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Drain Punch

In Pokémon ChampionsGen IV
Game

Pokémon Champions

FightingPhysical

User recovers 50% of the damage dealt.

Power
75
Accuracy
100%
PP
12 Scarlet & Violet: 10
Hits
One Pokémon next to the user
On Showdown
0.3% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it
Properties
ContactPunchingDrain½

Changes over time

How Drain Punch changed from game to game, newest first.

  1. Champions

    PP 10 → 12 Buffed

  2. Gen V

    Power 60 → 75 Buffed

    PP 5 → 10 Buffed

    … HP lost by the target, rounded dropped: down. added: half up. If Big Root is held by the user, the HP recovered is 1.3× normal, rounded added: half down.

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Champions

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.

“The user attacks with an energy-draining punch. The user's HP is restored by up to half the damage taken by the target.”

In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

What interacts

Abilities and items that boost Drain Punch, block it, punish its user or change how it works.

Boosts it

4

Blocks or weakens it

2

Punishes the user

13

Changes how it works

4
Only in other games 8

Boosts it

2

Punishes the user

5

Changes how it works

1

Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze ignore the abilities that block or weaken it.

Good to know

Who runs Drain Punch on Showdown

  1. Annihilape25.1% of its sets
  2. Mega Crabominable77.7% of its sets
  3. Mega Scrafty51.9% of its sets
  4. Mega Raichu X7.1% of its sets
  5. Conkeldurr67.0% of its sets
  6. Palafin17.1% of its sets
  7. Mega Chesnaught35.2% of its sets
  8. Mega Gallade42.8% of its sets
  9. Mega Kangaskhan9.8% of its sets
  10. Scrafty17.6% of its sets
  11. Mega Golurk13.3% of its sets
  12. Mega Eelektross13.5% of its sets

Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.

On the ladder today

Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Drain Punch among their most used moves.

Annihilape, ladder rank #43Kangaskhan, ladder rank #77Scrafty, ladder rank #112Golurk, ladder rank #123Chesnaught, ladder rank #136Infernape, ladder rank #148Crabominable, ladder rank #157Conkeldurr, ladder rank #161Emboar, ladder rank #196Passimian, ladder rank #227Garbodor, ladder rank #254

Who learns Drain Punch

64 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.

Show all 64 in Champions
RaichuClefableAlakazamMachampSlowbroGengarKangaskhanSlowkingSceptileSableyeMedichamInfernapeLopunnyLucarioToxicroakGalladeEmboarAudinoConkeldurrScraftyGarbodorReuniclusEelektrossGolurkChesnaughtPangoroAromatisseSlurpuffHawluchaTrevenantIncineroarCrabominablePassimianMimikyuKommo-oGrimmsnarlMr. RimeAlcremiePalafinAnnihilapeMega AlakazamMega GengarMega KangaskhanMega MedichamMega LucarioMega SceptileMega SableyeMega GalladeMega AudinoMega SlowbroMega LopunnyGalarian SlowbroGalarian SlowkingMega ClefableMega EmboarMega ScraftyMega EelektrossMega ChesnaughtMega HawluchaMega Raichu XMega Raichu YMega Lucario ZMega GolurkMega Crabominable

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