Power

Giga Drain

Grassspecial

Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.

Contents

Battle data
In-battle effect
TM & HM
Generation changes
Related moves

Power75

Accuracy100%

PP10

Priority0

In-battle effect

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

TM & HM

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Giga Drain is taught by TM19, TM28, TM42, TM111 — the number varies by game.

Game	Machine
Colosseum	TM19
Crystal	TM19
Diamond & Pearl	TM19
Emerald	TM19
FireRed & LeafGreen	TM19
Gold & Silver	TM19
HeartGold & SoulSilver	TM19
Legends: Z-A	TM42
Platinum	TM19
Ruby & Sapphire	TM19
Scarlet & Violet	TM111
Sword & Shield	TM28
The Indigo Disk	TM111
XD: Gale of Darkness	TM19

Changes across generations

Giga Drain 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
Through Gen 4 (D/P)	—	— Power decreased after this	—	5 PP increased after this
Through Gen 5 (B/W)	—	60 Power increased after this	—	—
Current	Grass	75	100%	10

Giga Drain

In-battle effect

TM & HM

Changes across generations

Pokémon that learn Giga Drain

Other Grass moves

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