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Iron Defense てっぺき
The user hardens its body's surface like iron, sharply raising its Defense stat.
Battles
Type	Steel
Category	Status
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
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
Hardens the surface of the body to raise DEFENSE 2 levels.
Contests
Category	Tough
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	0
Can avoid being startled by others.
Super Contests
Category	Tough
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.
Iron Defense on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Iron Defense on Eevee's Movedex

Iron Defense is a non-damaging Steel-type move introduced in Generation III.

Contents 1 In the anime 1.1 Pokémon 2 Learnset 2.1 Generation III 2.1.1 By leveling up 2.2 Generation IV 2.2.1 By leveling up 2.2.2 By breeding 3 In other languages

In the anime

Torkoal using Iron Defense.

One of the most effective defense moves, the Pokémon hides in its own body.

Pokémon

Torkoal. Its head and extremities hides in the Pokémon's shell, so the balance when is hiding is in its belly.

• Used by Flannery's Torkoal in the official battle against Ash Ketchum. Thunderbolt, Iron Tail of Pikachu and Vicegrip, Crabhammer of Corphish couldn't do any damage to Torkoal.
• Used by Ash's Torkoal from Manectric Charge! to ??? as its only defense move, used in mostly all of its battles.

Learnset

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

Spanish: Defensa Férrea.

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