Leech Life (move)

Leech Life きゅうけつ Suck Blood

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Battles Type  Bug Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  20 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 I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Leech Life (Japanese: きゅうけつ Suck Blood) is a damage-dealing Bug-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I-II

Leech Life inflicts damage, and up to 50% of the damage dealt to the target is restored to the user as HP. If this attack deals 1 HP of damage, 1 HP will be restored to the user.

If Leech Life breaks a Substitute, no HP will be restored to the user. If HP is restored to the user when its current HP is greater than its maximum HP, its current HP will be set equal to its maximum HP.

In Stadium, Leech Life will always miss if the target has a Substitute.

Generation III

If the target has the Ability Liquid Ooze, the user takes damage instead of restoring HP.

Generation IV-V

If the user has a Big Root as its held item, it will recover 30% more HP than it normally would. Big Root does not increase damage dealt.

Description

Games Description StadStad2 An HP-draining attack. It adds half the HP it drained from the target to the attacker's HP. GSC Steals 1/2 of the damage inflicted. RSE An attack that steals half the damage inflicted. FRLG An attack that absorbs half the damage it inflicted to restore HP. ColoXD An attack that absorbs half the damage inflicted. DPPtHGSS A blood-draining attack. The user’s HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target. BW The user drains the target's blood. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	--			--			--			--				--			'
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying	--			--			--			--				--			'
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	20			19			19			11				11			''''
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	--, 20			19			19			--, 11				--, 11			''''
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	27			25			25			17				17			''''
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	--, 27			25			25			17				17			''''
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison				23			23			12				12			''''
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison				25			25			12				12			''''
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying				--			--			--				--			'
290		Nincada	Bug	Ground							5			5				5			''''
291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying							--, 5			--, 5				--, 5			''''
292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost							5			5				5			''''
402		Kricketune	Bug		Bug										14				14			''''
595		Joltik	Bug	Electric														--			''''
596		Galvantula	Bug	Electric														--			''''
616		Shelmet	Bug		Bug														--			''''
617		Accelgor	Bug		Bug														--			''''
636		Larvesta	Bug	Fire														10			''''
637		Volcarona	Bug	Fire														--, 10			''''
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.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying
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 manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Golbat Crobat
The user bites the opponent and drains their blood for energy.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Golbat bites the opponent and drains their blood for energy. Golbat can also spit the blood it drained at the opponent.
Koga's Golbat	Weezing Winks Out		Debut
	Crobat bites the opponent and drains their blood for energy.
Janine's Crobat	Crossing Crobat		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Zubat and its family are the only Pokémon that learn Leech Life by level up that don't get STAB from it.
• Leech Life is one of four moves originating from Generation I that has not been used in the anime (the others being Barrage, Struggle and Kinesis).
• Shedinja is the only Pokémon that will never recover HP with Leech Life.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 吸血 Xīxuè Danish Sug Liv French Vampirisme German Blutsauger Greek Παρασιτισμός Italian Sanguisuga Korean 흡혈 Heuphyeol Serbian Isisavanje Spanish Chupavidas

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