Withdraw (move)

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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
???

Super Contests

Category	Cute
Appeal	2 `♥♥`
Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

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.

In the anime

May's Squirtle using Withdraw.

Pokémon

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

Used by Ash's Squirtle from Fire and Ice to Present. Debut.
Used by May's Squirtle from ??? to ???.

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

Used by Pete Pebbleman's Cloyster in Fire and Ice.
Used by Prima's Cloyster in The Mandarin Island Miss Match.

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.

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.