Ariados

Type: POKEMON
HP: 80
Energy Type
Stage: STAGE1
Retreat Cost
Weakness: x2
Rarity: RARE
Illustrator: Ken Sugimori
Set: HeartGold & SoulSilver (HS)
Number: 15/124

Attacks

Leech Life

30

Remove from Ariados the number of damage counters equal to the damage you did to the Defending Pokémon.

Poisonous Saliva

50

The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Rulings (2)

If Ariados' "Leech Life" attack does 30 damage but the opponent's Active Pokemon has only 10 HP remaining, how many damage counters will be removed from Ariados?

Leech Life does 30 damage, which is not affected by the fact that the KO only required 10 damage. Therefore, Ariados will remove 3 damage counters, or all if there are less than 3.

Leech Life

Source: HeartGold & SoulSilver FAQ (2010-02-11), PUI Rules Team (2010-02-11)Feb 11, 2010Compendium →

If I attack with Venonat's Leech Life and do 10 damage, how many damage counters do I remove from Venonat?

You remove one damage counter, which equals 10 damage.

Leech Life

Source: WotC Chat (1999-09-30)Sep 30, 1999Compendium →