Strength Sap (move)

Strength Sap
ちからをすいとる Strength Sap
Strength Sap IX.png
Strength Sap IX 2.png
Type  Grass
Category  Status
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  —
Accuracy  100%
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Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation VII
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Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
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Appeal  0  
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Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Strength Sap (Japanese: ちからをすいとる Strength Sap) is a non-damaging Grass-type move introduced in Generation VII.

Effect

Strength Sap lowers the target's Attack stat by one stage, and restores the user's HP by an amount equal to target's effective Attack stat before Strength Sap was used (taking any stat stages into account).

Strength Sap fails if the target already has -6 Attack stat stages. Strength Sap does not fail if the target has +6 Attack stat stages and Contrary, or otherwise cannot have its Attack stat lowered (such as due to being protected by Mist or having Hyper Cutter), still restoring HP in that case. Strength Sap does not fail if the user of Strength Sap has full HP, still lowing the target's Attack in that case.

If the user is holding a Big Root, Strength Sap recovers 30% more HP. If the target has the Ability Liquid Ooze, the user will lose the amount of HP it would have gained instead.

If powered up by a Grassium Z into Z-Strength Sap, the user's Defense stat rises one stage.

Description

Games Description
SMUSUM
SwShBDSPLA
The user restores its HP by the same amount as the target's Attack stat. It also lowers the target's Attack stat.
SV The user restores its own HP by the same amount as the target's Attack stat. It then lowers the target's Attack stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
0222  
Corsola
Galarian Form
  Water 1 Water 3 35
0426    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 1 1 1
0755    
 
Grass Grass 32 25
0756    
 
Grass Grass 35 27
0855  
Polteageist
All forms
  Mineral Amorphous 1 1
0864     Water 1 Water 3 35
1013  
Sinistcha
All forms
 
 
Mineral Amorphous 42
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 Egg Groups Egg Move
0043    
 
Grass Grass
0069    
 
Grass Grass
0187    
 
Fairy Grass
0592  
Frillish
All forms
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0928    
 
Grass Grass
0946    
 
Grass Grass
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 generations

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 吸取力量 Kāpchéui Lihkleuhng
Mandarin 吸取力量 Xīqǔ Lìliàng
  French Vole-ForceVIII+
Vol-ForceVII
  German Kraftabsorber
  Italian Assorbiforza
  Korean 힘흡수 Himheupsu
  Brazilian Portuguese Seiva Forte
  Spanish Absorbefuerza


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