Draining Kiss (move)

Draining Kiss ドレインキッス Drain Kiss

Battles Type  Fairy Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  50 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VI Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Draining Kiss (Japanese: ドレインキッス Drain Kiss) is a damage-dealing Fairy-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Draining Kiss does damage and restores the user's HP by 75% of damage dealt.

If the user is holding a Big Root, the HP restored is increased by 30%. Big Root does not increase the damage dealt.

If the target has the Ability Liquid Ooze, the user will lose the amount of HP it would have gained instead.

Descriptions

Games Description The user steals the target's energy with a kiss. The user's HP is restored by over half of the damage taken by the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	--
666		Vivillon	Bug	Flying	25
682		Spritzee	Fairy		Fairy	21
683		Aromatisse	Fairy		Fairy	21
684		Swirlix	Fairy		Fairy	31
685		Slurpuff	Fairy		Fairy	31
700		Sylveon	Fairy		Fairy	20
707		Klefki	Steel	Fairy	18
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		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
531		Audino	Normal		Normal
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 events

Generation VI

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0700 SylveonLv.10 Fairy XY Sylveon Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Premier Sylveon Draining Kiss.png Sylveon
The user kisses the opponent, draining their energy.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Sylveon runs over to the opponent and gives it a kiss. The opponent starts to glow red, and a light yellow orb of energy flies off from the opponent and into Sylveon, draining the opponent's energy.
Premier's Sylveon	Kindergarten Chaos!		Debut

In other languages

Language Title French Vampibaiser German Diebeskuss Italian Assorbibacio Korean 드레인키스 Drain Kiss Spanish Beso Drenaje

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.