Absorb is a Grass-type move introduced in Generation I.

Description

Games	Description
GSC	Steals 1/2 of the damage inflicted.
RSE	An attack that absorbs half the damage inflicted.
FRLG	An attack that absorbs half the damage it inflicted to restore HP.
DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUMPE BDSP	A nutrient-draining attack. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.
LA	The user attacks by draining the target’s nutrients. Some of the damage dealt to the target is absorbed by the user to restore their own HP.
SV	A nutrient-draining attack. The user's HP is restored by up to half the damage taken by the target.

Effect

In battle

Absorb deals damage to the target, then restores the user's HP by up to half of the damage dealt to the target.

If the user is holding a Big Root, they will receive 30% more HP from which they absorbed from a Pokémon. If Absorb is used on a Pokémon with Liquid Ooze, instead of gaining HP, they lose HP by the amount they would have received if they gained it.

In a Double Battle, Absorb can target any Pokémon around the user. In a Triple Battle, Absorb can only target a Pokémon that is adjacent to the user.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Zubat	poison/flying	Flying							1	1
	Golbat	poison/flying	Flying							1	1
	Oddish	grass/poison	Grass	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Gloom	grass/poison	Grass	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Vileplume	grass/poison	Grass		1	1				1PE	1
	Paras	bug/grass	Bug/Grass							11SMUSUM 9PE	11BDSP 1LA
	Parasect	bug/grass	Bug/Grass							1, 11SMUSUM 9PE	1, 11BDSP 1LA
	Exeggcute	grass/psychic	Grass								1
	Exeggutor	grass/psychic	Grass								1
	Exeggutor	grass/dragon	Grass								1
	Tangela	grass	Grass	29RGB 27	10	10	8	8BW 10B2W2	10	10SMUSUM 1PE	1
	Kabuto	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3	34	10	13	6	6	6	6SMUSUM 18PE	1
	Kabutops	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3	1, 34	1, 10	1, 13	1, 6	1, 6	1, 6	1, 6SMUSUM 1, 18PE	1
	Spinarak	bug/poison	Bug							5	5BDSP
	Ariados	bug/poison	Bug							1, 5	1, 5BDSP
	Crobat	poison/flying	Flying							1	1
	Bellossom	grass	Grass		1	1					1
	Hoppip	grass/flying	Fairy/Grass							1USUM	1BDSP	6
	Skiploom	grass/flying	Fairy/Grass							1USUM	1BDSP	1
	Jumpluff	grass/flying	Fairy/Grass							1USUM	1BDSP	1
	Sunkern	grass	Grass		1	1	1	1	1	1	7BDSP	7
	Sunflora	grass	Grass		1	1	1	1	1	1	7BDSP	7
	Treecko	grass	Monster/Dragon			6	6	6	6XY 5ORAS	5
	Grovyle	grass	Monster/Dragon			1, 6	1, 6	1, 6	1, 6XY 1, 5ORAS	1, 5
	Sceptile	grass	Monster/Dragon			1, 6	1, 6	1, 6	1, 6XY 1, 5ORAS	1, 5
	Beautifly	bug/flying	Bug			1, 10	1, 10	1, 10	1, 10XY 12ORAS	12	12BDSP
	Lotad	water/grass	Water 1/Grass			7	5	5	5XY 6ORAS	6	3
	Lombre	water/grass	Water 1/Grass			7	5	5	5XY 6ORAS	6	1
	Ludicolo	water/grass	Water 1/Grass			1					1
	Seedot	grass	Field/Grass								3
	Nuzleaf	grass/dark	Field/Grass								1
	Shiftry	grass/dark	Field/Grass								1
	Shroomish	grass	Fairy/Grass			1	1	1	1	1	1BDSP	1
	Breloom	grass/fighting	Fairy/Grass			1	1	1	1	1	1BDSP	1
	Nincada	bug/ground	Bug							5	21
	Ninjask	bug/flying	Bug							1, 5	23
	Shedinja	bug/ghost	Mineral							1, 5	23
	Roselia	grass/poison	Fairy/Grass			1	1	1	1	1	1BDSP 6LA
	Cacnea	grass	Grass/Human-Like			5	5	5	5XY 4ORAS	4	4BDSP	4
	Cacturne	grass/dark	Grass/Human-Like			1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5XY 1, 4ORAS	1, 4	1, 4BDSP	1
	Duskull	ghost	Amorphous								1LA
	Dusclops	ghost	Amorphous								1LA
	Turtwig	grass	Monster/Grass				9	9	9	9
	Grotle	grass	Monster/Grass				9	9	9	1, 9	1BDSP
	Torterra	grass/ground	Monster/Grass				1, 9	1, 9	1, 9	1, 9	1BDSP
	Kricketot	bug	Bug								1LA
	Kricketune	bug	Bug							14	14BDSP 1LA	14
	Budew	grass/poison	Undiscovered				1	1	1	1	1BDSP 6LA
	Roserade	grass/poison	Fairy/Grass								1BDSP 6LA
	Cherubi	grass	Fairy/Grass								1LA
	Cherrim	grass	Fairy/Grass								1LA
	Carnivine	grass	Grass								1LA
	Tangrowth	grass	Grass				8	8BW 10B2W2	10	10	1
	Dusknoir	ghost	Amorphous								1LA
	Cottonee	grass/fairy	Grass/Fairy					1	1	1	1
	Whimsicott	grass/fairy	Grass/Fairy								1
	Petilil	grass	Grass					1	1	1	1	1
	Lilligant	grass	Grass								1	1
	Lilligant	grass/fighting	Grass								1LA	1
	Maractus	grass	Grass					1	1	1	1
	Foongus	grass/poison	Grass					1	1	1	1	1
	Amoonguss	grass/poison	Grass					1	1	1	1	1
	Frillish	water/ghost	Amorphous					5	5	5	1
	Jellicent	water/ghost	Amorphous					1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1
	Joltik	bug/electric	Bug							1	1
	Galvantula	bug/electric	Bug							1	1
	Shelmet	bug	Bug							1	1
	Accelgor	bug	Bug							1	1
	Larvesta	bug/fire	Bug							10
	Volcarona	bug/fire	Bug							1, 10
	Goomy	dragon	Dragon						5	5	1	1
	Sliggoo	dragon	Dragon						5	1, 5	1	1
	Sliggoo	steel/dragon	Dragon									1
	Goodra	dragon	Dragon						5	1, 5	1	1
	Goodra	steel/dragon	Dragon									1
	Noibat	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon							5	1	1
	Noivern	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon							1, 5	1	1
	Cutiefly	bug/fairy	Bug/Fairy							1	1
	Ribombee	bug/fairy	Bug/Fairy							1	1
	Morelull	grass/fairy	Grass							1	1
	Shiinotic	grass/fairy	Grass							1	1
	Sandygast	ghost/ground	Amorphous							1	1	1
	Palossand	ghost/ground	Amorphous							1	1	1
	Dhelmise	ghost/grass	Mineral							1	1
	Celesteela	steel/flying	Undiscovered							1	1
	Smoliv	grass/normal	Grass									5
	Dolliv	grass/normal	Grass									5
	Arboliva	grass/normal	Grass									5
	Bramblin	grass/ghost	Grass									5
	Brambleghast	grass/ghost	Grass									5
	Toedscool	ground/grass	Grass									4
	Toedscruel	ground/grass	Grass									4
	Brute Bonnet	grass/dark	Undiscovered									1
	Wo-Chien	dark/grass	Undiscovered									1
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

