No Retreat (move)

No Retreat はいすいのじん Last Stand

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Status PP  5 (max. 8) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VIII Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

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On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VIII Generation IX

No Retreat (Japanese: はいすいのじん Last Stand) is a non-damaging Fighting-type move introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature move of Falinks.

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• Effect
  • Generation VIII
    • Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
  • Generation IX
    • Pokémon Legends: Z-A
    • Pokémon Champions
• Description
• Learnset
  • By leveling up
  • In Pokémon Champions
• In other games
  • Pokémon UNITE
• In other generations
• Trivia
• In other languages

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Effect

No Retreat raises the user's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed by one stage each. It also prevents the user from switching out or fleeing.

No Retreat fails if the user has been prevented from switching out or fleeing due to using No Retreat. However, if the user has already been given the "Can't Escape" status by another move such as Mean Look, No Retreat will successfully grant its stat boosts but will not create an additional status line to trap the user again. In this case, using No Retreat multiple times will create multiple boosts.

The user of No Retreat can still switch out after using the move if it is holding a Shed Shell, if its Eject Button activates, if its opponent's Red Card activates, or if its opponent uses a move on it that forces the target to switch out, such as Whirlwind or Dragon Tail. If the user is Ghost-type, they are also free to switch, but the Pokémon will still receive a "Can't Escape" status on its status screen, which will prevent it from using No Retreat again.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

No Retreat cannot be selected in a battle.

Generation IX

Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Pokémon Legends: Z-A Category  Status Accuracy  100% Standard Plus Move Power — Cooldown  60s Move wind-up time  50 frames Effect duration  15s  18s Additional effect  —  —  — None

Pokémon Champions

The move can now only be used successfully once per switch-in. Subsequent uses will cause the move to fail.

Description

Games Description SwShLA This move raises all the user's stats but prevents the user from switching out or fleeing. BDSP This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered. SV This move boosts all the user's stats but prevents the user from switching out or fleeing. ZA The user puts everything on the line and boosts all its stats for a short time. In exchange, the user temporarily loses the ability to switch out of battle. Champs Boosts the user's Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed stats by 1 stage. The user gains the Can't Escape status. This move can only be used once per time the user enters battle—otherwise it will fail.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups	Level
					VIII	IX
					SwSh	SV	ZA
0870		Falinks		Fairy Mineral	40	40	40
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In Pokémon Champions

#	Pokémon		Types	Compatibility
0870		Falinks		✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move in Pokémon Champions in spite of it or its pre-evolution being able to learn it in at least one other game.

In other games

Pokémon UNITE

No Retreat

Pokémon	Move Icon	Image	Level Learned	Cooldown	Description
Falinks			6	4s	Has the user switch to No Retreat formation while shoving opposing Pokémon in front of it. While in No Retreat formation, the user cannot change the direction it's facing and its movement speed when moving backward is decreased, but its Attack is increased and damage it takes from the front is reduced. If this move is used while the user is in No Retreat formation, the user will switch to Column formation. Upgraded to No Retreat+ when the Pokémon reaches Lv. 12. Upgrade: Further increases the user's Attack and further reduces the damage it takes from the front.

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

Trivia

• No Retreat has the highest cooldown of all moves in Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	背水一戰 Buiséuiyātjin
	Mandarin	背水一戰 / 背水一战 Bèishuǐyīzhàn
French		Ultime Bastion
German		Finalformation
Italian		Spalle al Muro
Korean		배수의진 Baesu-uijin
Brazilian Portuguese		Sem Recuo
Spanish		Bastión Final

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.