Move card

Absorb

Stats and effect
Grass Special
Power 20
Accuracy 100%
PP 25
Priority 0
Effect

Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.

Target: Selected target Introduced: Generation I (Kanto) Learned by 98 Pokémon
Move mechanics
  • Draining 50% of damage dealt This much HP is restored to the Pokémon that used the move.
Move properties
  • Healing — Blocked by Heal Block.
Changes between games

Some moves had different values in earlier games. Below you can see what changed and from which game the value you see now applies.

Changes to move values between game releases.
Game Prop­erty Before
Diamond/Pearl PP 20
Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee Power 20
Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee PP 25
Sword/Shield Power 40
Sword/Shield PP 15
  • Power 20 now
  • PP 25 now

Each row is one change in one game. The Property column says what changed, Before shows the value that applied before that game, and Now is the value today. In Sword/Shield, “PP” was 15; it is now 25.

Pokémon that learn this move (98)

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The tiles cover all games at once. “From Lv.” is the level from the latest game in which that species learns this move by level-up — hover over the number to see which game. No number means it never learns the move by level-up.