Water Absorb (Ability)

Water Absorb	ちょすい
	Water Storage
Flavor text Generation III Changes water into HP. Generation IV Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move. Generation V Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move. Generation VI Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move. Generation VII Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move, instead of taking damage. Generation VIII Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move instead of taking damage. Generation IX If hit by a Water-type move, the Pokémon has its HP restored instead of taking damage.

Water Absorb (Japanese: ちょすい Water Storage) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with Water Absorb is hit by a Water-type move, its HP is restored by one quarter of its maximum HP, and the move will have no effect on that Pokémon (if a Pokémon with this Ability already has full HP, the Water-type move will do nothing).

Multistrike moves, such as Water Shuriken, will only activate the Ability once.

Water Absorb will not activate if the Pokémon is protected from the Water-type move.

If a Pokémon with Water Absorb is holding an Absorb Bulb or Luminous Moss, Water Absorb absorbs the move, so the item's effect is not triggered.

Outside of battle

Water Absorb has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Water Absorb

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0060		Poliwag	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0061		Poliwhirl	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	Water Absorb	Damp	Swift Swim
0131		Lapras	Water	Ice	Water Absorb	Shell Armor	Hydration
0134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	Water Absorb	None	Hydration
0170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
0171		Lanturn	Water	Electric	Volt Absorb	Illuminate	Water Absorb
0186		Politoed	Water		Water	Water Absorb	Damp	Drizzle
0194		Wooper	Water	Ground	Damp	Water Absorb	Unaware
0194		Wooper Paldean Form	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	Water Absorb	Unaware
0195		Quagsire	Water	Ground	Damp	Water Absorb	Unaware
0226		Mantine	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
0331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
0332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark	Sand Veil	None	Water Absorb
0458		Mantyke	Water	Flying	Swift Swim	Water Absorb	Water Veil
0535		Tympole	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
0536		Palpitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Hydration	Water Absorb
0537		Seismitoad	Water	Ground	Swift Swim	Poison Touch	Water Absorb
0556		Maractus	Grass		Grass	Water Absorb	Chlorophyll	Storm Drain
0592		Frillish	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
0593		Jellicent	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
0721		Volcanion	Fire	Water	Water Absorb	None	None
0751		Dewpider	Water	Bug	Water Bubble	None	Water Absorb
0752		Araquanid	Water	Bug	Water Bubble	None	Water Absorb
0882		Dracovish	Water	Dragon	Water Absorb	Strong Jaw	Sand Rush
0883		Arctovish	Water	Ice	Water Absorb	Ice Body	Slush Rush
0980		Clodsire	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	Water Absorb	Unaware
1017		Ogerpon Wellspring Mask	Grass	Water	Water Absorb	None	None
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Pokémon that formerly had Water Absorb

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0245		Suicune	Water		Water	Pressure	None	Water AbsorbGen V-VI
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

• In the Generation V and VI games, Suicune has Water Absorb as its Hidden Ability, but it cannot be obtained by any legitimate means. Its Hidden Ability is replaced with Inner Focus in Generation VII.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, and the Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare) games, when a Pokémon with Water Absorb is hit by a Water-type move, its HP is restored by the amount of damage it would have inflicted.

In Gates to Infinity and Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Water Absorb instead restores 20% of the Pokémon's maximum HP when hit by an Water-type move.

Description

Games Description MDRB Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move. MDTDS Restores the Pokémon's HP if the Pokémon is hit by a Water-type move. BSL みずタイプの わざを うけると ＨＰが かいふくする Conq. Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move. MDGtI Water-type moves restore HP instead of damaging the Pokémon.* The Pokémon absorbs Water-type moves, which restore its HP!* SMD The Pokémon absorbs Water-type moves, which restore its HP! MDRTDX The Pokémon absorbs Water-type moves to restore its HP.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Wooper
The Pokémon gets healed if a Water-type attack is used on it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	When a Water-type attack is used on Wooper, the injuries on its body fade away.
A Wooper Matt was Pokésitting	Pinch Healing!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• In volume 42, Gold's Politoed, Polibo, was revealed to have Water Absorb as his Ability.
• Gold's Mantine, Tibo, is revealed to have Water Absorb as his Ability.
• Red's Eevee, Vee, is revealed to have Water Absorb as his Ability when transformed into a Vaporeon.

Trivia

• Water Absorb is the first Ability of its variations to be shown in the animated series.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 儲水 Chyúhséui Mandarin 儲水 / 储水 Chúshuǐ Danish Vandabsorbering French Absorbe-EauVIII Absorb EauIII–VII German H2O-Absorber Italian Assorbacqua Korean 저수 Jeosu Spanish Absorbe AguaVI Absor. AguaIII–V Vietnamese Hút Nước

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