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Withdraw からにこもる
The user withdraws its body into its hard shell, raising its Defense stat.
Battles
Type	Water
Category	Status
PP	40 (max. 64)
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
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Contests
Category	Cute
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	0
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Super Contests
Category	Cute
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.
Withdraw on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Withdraw on Eevee's Movedex

Withdraw (Japanese: からにこもる Withdraw into Shell) is a non-damaging Water-type move introduced in Generation I.

Contents 1 Effect 1.1 Generation I 2 In the anime 2.1 Pokémon 3 Super Smash Bros. Brawl 4 Learnset 4.1 Generation I 4.1.1 By leveling up 4.2 Generation II 4.2.1 By leveling up 4.3 Generation III 4.3.1 By leveling up 4.4 Generation IV 4.4.1 By leveling up 5 In other languages

Effect

Generation I

Withdraw increases the user's defense by 1 level.

Withdraw will do nothing if the user's defense has reached a level of +6 or a value of 999. The effect of Withdraw is ignored by critical hits.

In the anime

Pokémon

Squirtle. Squirtle pulls all of its limbs into its shell for protection.

• Used by Ash's Squirtle from ??? to ???.
• Used by May's Squirtle from ??? to ???.

Cloyster. Cloyster clamps its shell shut, protecting its inner body from harm.

• Used by Tyra's Cloyster in The Bridge Bike Gang.
• Used by Pete Pebbleman's Cloyster in Fire and Ice.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Withdraw is Squirtle's Special Side move.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

Spanish: Refugio, French: Repli, German: Panzerschutz.

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