Power

Absorb

Grassspecial

Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.

Pokémon that learn it

Zubat

Golbat

Oddish

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GenerationGame

Power20

Accuracy100%

PP25

Priority0

In-battle effect

Inflicts regular damage. Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.

Changes across generations

Absorb had different stats in earlier games. A dash means that value was unchanged from what it is today, and an arrow marks what happened when that era ended — ▲ raised or ▼ lowered.

Games	Type	Power	Accuracy	PP
Before Gen 4 (D/P)	—	20	100%	20 PP increased after this
Before Gen 7 (LGPE)	—	20 Power increased after this	100%	25 PP decreased after this
Before Gen 8 (Sw/Sh)	—	40 Power decreased after this	100%	15 PP increased after this
Current	Grass	20	100%	25

Absorb

In-battle effect

Changes across generations

Pokémon that learn Absorb

Other Grass moves

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