Leech Seed (move)

Leech Seed やどりぎのタネ Mistletoe Seed

File:Leech Seed Lucas.jpg

Battles Type  Grass Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  90% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  2 ♥♥ Startles all Pokémon that have done their appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.

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 Seed (Japanese: やどりぎのタネ Mistletoe Seed) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Leech Seed plants a seed on the target. At the end of each turn that the target is under the effect of Leech Seed, 1/16th of the target's HP will be drained, and the same amount of HP will be restored to your active Pokémon (even if it was not the Pokémon that originally used the attack). Recurrent Leech Seed draining will not occur if the seeded Pokémon defeats the target. Unlike other types of damage, the recurrent damage done by Leech Seed can exceed the target's current HP.

If the target has less than 16 HP, Leech Seed will drain 1 HP per turn. Leech Seed draining will occur even if the seeded Pokémon knocks itself out with crash damage, recoil damage, or self-inflicted confusion damage, or by making a Substitute before the end of its turn. Draining from Leech Seed is done after continuing partial trapping damage and recurrent poison or burn damage. Leech Seed can be removed by Haze or switching. If the target is seeded during a round that it switches in, it will take recurrent damage during that round, but only if its speed is less than or equal to the user's speed.

If the target is also under the effect of Toxic, Leech Seed will increase the N value of of Toxic by 1 per turn. If the current HP of the recipient of Leech Seed's HP-restoring effect is greater than its maximum HP, its current HP will be set equal to its maximum HP.

Leech Seed will not work against Template:Type2s.

In Stadium, Leech Seed will not work against a target with a substitute.

Generation II onwards

Rapid Spin will release a Pokémon from the effects of Leech Seed.

Generation III onwards

In a double battle, Leech Seed will only heal the Pokémon in the position that used Leech Seed. If the trainer only has two Pokémon left, and the Pokémon that was being healed by Leech Seed is KO'd, the effect of Leech Seed simply disappears rather than transferring over to the remaining Pokémon.

In the anime

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• Turtwig Leech Seed 1.JPG

  A seed coming out of the sprout on Gardenia's Turtwig's head.

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  The seed is coming out.

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  The seed is launched.

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  The seed attaches to Turtwig.

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  Turtwig begins to get hurt.

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  Turtwig's energy is sucked by Leech Seed.

Pokémon

Bulbasaur: A seed sprouts from Bulbasaur's bulb, which shoots out to the opponent. When hit, the opponent is wrapped with miniature vines that restrain it. The vines then glow and suck energy from the foe.

• Used by Ash's Bulbasaur from The Ninja Poké-Showdown to present.

Turtwig: A seed sprouts from Turtwig's sprout stem on its head and is shot to the opponent. When hit, the opponent is wrapped with miniature vines that restrain it. The vines then glow and suck energy from the foe.

• Used by Gardenia's Turtwig from The Grass-Type is Always Greener! to The Grass Menagerie!.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 7 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison -- 7 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison -- 7 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 28 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 7 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison -- 7 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison -- 7 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 13 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 20 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 22 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 22 0251 Celebi Psychic Grass -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0152 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 7 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison -- 7 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison -- 7 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 13 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 20 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 22 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 22 0251 Celebi Psychic Grass -- 0285 Shroomish Grass 10 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting -- 10 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 21 0331 Cacnea Grass 13 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 13 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0114 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia
Cacnea, Cacturne
Tropius |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0152 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia
Cacnea, Cacturne
Tropius |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0191 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sunkern
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia
Cacnea, Cacturne |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0252 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Treecko
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0270 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lotad
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia
Cacnea, Cacturne |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0273 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seedot
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia
Cacnea, Cacturne |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0357 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tropius
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia
Cacnea, Cacturne

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 7 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison -- 7 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison -- 7 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 11 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 22 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 24 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 24 0191 Sunkern Grass 17 0192 Sunflora Grass 17 0251 Celebi Psychic Grass -- 0285 Shroomish Grass 13 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting -- 13 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 26 0331 Cacnea Grass 13 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 13 0387 Turtwig Grass 29 0388 Grotle Grass 32 0389 Torterra Grass Ground 33 0420 Cherubi Grass 10 0421 Cherrim Grass 10 0492 Shaymin Grass 19 0492 Shaymin Grass 19 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0114 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tangela
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia, Roserade
Cacnea, Cacturne
Tropius
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Cherubi, Cherrim
Carnivine
Snover, Abomasnow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0152 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela, Tangrowth
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia, Roserade
Cacnea, Cacturne
Tropius
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Cherubi, Cherrim
Carnivine
Snover, Abomasnow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0191 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sunkern
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia, Roserade
Cacnea, Cacturne
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Cherubi, Cherrim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0252 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Treecko
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0270 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lotad
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia, Roserade
Cacnea, Cacturne
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Cherubi, Cherrim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0273 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seedot
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia, Roserade
Cacnea, Cacturne
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Cherubi, Cherrim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0357 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tropius
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela, Tangrowth
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia, Roserade
Cacnea, Cacturne
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Cherubi, Cherrim
Carnivine
Snover, Abomasnow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0455 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Carnivine
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela, Tangrowth
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia, Roserade
Cacnea, Cacturne
Tropius
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Cherubi, Cherrim
Snover, Abomasnow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0459 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snover
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Tangela, Tangrowth
Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Sunkern, Sunflora
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Shroomish, Breloom
Roselia, Roserade
Cacnea, Cacturne
Tropius
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
Cherubi, Cherrim
Carnivine

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Other Games

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Leech Seed is one of the random outcomes of Togepi's Metronome. All characters within the area of effect will receive a flower on their head that saps 5% health every few seconds.

In other languages

• French: Vampigraine
• German: Egelsamen
• Italian: Parassiseme
• Norwegian: Snyltefrø ("Freeloader seed(s)")
• Spanish: Drenadoras
• Portuguese: Sanguessuga