Strength Sap

In Pokémon ChampionsGen VIIChanged in Champions

Game

Pokémon Champions

GrassStatus

User heals HP=target's Atk stat. Atk by 1.

Power: –
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 5 Scarlet & Violet: 10
Hits: One Pokémon next to the user
On Showdown: 0.1% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it

Changes over time

How Strength Sap changed from game to game, newest first.

Champions
PP 10 → 5 Nerfed

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

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How it works in Champions

the target's Attack by 1 . The user restores its HP equal to the target's Attack stat calculated with its stat stage before this move was used. If Big Root is held by the user, the HP recovered is 1.3× normal, rounded half down. Fails if the target's Attack stat stage is -6.

Healing: stopped by Heal Block
Bounced back by

“The user restores its own HP by the same amount as the target's Attack stat. It then lowers the target's Attack stat.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet