Water Absorb (Ability)

Water Absorb	ちょすい
	Water Storage
Generation III
	Changes water into HP.
Generation IV
	Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move.
Generation V
	Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move.
Generation VI
	Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move.
Generation VII
	Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move, instead of taking damage.
Generation VIII
	Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move instead of taking damage.
Generation IX
	If hit by a Water-type move, the Pokémon has its HP restored instead of taking damage.

Water Absorb (Japanese: ちょすい Water Storage) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Generation III

When a Pokémon with Water Absorb is hit by a damaging Water-type move, its HP is restored by one quarter of its maximum HP, and the move will have no effect on that Pokémon (if a Pokémon with this Ability already has full HP, the Water-type move will do nothing).

Water Absorb will not activate if the Pokémon is protected from the Water-type move.

Generation IV onward

Water Absorb will now also activate when a Pokémon with it is hit by a Water-type status move (although none targeted an opponent until Soak was introduced in Generation V).

Multistrike moves, such as Water Shuriken, will only activate the Ability once.

If a Pokémon with Water Absorb is holding an Absorb Bulb or Luminous Moss, Water Absorb absorbs the move, so the item's effect is not triggered.

Outside of battle

Water Absorb has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Water Absorb

#		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0060	Poliwag	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0061	Poliwhirl	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0062	Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0131	Lapras	Water	Ice	Water Absorb	Shell Armor	Hydration
0134	Vaporeon	Water		Water	Water Absorb	None	Hydration
0170	Chinchou	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
0171	Lanturn	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
0186	Politoed	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Drizzle
0194	Wooper	Water	Ground	Damp	Water Absorb	Unaware
0194	Wooper Paldean Form	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	Water Absorb	Unaware
0195	Quagsire	Water	Ground	Damp	Water Absorb	Unaware
0226	Mantine	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
0331	Cacnea	Grass		Grass	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
0332	Cacturne	Grass	Dark	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
0458	Mantyke	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
0535	Tympole	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
0536	Palpitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
0537	Seismitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Poison Touch	Water Absorb
0556	Maractus	Grass		Grass	Water Absorb	Chlorophyll	Storm Drain
0592	Frillish	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
0593	Jellicent	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
0721	Volcanion	Fire	Water	Water Absorb	None	None
0751	Dewpider	Water	Bug	Water Bubble	None	Water Absorb
0752	Araquanid	Water	Bug	Water Bubble	None	Water Absorb
0882	Dracovish	Water	Dragon	Water Absorb	Strong Jaw	Sand Rush
0883	Arctovish	Water	Ice	Water Absorb	Ice Body	Slush Rush
0980	Clodsire	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	Water Absorb	Unaware
1017	Ogerpon Wellspring Mask	Grass	Water	Water Absorb	None	None
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the Generation V and VI games, Suicune has Water Absorb as its Hidden Ability, but it cannot be obtained by any legitimate means. Its Hidden Ability is replaced with Inner Focus in Generation VII.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, and the Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare) games, when a Pokémon with Water Absorb is hit by a Water-type move, its HP is restored by the amount of damage it would have inflicted.

In Gates to Infinity and Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Water Absorb instead restores 20% of the Pokémon's maximum HP when hit by an Water-type move.

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move.
MDTD S	Restores the Pokémon's HP if the Pokémon is hit by a Water-type move.
BSL	みずタイプのわざをうけるとＨＰがかいふくする
Conq.	Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move.
MDGtI	Water-type moves restore HP instead of damaging the Pokémon.* The Pokémon absorbs Water-type moves, which restore its HP!*
SMD	The Pokémon absorbs Water-type moves, which restore its HP!
MDRTDX	The Pokémon absorbs Water-type moves to restore its HP.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Pokémon	Method
Wooper Vaporeon Healing
If hit by a Water-type move, the Pokémon has its health restored instead of taking damage.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Wooper takes no damage when it is hit by a Water-type move, instead healing the injuries on its body.
A Wooper Matt was Pokésitting	Pinch Healing!	Debut
	Vaporeon takes no damage when it is hit by a Water-type move, instead restoring some of its energy.
Penny's Vaporeon	HZ127	None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In volume 42, Gold's Politoed, Polibo, was revealed to have Water Absorb as his Ability.
Gold's Mantine, Tibo, is revealed to have Water Absorb as his Ability.
Red's Eevee, Vee, is revealed to have Water Absorb as his Ability when transformed into a Vaporeon.

Trivia

Water Absorb is the first Ability of its variations to be shown in the animated series.

In other languages


Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	儲水 Chyúhséui
Chinese	Mandarin	儲水 / 储水 Chúshuǐ
Danish		Vandabsorbering
French		Absorbe-Eau^VIII+ Absorb Eau^III–VII
German		H2O-Absorber
Italian		Assorbacqua
Korean		저수 Jeosu
Brazilian Portuguese		Absorção Aquática
Spanish	Latin America	Absorbeagua
Spanish	Spain	Absorbe Agua^VI+ Absor. Agua^III–V
Vietnamese		Hút Nước

Abilities that alter damage taken
Dry Skin • Flash Fire • Sap Sipper • Lightning Rod • Motor Drive • Storm Drain • Volt Absorb • Water Absorb • Earth Eater

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.