Minimize (move)

Minimize ちいさくなる Shrink

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  —% 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  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 Can avoid being startled by others once.

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.

Effect

Generation I

Minimize raises the user's Evasion stat by one stage 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 stat has reached a stage of +6.

Generation II

In addition to its previous effects, Pokémon that have used Minimize will receive double damage from Stomp.

Generation III

Pokémon that have used Minimize no longer have their sprite replaced with a tiny generic image. All other effects are the same.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 035 Clefairy Normal 24 036 Clefable Normal -- 088 Grimer Poison 33 089 Muk Poison 33 113 Chansey Normal 38 120 Staryu Water 37 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 035 Clefairy Normal 19 036 Clefable Normal -- 088 Grimer Poison 23 089 Muk Poison 23 113 Chansey Normal 23 120 Staryu Water 37 211 Qwilfish Water Poison 10 242 Blissey Normal 18 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 035 Clefairy Normal 21 036 Clefable Normal -- 088 Grimer Poison 19 089 Muk Poison 19 113 Chansey Normal 23 120 Staryu Water 33 211 Qwilfish Water Poison 10RSE 211 Qwilfish Water Poison 9FRLG 242 Blissey Normal 18 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 035 Clefairy Normal 19 036 Clefable Normal -- 088 Grimer Poison 17 089 Muk Poison 17 113 Chansey Normal 20 120 Staryu Water 33 211 Qwilfish Water Poison 9 242 Blissey Normal 20 425 Drifloon Ghost Flying -- 426 Drifblim Ghost Flying -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other languages

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

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