Mega Drain (move)

Mega Drain (Japanese: メガドレイン Mega Drain) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation I. It was TM21 in Generation I and is TM53 in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.

Mega Drain is the second in a line of three Grass-type HP draining attacks, the other two being and.

Generations I and II
Mega Drain inflicts damage, and 50% of the damage dealt to the target is restored to the user. The amount of HP recovered is rounded down unless Mega Drain deals only 1 HP of damage. In this case, 1 HP would be restored to the user.

If Mega Drain breaks a, no HP will be restored to the user. If HP is restored to the user when its current HP is greater than its maximum HP, its current HP will be set equal to its maximum HP.

In the Pokémon Stadium series and Generation II games, Mega Drain will always miss if the target has a substitute.

Mega Drain has 40 base power and 10 PP.

Generation III
Mega Drain will now properly heal the user when damaging a substitute, even if it was broken. If used on a Pokémon with the Ability, the user will lose the amount of HP it would have gained instead.

Mega Drain can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining an extra appeal point if the move  was used in the prior turn.

Generation IV and V
Mega Drain's base PP was increased to 15. If the user is holding a Big Root, the HP restored is increased by 30% (making the restored HP 65% of the damage dealt). Big Root does not increase the damage dealt.

Generation VI
Mega Drain cannot be used if the user is under the effects of.

Generation VII
In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Mega Drain's power was changed from 40 to 75, while its PP was reduced back to 10.

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Mega Drain inflicts damage and restores the user's HP based on the damage inflicted. In Gates to Infinity and, ½ of damage dealt will be restored to the user. In Gates to Infinity, the HP restored will be based off the HP lost by the target, while in Super Mystery Dungeon, the HP restored is based off the overall damage dealt. For example, Mega Drain dealing 120 damage to a target with 50 HP will restore 25 HP in Gates to Infinity, but 60 HP in Super Mystery Dungeon.

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In the anime

 * In the dubbed version of Battling with Elegance and a Big Smile!, commented about Sawyer's  using Mega Drain after their Gym battle. The move mentioned in the original Japanese version was, a move that Treecko cannot legally learn.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 * In The Ariados up There, 's was revealed to know Mega Drain, but Gold was interrupted before he could finish the attack command.

In other languages
Megasauger Megaagotar Méga-Sangsue Megassorbimento メガドレイン 超级吸取（招式）