Grass · Special move · Gen 1
Mega Drain
Mega Drain is a Grass-type special move introduced in Generation 1. It has 40 base power and 100% accuracy, with 15 PP (24 with PP Max). 99 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Grass
Category
Special
Power
40
Accuracy
100%
PP
15 (max 24)
Priority
0
Effect
User recovers 50% of the damage dealt. The user recovers 1/2 the HP lost by the target, rounded half up. If Big Root is held by the user, the HP recovered is 1.3× normal, rounded half down.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Healing move
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (54 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Grass attack
2× vsWaterGroundRock
½× vsFireGrassPoisonFlyingBugDragonSteel
Pokémon that learn Mega Drain
99 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grass/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Bug/Grass | 7–8 | ||||
| Bug/Grass | 7–8 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Water/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Water/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison/Dark | 8 | ||||
| Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison/Dark | 8 | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Psychic | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Grass/Psychic | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Grass/Dragon | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Grass | 3–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 3–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic | 7–8 | ||||
| Poison/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Grass/Flying | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Flying | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Flying | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Bug/Flying | 3–7 | ||||
| Water/Grass | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water/Grass | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water/Grass | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Grass/Dark | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Grass/Dark | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Fighting | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Poison | 3–8 | ||||
| Rock/Grass | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock/Grass | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Ground | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Poison | 4–7 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | 3–8 | ||||
| Grass | 3–8 | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Fairy | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Grass/Fairy | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Grass/Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Grass | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Bug | 5–8 | ||||
| Bug | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Ghost/Ground | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Ghost/Ground | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Ghost/Grass | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass/Fairy | 8 | ||||
| Steel/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Ghost | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Ghost | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Grass | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Ice | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Ghost | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Grass/Normal | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Normal | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Normal | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Ghost | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Ghost | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Ground/Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Ground/Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Dark | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Dark/Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Ghost | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Ghost | ✓ | 9 |
Mega Drain FAQ
What does Mega Drain do?
Mega Drain is a Grass-type special move with 40 power. The user recovers 1/2 the HP lost by the target, rounded half up. If Big Root is held by the user, the HP recovered is 1.3× normal, rounded half down.
Which Pokémon can learn Mega Drain?
99 Pokémon and forms can learn Mega Drain in at least one game: 54 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Butterfree, Beedrill and Ekans.
Is Mega Drain in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Mega Drain in Pokémon Champions.
What is Mega Drain super effective against?
As a Grass-type attack, Mega Drain is super effective against Water, Ground and Rock, not very effective against Fire, Grass, Poison, Flying, Bug, Dragon and Steel (unless its effect says otherwise).
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.