ✔ | |||||||||||
0094 | |
Amorphous | ✔ | |||||||||||
0103 | |
Grass | ✔ | |||||||||||
0114 | Grass | ✔ | ||||||||||||
0151 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | |||||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
In other games
Pokémon Conquest
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Stars: ★★
Power: 26
Accuracy: 100%
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Effect: Restores the user's HP by half the damage taken by the target. |
Users: |
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.
Pokémon GO
Description
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In the anime
The opponent is hit with a blast of energy that absorbs its HP and gives it to the user. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Golbat's eyes glow yellow and it bites the opponent. | |||
Mandi's Golbat | Round One - Begin! | Debut | |
The bud on Budew's head glows white, and it shoots a dark green beam from its bud at the opponent. The green beam grabs the opponent, traps it inside and sucks its energy. As it does, the opponent becomes outlined in red and the beam turns red. The beam releases the opponent and goes back to Budew. Budew glows white when the beam goes back to it, and all of its injuries disappear. | |||
Nando's Budew | Dawn of a New Era! | None | |
Roserade sticks out its arms and releases a green beam from the flowers on its hands. | |||
Drew's Roserade | A Full Course Tag Battle! | None |
- In the dubbed version of Battling with Elegance and a Big Smile!, Clemont commented about Sawyer's Treecko using Mega Drain after their Gym battle. The move mentioned in the original Japanese version was Razor Leaf, a move that Treecko cannot legally learn.
In the manga
In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga
The user absorbs the opponent's energy. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Butterfree absorbs energy from the foe using its wings. | |||
Midori's Butterfree | PW10 | Debut |
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The user drains the opponent's energy by coming into contact with them. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Venomoth flies into the opponent. When it makes contact with them, it drains a little bit of their energy. | |||
Sabrina's Venomoth | Valiant Venomoth! | Debut | |
Lilligant grabs the opponent and drains energy from them. | |||
Shadow Triad's Lilligant | Museum Showdown | None |
- In The Ariados up There, Gold's Sunbo was revealed to know Mega Drain, but could not execute the move.
In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
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Unknown | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Unknown | |||
Shu's Sunkern | GDZ77 | Debut |
In other generations
Core series games
Spin-off series games
In other languages
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Generation I TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation I HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 |
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