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Minimize ちいさくなる
The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller. The user's evasion stat is boosted.
Battles
Type	Normal
Category	Status
PP	20 (max. 32)
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
???
Contests
Category	Cute
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	0
???
Super Contests
Category	Cute
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.
Minimize on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Minimize on Eevee's Movedex

Minimize (Japanese: ちいさくなる Shrink) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Contents 1 Effect 1.1 Generation I 1.2 Generation II 1.3 Generation III 2 Learnset 2.1 Generation I 2.1.1 By leveling up 2.2 Generation II 2.2.1 By leveling up 2.3 Generation III 2.3.1 By leveling up 2.4 Generation IV 2.4.1 By leveling up 3 In other languages

Effect

Generation I

Minimize increases the user's evasion by 1 level and replaces the user's regular image with a tiny, generic image until the user faints or is switched out, or the battle ends.

Minimize will do nothing if the user's evasion has reached a level of +6.

Generation II

Pokémon that have used Minimize take double damage from Stomp.

Generation III

Pokémon that have used Minimize no longer replace their sprite with a tiny generic image.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

• French: Lilliput
• German: Komprimator
• Spanish: Reducción

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.