Horn Leech (move)
ウッドホーンWood Horn | ||||||||||||||
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Horn Leech (Japanese:ウッドホーンWood Horn) is a damage-dealingGrass-typemove introduced inGeneration V. Prior toGeneration VI, it was thesignature move ofSawsbuck.
Effect
Generation V
Horn Leech inflicts damage, and up to 50% of the damage dealt to the target is restored to the user asHP. If this attack deals 1 HP of damage, 1 HP will be restored to the user.
When used on a Pokémon with theLiquid Ooze Ability, the user will lose the amount of HP it would have gained instead.
If the user is holding aBig 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 onwards
Horn Leech cannot be used if the user is under the effects ofHeal Block.
Generation VIII
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Horn Leech cannot be selected in a battle.
Generation IX
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
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Description
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Learnset
Byleveling up
| # | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 0586 | Sawsbuck All forms | ![]() ![]() | Field | Field | 37 | 37 | 1,Evo. | Evo. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0640 | ![]() ![]() | No Eggs Discovered | No Eggs Discovered | − | − | − | − | − | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0672 | ![]() | Field | Field | 42 | 42 | 42 | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0673 | ![]() | Field | Field | 47 | 47 | 47 | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0708 | ![]() ![]() | Grass | Amorphous | 54 | 54 | 28 | 28 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0709 | ![]() ![]() | Grass | Amorphous | 1, 62 | 1, 54 | 28 | 28 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0716 | ![]() | No Eggs Discovered | No Eggs Discovered | 55 | 55 | 35 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0787 | ![]() ![]() | No Eggs Discovered | No Eggs Discovered | 32 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1017 | Ogerpon All forms | ![]() | No Eggs Discovered | No Eggs Discovered | Rem. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gainsSTAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
Horn Leech inflicts damage, with ½ of the damage dealt restored to the user as HP.
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Pokémon Rumble Rush
Pokémon Masters EX
| Name | Category | Move gauge cost | MP (uses) | Basepower | Maxpower | Accuracy | Target | Effect tag | Description | Playablesync pair(s) |
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| Horn Leech | Physical | 3 | — | 91 | 109 | 100% | An opponent | Absorbs | The more damage dealt to the target, the more this move restores the user's HP. | Professor Sycamore & Xerneas Whitney (Holiday 2022) & Sawsbuck |
- Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Restores the user's HP based on the amount of damage dealt to the target.
Pokémon UNITE
In Pokémon UNITE, Horn Leech isTrevenant's first move. It is obtained by reaching level 7 and upgradingBranch Poke into it instead ofPain Split. The user charges forward becoming unstoppable, dealing damage to enemies and stunning them while dashing in the designated duration. At the end of the charge, enemies that were shoved are dealt additional damage and then thrown. Colliding with an enemy while charging recovers the user's HP 3 times, and the lower the user's remaining HP the more HP that is recovered. After this move hits an enemy, the user's next three basic attacks deal more damage and reduce this move's cooldown by .5s (for each enemy hit) when they hit. At level 13, after using this move, the user's movement speed is increased for a short time.
