Leech Life (move)

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Leech Life
きゅうけつ Suck Blood
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Type  Bug
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  20
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Makes contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  3 ♥♥♥
Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  1
Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Leech Life (Japanese: きゅうけつ Suck Blood) is a damage-dealing Bug-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I-II

Leech Life inflicts damage, and up to 50% of the damage dealt to the target is restored to the user as HP. If this attack deals 1 HP of damage, 1 HP will be restored to the user.

If Leech Life 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 Stadium, Leech Life will always miss if the target has a substitute.

Generation III

If the target has the Ability Liquid Ooze, the user takes damage instead of restoring HP.

Generation IV-V

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.

Description

Games Description
An HP-draining attack. It adds half the HP it drained from the target to the attacker's HP.
Steals 1/2 of the damage inflicted.
RSE An attack that steals half the damage inflicted.
FRLG An attack that absorbs half the damage it inflicted to restore HP.
An attack that absorbs half the damage inflicted.
A blood-draining attack. The user’s HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.
The user drains the target's blood. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
041   Zubat Poison Flying -- -- -- -- -- '
042   Golbat Poison Flying -- -- -- -- -- '
046   Paras Bug Grass 20 19 19 11 11 ''''
047   Parasect Bug Grass --, 20 19 19 --, 11 --, 11 ''''
048   Venonat Bug Poison 27 25 25 17 17 ''''
049   Venomoth Bug Poison --, 27 25 25 17 17 ''''
167   Spinarak Bug Poison   23 23 12 12 ''''
168   Ariados Bug Poison   25 25 12 12 ''''
169   Crobat Poison Flying   -- -- -- -- '
290   Nincada Bug Ground     5 5 5 ''''
291   Ninjask Bug Flying     --, 5 --, 5 --, 5 ''''
292   Shedinja Bug Ghost     5 5 5 ''''
402   Kricketune Bug Bug       14 14 ''''
595   Joltik Bug Electric         -- ''''
596   Galvantula Bug Electric         -- ''''
616   Shelmet Bug Bug         -- ''''
617   Accelgor Bug Bug         -- ''''
636   Larvesta Bug Fire         10 ''''
637   Volcarona Bug Fire         --, 10 ''''
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
069   Bellsprout Grass Poison            
193   Yanma Bug Flying                                          
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 the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • Zubat and its family are the only Pokémon that learn Leech Life by level up that don't get STAB from it.
  • Leech Life is one of four moves originating from Generation I that has not been used in the anime (the others being Barrage, Struggle and Kinesis).
  • Shedinja is the only Pokémon that will never recover HP with Leech Life.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 吸血 Xīxuè
  Danish Sug Liv
  French Vampirisme
  German Blutsauger
  Greek Παρασιτισμός
  Italian Sanguisuga
  Korean 흡혈 Heuphyeol
  Brazilian Portuguese Dreno de Energia
  Serbian Isisavanje
  Spanish Chupavidas


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