Pokémon		Type	Egg Groups	Father
				II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn this move through chain breeding.

By event

Gallery

See also

• Giga Drain
• Mega Drain

References

v · d · e List of Grass-type moves
Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX
A	Absorb Apple Acid Aromatherapy
B	Branch Poke Bullet Seed
C	Chloroblast Cotton Guard Cotton Spore
D	Drum Beating
E	Energy Ball
F	Flower Trick Forest's Curse Frenzy Plant
G	Giga Drain Grass Knot Grass Pledge Grass Whistle Grassy Glide Grassy Terrain Grav Apple
H	Horn Leech
I	Ingrain Ivy Cudgel
J	Jungle Healing
L	Leaf Blade Leaf Storm Leaf Tornado Leafage Leech Seed
M	Magical Leaf Matcha Gotcha Mega Drain
N	Needle Arm
P	Petal Blizzard Petal Dance Power Whip
R	Razor Leaf
S	Sappy Seed Seed Bomb Seed Flare Sleep Powder Snap Trap Solar Beam Solar Blade Spicy Extract Spiky Shield Spore Strength Sap Stun Spore Synthesis Syrup Bomb
T	Trailblaze Trop Kick
V	Vine Whip
W	Wood Hammer Worry Seed
See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Ground-type Ice-type Normal-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type
Moves

v · d · e List of moves introduced in Generation I
Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type
A	Absorb Acid Acid Armor Agility Amnesia Aurora Beam
B	Barrage Barrier Bide Bind Bite Blizzard Body Slam Bone Club Bonemerang Bubble Bubble Beam
C	Clamp Comet Punch Confuse Ray Confusion Constrict Conversion Counter Crabhammer Cut
D	Defense Curl Dig Disable Dizzy Punch Double Kick Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge Dragon Rage Dream Eater Drill Peck
E	Earthquake Egg Bomb Ember Explosion
F	Fire Blast Fire Punch Fire Spin Fissure Flamethrower Flash Fly Focus Energy Fury Attack Fury Swipes
G	Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust
H	Harden Haze Headbutt High Jump Kick Horn Attack Horn Drill Hydro Pump Hyper Beam Hyper Fang Hypnosis
I	Ice Beam Ice Punch
J	Jump Kick
K	Karate Chop Kinesis
L	Leech Life Leech Seed Leer Lick Light Screen Lovely Kiss Low Kick
M	Meditate Mega Drain Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Mimic Minimize Mirror Move Mist
N	Night Shade
P	Pay Day Peck Petal Dance Pin Missile Poison Gas Poison Powder Poison Sting Pound Psybeam Psychic Psywave
Q	Quick Attack
R	Rage Razor Leaf Razor Wind Recover Reflect Rest Roar Rock Slide Rock Throw Rolling Kick
S	Sand Attack Scratch Screech Seismic Toss Self-Destruct Sharpen Sing Skull Bash Sky Attack Slam Slash Sleep Powder Sludge Smog Smokescreen Soft-Boiled Solar Beam Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Splash Spore Stomp Strength String Shot Struggle Stun Spore Submission Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Surf Swift Swords Dance
T	Tackle Tail Whip Take Down Teleport Thrash Thunder Thunder Punch Thunder Shock Thunder Wave Thunderbolt Toxic Transform Tri Attack Twineedle
V	Vine Whip ViceGrip
W	Water Gun Waterfall Whirlwind Wing Attack Withdraw Wrap
See also	Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX
Generation I