Horn Leech (move)

Horn Leech ウッドホーン Wood Horn

Battles Type  Grass Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  75 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Horn Leech (Japanese: ウッドホーン Wood Horn) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation V. It is Sawsbuck's signature move. It is considered to be a physical version of Giga Drain.

Effect

Generation V

Horn Leech will inflict damage on the target and ½ of the damage dealt will be restored to the user as HP.

If the user has the Big Root as its held item, the user will receive 30% more HP than it would have. Big Root does not increase damage dealt. When used on a Pokémon with the Liquid Ooze ability, the user will lose the amount of HP it would have gained instead.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
586		Sawsbuck	Normal	Grass	37			''''
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

File:Sawsbuck Horn Leech.png Sawsbuck
The user absorbs the opponent's health after charging at it with its horns.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Sawsbuck lowers its head and its horns become surrounded in orange. Its horns then start to glow gold and it charges at the opponent with its horns pointed at it.
Burgundy's Sawsbuck	A Connoisseur's Revenge!		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 木角 Mùjiǎo Dutch Hoorn Stoot French Encornebois German Holzgeweih Italian Legnicorno Spanish Astadrenaje

Variations of the move Giga Drain
Drain Punch • Horn Leech Giga Drain

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