Horn Drill
Howl
Horn Leech
Essentials
Horn Leech
Summary
Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.
Damage Dealt
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½
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1
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½
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1
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1
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½
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½
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1
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½
-
2
-
1
-
1
-
½
-
1
-
2
-
½
-
2
Stats
- Power
- 75; percentile 55.8
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 10, up to 16 with
PP Up - Target
- Selected Pokémon
- Effect chance
- n/a
- Priority
- 0 (normal)
Flags
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Makes contact
User touches the target. This triggers some abilities (e.g., Static) and items (e.g., Sticky Barb).
- Has a charging turn
- Must recharge
- Blocked by Detect and Protect
- Reflectable
- Snatchable
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Copied by Mirror Move
A Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.
- Punch-based
- Sound-based
- Unusable during Gravity
- Defrosts when used
- Targets opposite side in triples
- Heals
- Ignores Substitute
Machines
-
Not a TM
Effect
Inflicts regular damage. Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.
Meta
This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.
- Inflicts damage; absorbs damage done to heal the user
- User takes 50% of the damage inflicted as recoil
Flavor
Flavor Text
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The user drains the target’s energy with its horns. The user’s HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.
Foreign Names
- French
- Encornebois
- Italian
- Legnicorno
- German
- Holzgeweih
- Spanish
- Astadrenaje
- Japanese
- ウッドホーン (uddohoon)
Similar moves
These moves all have the same effect as Horn Leech.
| Move | Type | Class | PP | Power | Acc | Pri | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absorb | |
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25 | 20 | 100% | Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. |
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| Mega Drain | |
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15 | 40 | 100% | Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. |
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| Leech Life | |
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15 | 20 | 100% | Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. |
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| Giga Drain | |
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10 | 75 | 100% | Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. |
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| Drain Punch | |
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10 | 75 | 100% | Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. |
Pokémon
Grass Pokémon get STAB, and have their types highlighted in green.
Pokémon with higher Attack are more suited to Horn Leech's physical damage, and have the stat highlighted in green.
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Pokémon | Type | Ability | Gender | Egg Group | HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spd | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level. | |||||||||||||
| 37 | Sawsbuck |
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Chlorophyll
Sap Sipper Serene Grace |
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Field | 80 | 100 | 70 | 60 | 70 | 95 | 475 | |
