Strength Sap

Effect

User heals HP=target's Atk stat. Lowers Atk by 1. Lowers the target's Attack by 1 stage. The user restores its HP equal to the target's Attack stat calculated with its stat stage before this move was used. If Big Root is held by the user, the HP recovered is 1.3× normal, rounded half down. Fails if the target's Attack stat stage is -6.

Targets

One adjacent Pokémon

Properties

Healing move

Scarlet & Violet

Usable (18 Pokémon)

Pokémon Champions

Usable (5 Pokémon) — changed: PP 10 → 5

Legends: Z-A

Not usable

Pokémon that learn Strength Sap

24 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.

All (24)Champions (5)S/V (18)Z-A (0)

Pokémon	Type	Champions	S/V	Z-A	Gens
Oddish	Grass/Poison		✓		7–9
Gloom	Grass/Poison		✓		7–9
Vileplume	Grass/Poison	✓	✓		7–9
Bellsprout	Grass/Poison		✓		7, 9
Weepinbell	Grass/Poison		✓		7, 9
Victreebel	Grass/Poison	✓	✓		7, 9
Bellossom	Grass		✓		7–9
Hoppip	Grass/Flying		✓		7, 9
Skiploom	Grass/Flying		✓		7, 9
Jumpluff	Grass/Flying		✓		7, 9
Galarian Corsola	Ghost				8
Drifblim	Ghost/Flying		✓		8–9
Frillish	Water/Ghost				8
Jellicent	Water/Ghost				8
Morelull	Grass/Fairy				7–8
Shiinotic	Grass/Fairy				7–8
Polteageist	Ghost	✓	✓		8–9
Cursola	Ghost				8
Smoliv	Grass/Normal		✓		9
Dolliv	Grass/Normal		✓		9
Arboliva	Grass/Normal	✓	✓		9
Bramblin	Grass/Ghost		✓		9
Brambleghast	Grass/Ghost		✓		9
Sinistcha	Grass/Ghost	✓	✓		9