Harden (move)

Harden かたくなる Stiffen

The user stiffens all the muscles in its body to raise its Defense stat.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 Can avoid being startled by other once.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Harden on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Harden on Eevee's Movedex

Harden (Japanese: かたくなる Stiffen) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Harden increases the user's Defense stat by one stat level. Harden will do nothing if the user's Defense stat has reached a stat level of +6 or a value of 999. The effect of Harden is ignored by critical hits.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 011 Metapod Bug --RGB 011 Metapod Bug 7Y 014 Kakuna Bug Poison --RGB 014 Kakuna Bug Poison 7Y 074 Geodude Rock Ground 26 075 Graveler Rock Ground 29 076 Golem Rock Ground 29 088 Grimer Poison 42 089 Muk Poison 45 095 Onix Rock Ground 43 098 Krabby Water 40 099 Kingler Water 49 120 Staryu Water 22 121 Starmie Water Psychic -- 127 Pinsir Bug 43 140 Kabuto Rock Water -- 141 Kabutops Rock Water -- 143 Snorlax Normal 41 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 011 Metapod Bug 7 014 Kakuna Bug Poison 7 074 Geodude Rock Ground 26 075 Graveler Rock Ground 27 076 Golem Rock Ground 27 088 Grimer Poison 5 089 Muk Poison -- 5 095 Onix Rock Ground 23 098 Krabby Water 16 099 Kingler Water 16 120 Staryu Water -- 127 Pinsir Bug 25 140 Kabuto Rock Water -- 141 Kabutops Rock Water -- 143 Snorlax Normal 41 207 Gligar Ground Flying 13 208 Steelix Steel Ground 23 211 Qwilfish Water Poison 10 218 Slugma Fire 22 219 Magcargo Fire Rock 22 222 Corsola Water Rock 7 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 214 Heracross Bug Fighting Pinsir Gligar Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 011 Metapod Bug -- 7 014 Kakuna Bug Poison -- 7 088 Grimer Poison 4 089 Muk Poison -- 4 095 Onix Rock Ground 21RSE 095 Onix Rock Ground 19FRLG 098 Krabby Water 16 099 Kingler Water --FRLG 099 Kingler Water 16 120 Staryu Water -- 127 Pinsir Bug 19 140 Kabuto Rock Water -- 141 Kabutops Rock Water -- 207 Gligar Ground Flying 13 208 Steelix Steel Ground 21RSE 208 Steelix Steel Ground 19FRLG 211 Qwilfish Water Poison 10RSE 211 Qwilfish Water Poison 9FRLG 218 Slugma Fire 22 219 Magcargo Fire Rock 22 222 Corsola Water Rock 6 266 Silcoon Bug -- 7 268 Cascoon Bug -- 7 273 Seedot Grass 3 274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 3 275 Shiftry Grass Dark -- 290 Nincada Bug Ground -- 291 Ninjask Bug Flying -- 292 Shedinja Bug Ghost -- 299 Nosepass Rock 7 304 Aron Steel Rock 4 305 Lairon Steel Rock -- 4 305 Lairon Steel Rock 4 306 Aggron Steel Rock -- 4 337 Lunatone Rock Psychic -- 338 Solrock Rock Psychic -- 341 Corphish Water 7 342 Crawdaunt Water Dark -- 7 343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 3 344 Claydol Ground Psychic -- 3 347 Anorith Rock Bug 7 348 Armaldo Rock Bug -- 7 369 Relicanth Water Rock -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 214 Heracross Bug Fighting Pinsir Gligar Nincada, Ninjask Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 011 Metapod Bug -- 7 014 Kakuna Bug Poison -- 7 088 Grimer Poison 4 089 Muk Poison -- 4 095 Onix Rock Ground -- 098 Krabby Water 11 099 Kingler Water 11 120 Staryu Water -- 127 Pinsir Bug 13 140 Kabuto Rock Water -- 141 Kabutops Rock Water -- 207 Gligar Ground Flying 9 208 Steelix Steel Ground -- 211 Qwilfish Water Poison 9 218 Slugma Fire 16 219 Magcargo Fire Rock 16 222 Corsola Water Rock 4 266 Silcoon Bug -- 7 268 Cascoon Bug -- 7 273 Seedot Grass 3 274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 3 290 Nincada Bug Ground -- 291 Ninjask Bug Flying -- 292 Shedinja Bug Ghost -- 299 Nosepass Rock 7 304 Aron Steel Rock 4 305 Lairon Steel Rock -- 4 306 Aggron Steel Rock -- 4 337 Lunatone Rock Psychic -- 338 Solrock Rock Psychic -- 341 Corphish Water 7 342 Crawdaunt Water Dark -- 7 343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 3 344 Claydol Ground Psychic -- 3 347 Anorith Rock Bug -- 348 Armaldo Rock Bug -- 369 Relicanth Water Rock -- 413 Wormadam Sandy Cloak Bug Ground 29 422 Shellos West Sea Water 4 422 Shellos East Sea Water 4 423 Gastrodon West Sea Water Ground -- 4 423 Gastrodon East Sea Water Ground -- 4 472 Gliscor Ground Flying -- 9 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 185 Sudowoodo Rock Onix, Steelix Nosepass 214 Heracross Bug Fighting Pinsir Gligar, Gliscor Nincada, Ninjask 438 Bonsly Rock Onix, Steelix Nosepass Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

In the anime

	Metapod	Corphish
The user stiffens all the muscles in its body.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Metapod	Metapod glows a greenish-whitish color and becomes hard as steel.
Ash's Metapod	Challenge of the Samurai		Debut
Samurai's Metapod	Challenge of the Samurai		None
Bugsy's Metapod	Gettin' the Bugs Out		None
Kingler	Kingler glows pale blue and any attack that hits it bounces off.
Giovanni's Kingler	The Battle of the Badge		None
Krabby	Krabby's body becomes stiff and doesn't move.
Ash's Krabby	Round One - Begin!		None
Cascoon	Cascoon tenses up its body and its body shines, making attacks bounce off it.
Jessie's Cascoon	Seeing is Believing!		None
Corphish	Corphish's body flashes white and shines, making it able to take attacks.
Ash's Corphish	Just One of the Geysers		None
Aggron	Aggron tenses up and its body flashes white and shines, making it able to take attacks.
Johnny's Aggron	Shocks and Bonds		None

In other languages

• Spanish: Fortaleza
• French: Armure
• German: Härtner
• Portuguese: Endurecimento
• Italian: Rafforzatore
• Hindi: Sakht Hojao

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