Mega Drain

メガドレイン Mega Drain

Generation:	I

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	75*
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	15*, max: 24
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

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 (RS E)

Type:
Appeal:	1 ♥
Jam:	4 ♥♥♥♥

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Type:
Appeal:	1 ♥

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Mega Drain (Japanese: メガドレイン, Hepburn: Mega Drain) is a Grass-type move introduced in Generation I.

Description[]

Games	Description
GS C	Steals 1/2 of the damage inflicted.
RS E	An attack that absorbs half the damage inflicted.
FRLG	A tough attack that drains half the damage it inflicted to restore HP.
DP Pt HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM PE	A nutrient-draining attack. The user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.

Effect[]

In Battle[]

Mega Drain deals damage, then the user's HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.

Contests[]

Badly startles the Pokémon in front.

Super Contests[]

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

Learnset[]

Generation I[]

By TM21[]

Pokémon	type
By TM21'
Bulbasaur'	Grass/Poison
Ivysaur'	Grass/Poison
Venusaur'	Grass/Poison
Butterfree	Bug/Flying
Beedrill	Bug/Poison
Ekans	Poison
Arbok	Poison
Zubat	Poison/Flying
Golbat	Poison/Flying
Oddish'	Grass/Poison
Gloom'	Grass/Poison
Vileplume'	Grass/Poison
Paras'	Bug/Grass
Parasect'	Bug/Grass
Venonat	Bug/Poison
Venomoth	Bug/Poison
Bellsprout'	Grass/Poison
Weepinbell'	Grass/Poison
Victreebel'	Grass/Poison
Tentacool	Water/Poison
Tentacruel	Water/Poison
Grimer	Poison
Muk	Poison
Gastly	Ghost/Poison
Haunter	Ghost/Poison
Gengar	Ghost/Poison
Exeggcute'	Grass/Psychic
Exeggutor'	Grass/Psychic
Tangela'	Grass
Mew	Psychic
Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

Generation II[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up'
Tangela'	Grass	31
Kabuto	Rock/Water	46
Kabutops	Rock/Water	51
Hoppip'	Grass/Flying	30
Skiploom'	Grass/Flying	36
Jumpluff'	Grass/Flying	44
Sunkern'	Grass	10
Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding'
Exeggcute'	Grass/Psychic	Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Tangela, Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff, Sunkern, Sunflora
Tangela'	Grass	Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Tangela, Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff, Sunkern, Sunflora
Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

Generation III[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up'
Vileplume'	Grass/Poison	1
Tangela'	Grass	31
Kabuto	Rock/Water	49
Kabutops	Rock/Water	55
Hoppip'	Grass/Flying	30
Skiploom'	Grass/Flying	36
Jumpluff'	Grass/Flying	44
Sunkern'	Grass	13
Treecko'	Grass	26
Beautifly	Bug/Flying	24
Lotad'	Water/Grass	43
Shroomish'	Grass	16
Breloom'	Grass/Fighting	16
Roselia'	Grass/Poison	17

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding'
Tangela'	Grass	Vileplume, Tangela, Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff, Sunkern, Sunflora
Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

Generation IV[]

By Leveling Up[]

Pokémon	type	Level
By Leveling Up'
Oddish'	Grass/Poison	21
Gloom'	Grass/Poison	23
Vileplume'	Grass/Poison	1
Tangela'	Grass	26
Kabuto	Rock/Water	36
Kabutops	Rock/Water	36
Bellossom'	Grass	1
Hoppip'	Grass/Flying	25
Skiploom'	Grass/Flying	28
Jumpluff'	Grass/Flying	28
Sunkern'	Grass	5
Sunflora'	Grass	5
Treecko'	Grass	26
Beautifly	Bug/Flying	24
Lotad'	Water/Grass	19
Ludicolo'	Water/Grass	1
Shroomish'	Grass	17
Breloom'	Grass/Fighting	17
Roselia'	Grass/Poison	13
Turtwig'	Grass	25
Grotle'	Grass	27
Torterra'	Grass/Ground	27
Budew'	Grass/Poison	1
Roserade'	Grass/Poison	1
Tangrowth'	Grass	26
Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

By Breeding[]

Pokémon	type	Father
By Breeding'
Tangela'	Grass	Vileplume, Tangela, Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff, Sunkern, Sunflora
Bold indicates a Pokémon which receives STAB from this move

Gallery[]

Main games

Main series

Pokémon Adventures

v · d · e Generation I TMs and HMs

TMs	01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

HMs	01 02 03 04 05

See also	Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII TMs TRs Generation IX

Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green · Pocket Monsters Blue · Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version · Pokémon Yellow Special Pikachu Edition

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

Pokémon Wiki

Mega Drain

Contents

Description[]

Effect[]

In Battle[]

Contests[]

Super Contests[]

Learnset[]

Generation I[]

By TM21[]

Generation II[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Generation III[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Generation IV[]

By Leveling Up[]

By Breeding[]

Gallery[]

See also[]

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