Water Absorb (Ability)

Water Absorb	ちょすい
	Water Storage
Flavor text Generation III Changes water into HP. Generation IV Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move. Generation V Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move. Generation VI Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move. Generation VII Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move, instead of taking damage. Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Water Absorb (Japanese: ちょすい Water Storage) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with Water Absorb is hit by a Water-type move, its HP is restored by one quarter of its maximum HP, and the move will have no effect on that Pokémon (if a Pokémon with this Ability already has full HP, the Water-type move will do nothing).

Water Absorb will not activate if the Pokémon is protected from the Water-type move.

If a Pokémon with Water Absorb is holding an Absorb Bulb or Luminous Moss, Water Absorb absorbs the move, so the item's effect is not triggered.

Outside of battle

Water Absorb has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Water Absorb

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0060		Poliwag	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0131		Lapras	Water	Ice	Water Absorb	Shell Armor	Hydration
0134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	Water Absorb	None	Hydration
0170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
0171		Lanturn	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
0186		Politoed	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Drizzle
0194		Wooper	Water	Ground	Damp	Water Absorb	Unaware
0195		Quagsire	Water	Ground	Damp	Water Absorb	Unaware
0226		Mantine	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
0331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
0332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
0458		Mantyke	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
0535		Tympole	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
0536		Palpitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
0537		Seismitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Poison Touch	Water Absorb
0556		Maractus	Grass		Grass	Water Absorb	Chlorophyll	Storm Drain
0592		Frillish	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
0593		Jellicent	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
0721		Volcanion	Fire	Water	Water Absorb	None	None
0751		Dewpider	Water	Bug	Water Bubble	None	Water Absorb
0752		Araquanid	Water	Bug	Water Bubble	None	Water Absorb
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

• In the Generation V and VI games, Suicune has Water Absorb as its Hidden Ability, but it cannot be obtained by any legitimate means. Its Hidden Ability is replaced with Inner Focus in Generation VII.

In the anime

Wooper
The Pokémon gets healed if a Water-type attack is used on it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	When a Water-type attack is used on Wooper, the injuries on its body fade away.
A Wooper Matt was Pokésitting	Pinch Healing!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

• In volume 42, Gold's Polibo was revealed to have Water Absorb as his Ability.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 儲水 Chyúhséui Mandarin 儲水 / 储水 Chúshuǐ Danish Vandabsorbering French Absorb Eau German H2O-Absorber Italian Assorbacqua Korean 저수 Jeosu Portuguese Absorve Água Spanish Absorbe Agua* Absor. Agua* Vietnamese Hút Nước

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