Absorb (move)

Move data

Type	Grass
Category	Special
Power	20
Accuracy	100
PP	25  (max. 40)
Introduced	Generation 1

Effects

Absorb deals damage and the user will recover 50% of the HP drained.

If the user is holding a Big Root, the move instead recovers 65% of the damage dealt (30% more than normal). If used on a Pokemon with the ability Liquid Ooze, the user instead loses the HP it would have otherwise gained.

Changes

In Generations 1-3, Absorb has 20 PP.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Grassium Z and uses its Z-Power, Absorb turns into Bloom Doom and has base power 100.

Move target

Targets a single adjacent Pokemon.

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