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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  10 (max. 16)
Power  80
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Makes contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Affected by Mirror Move
  • 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  Clever
Appeal  1 ♥
Jamming  0  
Shows off the Pokémon's appeal about as well as the move used just before it.

Leech Life (Japanese: きゅうけつ Suck Blood) is a damage-dealing Bug-type move introduced in Generation I. It is TM28 in Generation VII.

Effect

Generations I and 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 the Pokémon Stadium series and Generation II games, Leech Life will always miss if the target has a substitute.

Generation III-V

Leech Life will now properly heal the user when damaging a substitute, even if it was broken. If the target has the Ability Liquid Ooze, the user takes damage instead of restoring HP.

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.

Generation VI

Leech Life cannot be used if the user is under the effects of Heal Block.

Generation VII

Leech Life's power was quadrupled from 20 to 80 and its PP was changed from 15 to 10.

Description

Games Description
StadStad2 An HP-draining attack. It adds half the HP it drained from the target to the attacker's HP.
GSC 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.
ColoXD An attack that absorbs half the damage inflicted.
DPPtHGSSPBR A blood-draining attack. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SM 		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 Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0041    
  		Flying Flying 1 1 1 1 1 1 31
0042    
  		Flying Flying 1 1 1 1 1 1 35
0046    
  		Bug Grass 20 19 19 11 11 11
0047    
  		Bug Grass 1, 20 19 19 1, 11 1, 11 1, 11
0048    
  		Bug Bug 27 25 25 17 17 17 35
0049    
  		Bug Bug 1, 27RGB
27Y 		25 25 17 17 17 37
0167    
  		Bug Bug 23 23 12 12 12
0168    
  		Bug Bug 25 25 12 12 12
0169    
  		Flying Flying 1 1 1 1 1 35
0290    
  		Bug Bug 5 5 5 5
0291    
  		Bug Bug 1, 5 1, 5 1, 5 1, 5
0292    
  		Mineral Mineral 5 5 5 5
0402     Bug Bug 14 14 14
0595    
  		Bug Bug 1 1
0596    
  		Bug Bug 1 1
0616     Bug Bug 1 1
0617     Bug Bug 1 1
0636    
  		Bug Bug 10 10
0637    
  		Bug Bug 1, 10 1, 10
0714    
  		Flying Flying 5
0715    
  		Flying Flying 5
0751    
  		Water 1 Bug 29
0752    
  		Water 1 Bug 33
0794    
  		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 29
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
I
-- 		II
-- 		III
-- 		IV
-- 		V
-- 		VI
-- 		VII
TM28 		VIII
-- 		IX
--
027A  
Sandshrew
Alola Form
  
  		Field Field ✔
028A  
Sandslash
Alola Form
  
  		Field Field ✔
0041    
  		Flying Flying ✔
0042    
  		Flying Flying ✔
0046    
  		Bug Grass ✔
0047    
  		Bug Grass ✔
0048    
  		Bug Bug ✔
0049    
  		Bug Bug ✔
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 ✔
0167    
  		Bug Bug ✔
0168    
  		Bug Bug ✔
0169    
  		Flying Flying ✔
0290    
  		Bug Bug ✔
0291    
  		Bug Bug ✔
0292    
  		Mineral Mineral ✔
0402     Bug Bug ✔
0469    
  		Bug Bug ✔
0595    
  		Bug Bug ✔
0596    
  		Bug Bug ✔
0616     Bug Bug ✔
0617     Bug Bug ✔
0636    
  		Bug Bug ✔
0637    
  		Bug Bug ✔
0714    
  		Flying Flying ✔
0715    
  		Flying Flying ✔
0725     Field Field ✔
0726     Field Field ✔
0727    
  		Field Field ✔
0742    
  		Bug Fairy ✔
0743    
  		Bug Fairy ✔
0751    
  		Water 1 Bug ✔
0752    
  		Water 1 Bug ✔
0753     Grass Grass ✔
0754     Grass Grass ✔
0757    
  		Monster Dragon ✔
0758    
  		Monster Dragon ✔
0767    
  		Bug Water 3 ✔
0768    
  		Bug Water 3 ✔
0778    
  		Amorphous Amorphous ✔
0794    
  		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.


By breeding

# Pokémon Types Parent
Egg Groups 		Egg Move
II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0069    
  		Grass Grass ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0193    
  		Bug Bug ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
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

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It also restores the user's HP based on the damage it inflicted.
MDS Inflicts damage on the target, then restores the user's HP based on the damage inflicted.


In the anime

The user bites the opponent and drains their energy.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Zubat bites down on the opponent, draining their energy.
Wrap's three Zubat Alola to New Adventure! Debut


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Core series games

       
Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV
 
Generation V

Spin-off series games

       
Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD
 
Battle Revolution
 
MD: Red and Blue

Trivia

  • Shedinja is the only Pokémon that will never recover HP with Leech Life.
  • Leech Life is the only Bug-type HP-draining move.
  • Due to the power of Leech Life being quadrupled in Pokémon Sun and Moon, this marks the largest increase for the power of a move in percentage.
    • This is also the greatest increase to a move in terms of power since Self-Destruct and Explosion in Generation II.
    • However, the change also includes a removal from the level-up learnsets of many Pokémon which could learn Leech Life early on in previous generations, with Absorb taking its place instead.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 吸血 Kāphyut
Mandarin 吸血 Xīxuè / Xīxiě
  Danish Livigle
Sug Liv
  Dutch Onttrek Leven
  French Vampirisme
  German Blutsauger
  Greek Παρασιτισμός Parasitismós
  Italian Sanguisuga
  Korean 흡혈 Heuphyeol
  Brazilian Portuguese Dreno de Energia
Suga-vidas (TCG, manga)
Sanguessuga (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
  Serbian Isisavanje
  Spanish Chupavidas
  Vietnamese Hút Máu
Generation VII TMs
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