HP Absorption

HP Absorption is a recurring effect in the Final Fantasy series. It allows the user to deal damage to one or all targets of their choosing and recover their own HP, often equal to the amount of damage dealt by the ability or a portion of the damage dealt.
The effect is most commonly seen with the Black Magic spell Drain, the Blue Magic spells Drain Touch and Vampire, the command Absorb, and various weapons of the blood equipment subclass, such as the Blood Sword and Blood Lance. HP Absorb is a support ability that adds this property to another skill.
Against undead or zombified targets, the effect tends to be reversed. 
== Appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy II ===
=== Final Fantasy III ===
=== Final Fantasy IV ===
==== Final Fantasy IV: The After Years ====
=== Final Fantasy V ===
Dragoons can use Lance to absorb some HP and MP from a target. Drain is a Black Magic spell that can also be used with Spellblade.
=== Final Fantasy VI ===
=== Final Fantasy VII ===
HP Absorb is a Support Materia that adds a drain effect to the linked Materia's abilities.
The Vampire Fang item drains HP from a target and transfers it to the user.
==== Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- ====
Zack can use Drain, Drainra, and Drainga on an enemy. He can also use Drain Blade, Power Drain, and Aerial Drain.
Enemies can use various HP draining attacks, including Bite, Death Scythe, Drain Claw, Drain Tonfa, Drain Touch, Draining Fangs, Life Shaver, and Penetrate.
===Final Fantasy VII Remake===
Spirit Siphon from the Enemy Skill materia deals damage over an area and drains HP.
The HP Absorption Materia adds the HP-drain property to the linked materia's abilities. This effect can be combined with Spirit Syphon.
The Bloodsucker and Stagger Siphon weapon abilities respectively restore HP to the user when defeating or damaging a staggered enemy.
=== Final Fantasy VIII ===
Drain can be cast and junctioned to ST-Atk-J; when junctioned to status attack, normal attacks will heal the attacker. Drain can also be used via Angel Wing and Slot without using up spell reserves.
Pandemona and Doomtrain learn Absorb as a command ability that works similarly without expending any magic.
Vampire is an enemy ability used by the Grat and the Glacial Eye.
=== Final Fantasy IX ===
Steiner's Blood Sword siphons HP from the targets he strikes. He can also use Vivi's Drain spell in his Swd Mag.
6 Legs and Absorb are enemy abilities that drain HP.
=== Final Fantasy X ===
Kimahri can use Lancet to minorly replenish his HP and MP while damaging his target. Drain is a Black Magic spell learned on Wakka's Sphere Grid path, which Lulu can also use in her Fury.
Healing Springs and Soul Springs have the same effect as Drain and Lancet.
Yunalesca uses Absorb, dealing damage equal to 50% of the target's max HP and restoring the same amount. Ornitholestes and Sinspawn Echuilles use Drain Touch, functioning similar to Drain. Mortibody and Mortiorchis use Mortibsorption.
==== Final Fantasy X-2 ====
Dark Knights can use Drain. Healing Springs and Soul Springs return.
Absorb is an enemy ability functioning similar to Lancet from the previous game. Some enemies use Drain Attack as well.
=== Final Fantasy XI ===
=== Final Fantasy XII ===
Drain restores HP to the caster. Enemies can also use Cannibalize, Leech, and Malaise.
==== Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings ====
Llyud can use Lancet to absorb HP from an enemy.
=== Final Fantasy XIII ===
The synthesis ability Vampiric Strike restores 1% of the user's HP from damage dealt.
Nutrient Absorption and Sap are enemy abilities that damage a party member and restore the enemy's HP. Bomb enemies will also recover HP when they attack.
==== Final Fantasy XIII-2 ====
Vampiric Strike returns as a synthesis ability. Some paradigm monsters can also use Drain Attack.
Draining Slash, Gnash, Life Drain, Muramasa, Nutrient Absorption, and Sacrifice Pawn are enemy abilities that deal damage and restore HP.
==== Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII ====
Lancet on the Dragoon garb deals damage while restoring 1% of Lightning's HP, or 2% for finales.
Dual-Blades have the Precise HP Restore ability, which restores Lightning's HP when dealing damage with well-timed attacks.
The EP ability Army of One restores Lightning's HP by 10% of the damage dealt from each hit.
=== Final Fantasy XIV ===
Attacks that trigger HP Absorption have a unique sound effect separate from the healing sound. Actions with this effect include the Dark Knight's Souleater, Lancer's Life Surge, Scholar's Energy Drain, and Blue Mage's Devour. Other actions that involve damaging enemies and healing include the Paladin's Confiteor, Blade of Faith, Blade of Truth, and Blade of Valor; Marauder/Warrior's Storm's Path, Raw Intuition, Nascent Flash, and Bloodwhetting; Dark Knight's Living Dead and Abyssal Drain, Gunbreaker's Brutal Shell, White Mage's Assize, Astrologian's Earthly Star, and Sage's Kardia.
The role action allows melee DPS to restore HP for every hit of physical damage dealt. The logos action has the same effect as Bloodbath. The removed role action Drain absorbed HP from one enemy when used.
In Bozja, the lost actions and both grant a buff to Tanks and DPS respectively that gives all attacks a HP absorption effect as long as the player remains inside of their respective field operation area.
=== Final Fantasy XV ===
The Death spell from the Ring of the Lucii will recover half of Noctis's HP when successfully consuming an enemy. Noctis's Blood Sword has a 20% chance to restore 30 HP per hit.
Ignis can use Lancet as a counterattack to drain HP.
The Healcast effect from Elemancy will restore the user's HP after throwing a flask.
=== Final Fantasy Tactics ===
=== Final Fantasy Tactics Advance ===
==== Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift ====
=== Final Fantasy Type-0 ===
Trey's Burst Delta and Grand Delta drain HP over an area. Cinque's Payback, Seven's Drainlash, Eight's Quickbolt Special, Queen's Divine Judgment, and Machina's Dark Side also drain HP from their targets.
=== Final Fantasy Dimensions ===
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