Water Absorb (Ability)

Water Absorb	ちょすい
	Water Storage
Flavor text 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

When a Pokémon with Water Absorb is hit by a 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).

Multi-strike moves, such as Water Shuriken, will only activate the Ability once.

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

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

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Poliwag	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
	Poliwhirl	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
	Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
	Lapras	Water	Ice	Water Absorb	Shell Armor	Hydration
	Vaporeon	Water		Water	Water Absorb	None	Hydration
	Chinchou	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
	Lanturn	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
	Politoed	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Drizzle
	Wooper	Water	Ground	Damp	Water Absorb	Unaware
	Wooper Paldean Form	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	Water Absorb	Unaware
	Quagsire	Water	Ground	Damp	Water Absorb	Unaware
	Mantine	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
	Cacnea	Grass		Grass	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
	Cacturne	Grass	Dark	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
	Mantyke	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
	Tympole	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
	Palpitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
	Seismitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Poison Touch	Water Absorb
	Maractus	Grass		Grass	Water Absorb	Chlorophyll	Storm Drain
	Frillish	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
	Jellicent	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
	Volcanion	Fire	Water	Water Absorb	None	None
	Dewpider	Water	Bug	Water Bubble	None	Water Absorb
	Araquanid	Water	Bug	Water Bubble	None	Water Absorb
	Dracovish	Water	Dragon	Water Absorb	Strong Jaw	Sand Rush
	Arctovish	Water	Ice	Water Absorb	Ice Body	Slush Rush
	Clodsire	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	Water Absorb	Unaware
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation IX games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII or later. For Generation VII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VIII or later. For Generation VIII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IX or later.

• 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. MDTDS 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 the anime

	Wooper
The Pokémon gets healed if a Water-type attack is used on it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Wooper	When a Water-type attack is used on Wooper, the injuries on its body fade away.
A Wooper Matt was Pokésitting	Pinch Healing!		Debut

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.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 儲水 Chyúhséui Mandarin 儲水 / 储水 Chúshuǐ Danish Vandabsorbering French Absorbe-EauVIII+ Absorb EauIII–VII German H2O-Absorber Italian Assorbacqua Korean 저수 Jeosu Spanish Absorbe AguaVI+ Absor. AguaIII–V Vietnamese Hút Nước

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