Drain Punch

Type

Fighting

Category

physical

Power

75

Accuracy

100

PP

10

Priority

0

Target

adjacent

Contact

Yes

Spread

No

Protect blocks

Yes

Wide Guard blocks

No

A coverage or STAB option worth comparing with alternatives of the same type in the team builder.

• Incineroar
• Hawlucha Mega
• Chesnaught Mega
• Gallade Mega
• Kommo O Totem
• Sceptile Mega
• Slowbro Mega
• Eelektross Mega
• Emboar Mega
• Kommo O
• Gengar Mega
• Kangaskhan Mega
• Lucario Mega Z
• Lucario Mega
• Alakazam Mega
• Scrafty Mega
• Palafin Hero
• Crabominable Mega
• Infernape
• Lopunny Mega
• Golurk Mega
• Audino Mega
• Mr Rime
• Machamp Gmax
• Machamp
• Gengar Gmax
• Gengar
• Grimmsnarl Gmax
• Alakazam
• Alcremie
• Alcremie Gmax
• Sceptile
• Kangaskhan
• Clefable Mega
• Grimmsnarl
• Slowking Galar
• Passimian
• Conkeldurr
• Typhlosion Hisui
• Chesnaught
• Garbodor
• Eelektross
• Clefable
• Emboar
• Crabominable
• Scrafty
• Slowbro Galar
• Mimikyu Totem Busted
• Gallade
• Mimikyu Totem Disguised
• Lucario
• Mimikyu Busted
• Sableye Mega
• Slowbro
• Annihilape
• Slurpuff
• Toxicroak
• Reuniclus
• Hawlucha
• Trevenant
• Medicham Mega
• Lopunny
• Pangoro
• Slowking
• Palafin Zero
• Mimikyu Disguised
• Aromatisse
• Garbodor Gmax
• Vileplume
• Golurk
• Audino
• Medicham
• Sableye

Drain Punch is a Fighting-type physical attack. It has 75 base power, 100% accuracy, 10 PP and targets a single adjacent target. It makes contact, which matters for abilities and items that trigger on contact. Drain Punch is a Fighting-type physical attack. It has 75 base power, 100% accuracy, 10 PP and targets a single adjacent target. It makes contact, which matters for contact-triggering abilities and items.

A coverage or STAB option worth comparing with alternatives of the same type in the team builder.

Consider Drain Punch when its type and power cover targets your team otherwise struggles with. Single-target attacks are reliable and do not risk your own partner, but they can be redirected by Follow Me or Rage Powder. Evaluate the move alongside your team's speed tiers and overall coverage.

In team building, Drain Punch is usually a coverage or primary STAB option. It shines when your team already has speed control or when it patches a matchup hole. Compare it with alternative moves of the same type and category to decide whether the extra power, accuracy or side effect justifies the slot over a more defensive option.

Common mistakes with Drain Punch include: Using it without a clear plan for the turns it creates. Forgetting that Protect and Detect can block it, wasting a key turn. Spamming it predictably and letting the opponent switch into a resist. Not considering how redirectors like Follow Me and Rage Powder change targeting.

Protect and Detect block this move. These interactions are situational, so test them in the team builder and matchup analyzer before committing to the moveslot.

Use the tools below to test Drain Punch in a full team context and compare it with alternative options.

• Protect / Detect: blocks this move.
• Wide Guard: does not block this move.
• Follow Me / Rage Powder: spread moves are not redirected.
• Quick Guard: no effect (non-priority).