Essentials

Horn Leech

Grass physical

Generation 5

Summary

Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.

Damage Dealt

  • Bug ½
  • Dark 1
  • Dragon ½
  • Electric 1
  • Fairy 1
  • Fighting 1
  • Fire ½
  • Flying ½
  • Ghost 1
  • Grass ½
  • Ground 2
  • Ice 1
  • Normal 1
  • Poison ½
  • Psychic 1
  • Rock 2
  • Steel ½
  • Water 2

Stats

Power
75; percentile 47.3
Accuracy
100%
PP
10, up to 16.0 with PP Up PP Up
Target
Selected Pokémon
Effect chance
n/a
Priority
0 (normal)

Flags

Machines

Generation 5
Not a TM
Generation 6
Not a TM
Generation 7
Not a TM
Generation 8
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.

Flavor

Flavor Text

Generation 5
Black, White, Black 2, White 2

The user drains the target’s energy with its horns. The user’s HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.

Generation 6
X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire

The user drains the target’s energy with its horns. The user’s HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.

Generation 7
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon, Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!

The user drains the target’s energy with its horns. The user’s HP is restored by half the damage taken by the target.

Generation 8
Sword, Shield

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

Japanese
ウッドホーン (uddohoon)
ウッドホーン
Korean
우드호른
Chinese
木角
木角
French
Encornebois
German
Holzgeweih
Spanish
Asta Drenaje
Italian
Legnicorno

Similar moves

These moves all have the same effect as Horn Leech.

Move Type Class PP Power Acc Pri Effect
Absorb Grass special 25 20 100%

Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.

Mega Drain Grass special 15 40 100%

Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.

Leech Life Bug physical 10 80 100%

Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.

Giga Drain Grass special 10 75 100%

Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.

Drain Punch Fighting physical 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.

Generation 5 Generation 6 Sun, Moon
Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon
Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee! Generation 8 Pokémon Type Ability Gender Egg Group HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
37 37 * Sawsbuck Normal Grass Chlorophyll
Sap Sipper
Serene Grace
½ male, ½ female Field 80 100 70 60 70 95 475
42 42 Skiddo Grass Sap Sipper
Grass Pelt
½ male, ½ female Field 66 65 48 62 57 52 350
47 47 Gogoat Grass Sap Sipper
Grass Pelt
½ male, ½ female Field 123 100 62 97 81 68 531
54 54 28 Phantump Ghost Grass Natural Cure
Frisk
Harvest
½ male, ½ female Grass
Amorphous
43 70 48 50 60 38 309
28 Trevenant Ghost Grass Natural Cure
Frisk
Harvest
½ male, ½ female Grass
Amorphous
85 110 76 65 82 56 474
55 55 35 Xerneas Fairy Fairy Aura genderless Undiscovered 126 131 95 131 98 99 680
32 40 Tapu Bulu Grass Fairy Grassy Surge
Telepathy
genderless Undiscovered 70 130 115 85 95 75 570

7 Pokémon

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