Drain Punch (move)

Move data

Type	Fighting
Category	Physical
Power	75
Accuracy	100
PP	10  (max. 16)
Makes contact?	Yes
Introduced	Generation 4

Machine/Record

Effects

Drain Punch deals damage and the user will recover 50% of the HP drained.

If the user is holding a Big Root, the move instead recovers 65% of the damage dealt (30% more than normal). If used on a Pokémon with the ability Liquid Ooze, the user instead loses the HP it would have otherwise gained.

Changes

• In Generation 4, Drain Punch has 60 base power.
• In Generation 4, Drain Punch has 5 PP.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Fightinium Z and uses its Z-Power, Drain Punch turns into All-Out Pummeling and has base power 140.

Move target

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

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