Leech Life

Leech Life

きゅうけつ Suck Blood

Generation:	I

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	80*
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	15*
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Contests (RSE)

Type:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	3 ♥♥♥

Super Contests (DPPt)

Type:
Appeal:	1 ♥

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Leech Life is a Bug-type move introduced in Generation I.

Description

Games	Description
GSC	Steals 1/2 of the damage inflicted.
RSE	An attack that steals half the damage inflicted.
FRLG	An attack that absorbs half the damage it inflicted to restore HP.
DPPtHGSS	A blood-draining attack. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.
BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUMPE SWSH	The user drains the target's blood. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.

Effect

In Battle

A blood-draining attack. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target. If the target has the ability Liquid Ooze, the user receives damage instead. If the user has the held item Big Root, Leech Life recovers 30% more HP than it normally would. It however does not increase the damage dealt by the move.

Contests

Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.

Super Contests

Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Zubat	poison/flying	Flying	1	1	1	1	1	1	31SMUSUM 25PE	55
	Golbat	poison/flying	Flying	1	1	1	1	1	1	35SMUSUM 31PE	69
	Paras	bug/grass	Bug/Grass	20	19	19	11	11	11	23PE
	Parasect	bug/grass	Bug/Grass	1, 20	19	19	1, 11	1, 11	1, 11	23PE
	Venonat	bug/poison	Bug	27	25	25	17	17	17	35SMUSUM 28PE
	Venomoth	bug/poison	Bug	1, 27RGBJP 27Y	25	25	17	17	17	37SMUSUM 28PE
	Victreebel	grass/poison	Grass							1PE
	Kabuto	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3							48PE	45
	Kabutops	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3							54PE	49
	Spinarak	bug/poison	Bug		23	23	12	12	12
	Ariados	bug/poison	Bug		25	25	12	12	12
	Crobat	poison/flying	Flying		1	1	1	1	1	35	69
	Nincada	bug/ground	Bug			5	5	5	5
	Ninjask	bug/flying	Bug			1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5
	Shedinja	bug/ghost	Mineral			5	5	5	5
	Kricketune	bug	Bug				14	14	14
	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	10		36
	Volcarona	bug/fire	Bug					1, 10	1, 10		36
	Noibat	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon						5
	Noivern	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon						5
	Dewpider	water/bug	Water 1/Bug							29	44
	Araquanid	water/bug	Water 1/Bug							33	56
	Buzzwole	bug/fighting	Undiscovered							29
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 TM/TR

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
				I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Sandshrew	ground	Field								TR18
	Sandshrew	ice/steel	Field							TM28	TR18
	Sandslash	ground	Field								TR18
	Sandslash	ice/steel	Field							TM28	TR18
	Zubat	poison/flying	Flying							TM28	TR18
	Golbat	poison/flying	Flying							TM28	TR18
	Paras	bug/grass	Bug/Grass							TM28
	Parasect	bug/grass	Bug/Grass							TM28
	Venonat	bug/poison	Bug							TM28
	Venomoth	bug/poison	Bug							TM28
	Kabuto	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3								TR18
	Kabutops	rock/water	Water 1/Water 3								TR18
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered							TM28	TR18
	Spinarak	bug/poison	Bug							TM28
	Ariados	bug/poison	Bug							TM28
	Crobat	poison/flying	Flying							TM28	TR18
	Nincada	bug/ground	Bug							TM28	TR18
	Ninjask	bug/flying	Bug							TM28	TR18
	Shedinja	bug/ghost	Mineral							TM28	TR18
	Kricketune	bug	Bug							TM28
	Drapion	poison/dark	Bug/Water 3								TR18
	Yanmega	bug/flying	Bug							TM28
	Joltik	bug/electric	Bug							TM28	TR18
	Galvantula	bug/electric	Bug							TM28	TR18
	Shelmet	bug	Bug							TM28	TR18
	Accelgor	bug	Bug							TM28	TR18
	Larvesta	bug/fire	Bug							TM28	TR18
	Volcarona	bug/fire	Bug							TM28	TR18
	Genesect	bug/steel	Undiscovered								TR18
	Noibat	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon							TM28	TR18
	Noivern	flying/dragon	Flying/Dragon							TM28	TR18
	Litten	fire	Field							TM28	TR18
	Torracat	fire	Field							TM28	TR18
	Incineroar	fire/dark	Field							TM28	TR18
	Cutiefly	bug/fairy	Bug/Fairy							TM28	TR18
	Ribombee	bug/fairy	Bug/Fairy							TM28	TR18
	Dewpider	water/bug	Water 1/Bug							TM28	TR18
	Araquanid	water/bug	Water 1/Bug							TM28	TR18
	Fomantis	grass	Grass							TM28	TR18
	Lurantis	grass	Grass							TM28	TR18
	Salandit	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon							TM28	TR18
	Salazzle	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon							TM28	TR18
	Wimpod	bug/water	Bug/Water 3							TM28	TR18
	Golisopod	bug/water	Bug/Water 3							TM28	TR18
	Mimikyu	ghost/fairy	Amorphous							TM28	TR18
	Buzzwole	bug/fighting	Undiscovered							TM28	TR18
	Naganadel	poison/dragon	Undiscovered							TM28USUM	TR18
	Dottler	bug/psychic	Bug								TR18
	Orbeetle	bug/psychic	Bug								TR18
	Sizzlipede	fire/bug	Bug								TR18
	Centiskorch	fire/bug	Bug								TR18
	Impidimp	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like								TR18
	Morgrem	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like								TR18
	Grimmsnarl	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like								TR18
	Cursola	ghost	Water 1/Water 3								TR18
	Frosmoth	ice/bug	Bug								TR18
	Dracovish	water/dragon	Undiscovered								TR18
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Gallery

• Games
• Manga

Main games

• Leech Life depicted in Red, Blue and Yellow.
• Leech Life depicted in Generation II.
• Leech Life depicted in Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen.
• Leech Life depicted in Generation V.
• Leech Life depicted in Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
• Leech Life depicted in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.

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Pokémon Adventures

• Leech Life being used by Koga's Golbat.
• Leech Life being used by Janine's Crobat.

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