Volt Absorb

Ability

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“Turns electricity into HP.” — Flavor text^[src]

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Volt Absorb^{(JPJapanese: ちくでん

Romaji: Chikuden)} is a Pokémon ability introduced in the third generation.

Description[]

The ability holder is immune to electric-type attacks and restore HP respective to the damage. Volt Absorb does not activate if the ability holder is protected from the attack. Volt Absorb will activate before Cell Battery if the ability holder is holding one.

Pokémon with the Ability[]

Jolteon	Chinchou	Lanturn	Thundurus (Therian)	Zeraora

Dracozolt	Arctozolt	Pawmo	Pawmot	Wattrel

Kilowattrel

As a Hidden Ability[]

Minun	Pachirisu

Trivia[]

Raikou had this ability as a hidden ability in Gen V and Gen VI but, it was never publicly available. It was changed to Inner Focus in Generation VII.

Pokémon Abilities
Third generation	Air Lock • Arena Trap • Battle Armor • Blaze • Chlorophyll • Clear Body • Cloud Nine • Color Change • Compound Eyes • Cute Charm • Damp • Drizzle • Drought • Early Bird • Effect Spore • Flame Body • Flash Fire • Forecast • Guts • Huge Power • Hustle • Hyper Cutter • Illuminate • Immunity • Inner Focus • Insomnia • Intimidate • Keen Eye • Levitate • Lightning Rod • Limber • Liquid Ooze • Magma Armor • Magnet Pull • Marvel Scale • Minus • Natural Cure • Oblivious • Overgrow • Own Tempo • Pickup • Plus • Poison Point • Pressure • Pure Power • Rain Dish • Rock Head • Rough Skin • Run Away • Sand Stream • Sand Veil • Serene Grace • Shadow Tag • Shed Skin • Shell Armor • Shield Dust • Soundproof • Speed Boost • Static • Stench • Sticky Hold • Sturdy • Suction Cups • Swarm • Swift Swim • Synchronize • Thick Fat • Torrent • Trace • Truant • Vital Spirit • Volt Absorb • Water Absorb • Water Veil • White Smoke • Wonder Guard
Fourth generation	Adaptability • Aftermath • Anger Point • Anticipation • Bad Dreams • Download • Dry Skin • Filter • Flower Gift • Forewarn • Frisk • Gluttony • Heatproof • Honey Gather • Hydration • Ice Body • Iron Fist • Klutz • Leaf Guard • Magic Guard • Mold Breaker • Motor Drive • Multitype • No Guard • Normalize • Poison Heal • Quick Feet • Reckless • Rivalry • Scrappy • Simple • Skill Link • Slow Start • Sniper • Snow Cloak • Snow Warning • Solar Power • Solid Rock • Stall • Steadfast • Storm Drain • Super Luck • Tangled Feet • Technician • Tinted Lens • Unaware • Unburden
Fifth generation	Analytic • Big Pecks • Contrary • Cursed Body • Defeatist • Defiant • Flare Boost • Friend Guard • Harvest • Healer • Heavy Metal • Illusion • Imposter • Infiltrator • Iron Barbs • Justified • Light Metal • Magic Bounce • Moody • Moxie • Multiscale • Mummy • Overcoat • Pickpocket • Poison Touch • Prankster • Rattled • Regenerator • Sand Force • Sand Rush • Sap Sipper • Sheer Force • Telepathy • Teravolt • Toxic Boost • Turboblaze • Unnerve • Victory Star • Weak Armor • Wonder Skin • Zen Mode
Sixth generation	Aerilate • Aroma Veil • Aura Break • Bulletproof • Cheek Pouch • Competitive • Dark Aura • Delta Stream • Desolate Land • Fairy Aura • Flower Veil • Fur Coat • Gale Wings • Gooey • Grass Pelt • Magician • Mega Launcher • Parental Bond • Pixilate • Primordial Sea • Protean • Refrigerate • Stance Change • Strong Jaw • Sweet Veil • Symbiosis • Tough Claws
Seventh generation	Battery • Battle Bond • Beast Boost • Berserk • Comatose • Corrosion • Dancer • Dazzling • Disguise • Electric Surge • Emergency Exit • Fluffy • Full Metal Body • Galvanize • Grassy Surge • Innards Out • Liquid Voice • Long Reach • Merciless • Misty Surge • Neuroforce • Power Construct • Power of Alchemy • Prism Armor • Psychic Surge • Queenly Majesty • Receiver • RKS System • Schooling • Shadow Shield • Shields Down • Slush Rush • Soul-Heart • Stakeout • Stamina • Steelworker • Surge Surfer • Tangling Hair • Triage • Water Bubble • Water Compaction • Wimp Out
Eighth generation	As One • Ball Fetch • Chilling Neigh • Cotton Down • Curious Medicine • Dauntless Shield • Dragon's Maw • Gorilla Tactics • Grim Neigh • Gulp Missile • Hunger Switch • Ice Face • Ice Scales • Intrepid Sword • Libero • Mimicry • Mirror Armor • Neutralizing Gas • Pastel Veil • Perish Body • Power Spot • Propeller Tail • Punk Rock • Quick Draw • Ripen • Sand Spit • Screen Cleaner • Stalwart • Steam Engine • Steely Spirit • Transistor • Unseen Fist • Wandering Spirit
Ninth generation	Anger Shell • Armor Tail • Beads of Ruin • Commander • Costar • Cud Chew • Earth Eater • Electromorphosis • Embody Aspect • Good as Gold • Guard Dog • Hadron Engine • Hospitality • Lingering Aroma • Mind's Eye • Mycelium Might • Opportunist • Orichalcum Pulse • Poison Puppeteer • Protosynthesis • Purifying Salt • Quark Drive • Rocky Payload • Seed Sower • Sharpness • Supersweet Syrup • Supreme Overlord • Sword of Ruin • Tablets of Ruin • Tera Shell • Tera Shift • Teraform Zero • Thermal Exchange • Toxic Chain • Toxic Debris • Vessel of Ruin • Well-Baked Body • Wind Power • Wind Rider • Zero to Hero