Withdraw (move)

Withdraw からにこもる Withdraw into Shell

The user withdraws its body into its hard shell, raising its Defense stat.

Battles Type  Water Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) 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  1 ♥ Jam  0 Can avoid being startled by others.

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.

Effect

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.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 007 Squirtle Water 28 008 Wartortle Water 31 009 Blastoise Water -- 31 080 Slowbro Water Psychic 37 090 Shellder Water -- 091 Cloyster Water Ice -- 138 Omanyte Rock Water -- 139 Omastar Rock Water -- 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 007 Squirtle Water 10 008 Wartortle Water 10 009 Blastoise Water -- 10 080 Slowbro Water Psychic 37 090 Shellder Water -- 091 Cloyster Water Ice -- 138 Omanyte Rock Water -- 139 Omastar Rock Water -- 213 Shuckle Bug 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.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 007 Squirtle Water 10 008 Wartortle Water 10 009 Blastoise Water -- 10 080 Slowbro Water Psychic 37 090 Shellder Water -- 091 Cloyster Water Ice -- 138 Omanyte Rock Water -- 139 Omastar Rock Water -- 213 Shuckle Bug 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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 007 Squirtle Water 10 008 Wartortle Water 10 009 Blastoise Water -- 10 080 Slowbro Water Psychic 37 090 Shellder Water 4 091 Cloyster Water Ice -- 138 Omanyte Rock Water -- 139 Omastar Rock Water -- 213 Shuckle Bug Rock -- 324 Torkoal Fire 7 387 Turtwig Grass 5 388 Grotle Grass -- 5 389 Torterra Grass Ground -- 5 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Squirtle using Withdraw in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Withdraw is Squirtle's Special Side move. It hides into its shell and slides around the stage, damaging opponents it collides with. If it is attacked, Squirtle will come out of its shell.

In the anime

	Squirtle
The user withdraws its body into its hard shell.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Squirtle	Squirtle pulls all of its limbs into its shell for protection. Sometimes, the shell glows blue when the attack is being used.
Ash's Squirtle	Fire and Ice		Debut
Cloyster	Cloyster clamps its shell shut, protecting its inner body from harm.
Pete Pebbleman's Cloyster	Fire and Ice		None
Prima's Cloyster	The Mandarin Island Miss Match		None
Wartortle	Wartortle pulls all of its limbs into its shell for protection.
Captain Aiden's Team Wartortle	Pokémon Water War		None
Omanyte	Omanyte pulls itself into its shell and covers the bottom part with a material the same color as its shell.
Many wild Omanyte	Fossil Fools		None
Omastar	Omastar pulls itself into its shell and covers the bottom part with a material the same color as its shell.
Many wild Omastar	Fossil Fools		None
Blastoise	Blastoise pulls itself into its shell.
A Blastoise Jessie borrows from the Battle Park	One Trick Phony!		None

In other languages

• Spanish: Refugio
• French: Repli
• German: Panzerschutz
• Italian: Ritirata
• Hindi: Peeche Hato

Variations on the move Defense Curl
	Defense Curl | Withdraw

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