Description
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In animation
Pokémon animated series
| The user drains the target's energy with its horns. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| Sawsbuck lowers its head and its horns become surrounded in orange energy. Its horns then start to glow gold and it charges at the opponent with its horns pointed at them. | |||
| Burgundy's Sawsbuck | A Connoisseur's Revenge! | Debut | |
| Gogoat lowers its head and its horns start to glow green. It then fires two green beams of energy from its horns at the opponent. When the attack hits the opponent, sparkling green orbs of energy fly out of the opponent and into Gogoat, draining the opponent's energy. | |||
| Ramos's Gogoat | The Green, Green Grass Types of Home! | None | |
| Phantump's horns glow light green before it charges towards the opponent with its horns pointed at them. | |||
| Multiple wild Phantump | Making Friends and Influencing Villains! | None | |
| Tapu Bulu's horns start to glow light green and grow taller and larger. It then charges at the opponent with its horns pointed at them. | |||
| Tapu Bulu (anime) | Some Kind of Laziness! | None | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
| The user attacks the opponent with its horns. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| Trevenant attacks the opponent with a branch. | |||
| Essentia's Trevenant | Trevenant Pokes | Debut | |
| Gogoat headbutts the opponent with its horns. | |||
| Ramos's Gogoat | Flabébé Blooms | None | |
| Xerneas swings it head at the opponent, slashing them with its horns in the process. | |||
| Y's Xerxer | Rhyhorn Charges | None | |
| Sawsbuck lunges at the opponent with its horns. | |||
| Norman's Sawsbuck | PS611 | None | |
In other generations
Core series games
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| Generation I | RBY | Generation I (Japanese) | Generation I (international) | Generation II | Generation II (Japanese) | Generation II (international) | Crystal | Generation III | Generation III (Japanese) | Generation III (international) | RS | FRLG | FRLGE | Generation IV | Generation IV (Japanese) | Generation IV (international) | PtHGSS | HGSS | Generation V | BW | B2W2 | Generation V (Japanese) | Generation V (international) | Generation VI | XY | ORAS | Generation VII | SMUSUM | LGPE | Generation VIII | SwSh | BDSP | Legends: Arceus | Generation IX | SV | Legends: Z-A | Stadium (JP) | Stadium | Stadium 2 | Colosseum | XD | Battle Revolution | Battrio | MD: Red and Blue | MD:Time, Darkness, andSky | MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad | MD: GTI | SMD | MD: RTDX | Rumble | Rumble Blast | Masters EX |
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| Generation I | RBY | Generation I (Japanese) | Generation I (international) | Generation II | Generation II (Japanese) | Generation II (international) | Crystal | Generation III | Generation III (Japanese) | Generation III (international) | RS | FRLG | FRLGE | Generation IV | Generation IV (Japanese) | Generation IV (international) | PtHGSS | HGSS | Generation V | BW | B2W2 | Generation V (Japanese) | Generation V (international) | Generation VI | XY | ORAS | Generation VII | SMUSUM | LGPE | Generation VIII | SwSh | BDSP | Legends: Arceus | Generation IX | SV | Legends: Z-A | Stadium (JP) | Stadium | Stadium 2 | Colosseum | XD | Battle Revolution | Battrio | MD: Red and Blue | MD:Time, Darkness, andSky | MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad | MD: GTI | SMD | MD: RTDX | Rumble | Rumble Blast | Masters EX |
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Spin-off series games
| Generation I | RBY | Generation I (Japanese) | Generation I (international) | Generation II | Generation II (Japanese) | Generation II (international) | Crystal | Generation III | Generation III (Japanese) | Generation III (international) | RS | FRLG | FRLGE | Generation IV | Generation IV (Japanese) | Generation IV (international) | PtHGSS | HGSS | Generation V | BW | B2W2 | Generation V (Japanese) | Generation V (international) | Generation VI | XY | ORAS | Generation VII | SMUSUM | LGPE | Generation VIII | SwSh | BDSP | Legends: Arceus | Generation IX | SV | Legends: Z-A | Stadium (JP) | Stadium | Stadium 2 | Colosseum | XD | Battle Revolution | Battrio | MD: Red and Blue | MD:Time, Darkness, andSky | MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad | MD: GTI | SMD | MD: RTDX | Rumble | Rumble Blast | Masters EX |
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In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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| Chinese | Cantonese | 木角Muhkgok |
| Mandarin | 木角Mùjiǎo | |
| Czech | Pijavičí Roh | |
| Dutch | Hoornstoot | |
| French | Encornebois | |
| German | Holzgeweih | |
| Indonesian | Tanduk Kayu | |
| Italian | Legnicorno | |
| Korean | 우드혼UdeuhonIX+ 우드호른UdeuhoreunV–VIII | |
| Polish | Poroże Mocy | |
| Portuguese | Brazil | Chifre Sugador (UNITE,XY058–present, TCG) Sanguessuga de Chifre (BW019) |
| Portugal | Chifre Sugador | |
| Spanish | Latin America | Drenacuerno |
| Spain | Asta DrenajeVI+ AstadrenajeV | |
| Vietnamese | Sừng Đĩa | |
| Variations of the moveGiga Drain | ||||
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