Withdraw (move)

Withdraw からにこもる Withdraw into Shell

Battles Type  Water Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  [[Generation {{{gen}}}]] Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   ???

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

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

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

File:May'sSquirtleWithdraw.jpg

May's Squirtle using Withdraw.

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

File:Squirtle Withdraw.jpg

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

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

• Squirtle at Lv.28
• Wartortle at Lv.31
• Blastoise at Lv.--
• Blastoise at Lv.31
• Slowbro at Lv.37
• Shellder at Lv.--
• Cloyster at Lv.--
• Omanyte at Lv.--
• Omastar at Lv.--

Generation II

By leveling up

• Squirtle at Lv.10
• Wartortle at Lv.10
• Blastoise at Lv.--
• Blastoise at Lv.10
• Slowbro at Lv.37
• Shellder at Lv.--
• Cloyster at Lv.--
• Omanyte at Lv.--
• Omastar at Lv.--
• Shuckle at Lv.--

Generation III

By leveling up

• Squirtle at Lv.10
• Wartortle at Lv.10
• Blastoise at Lv.--
• Blastoise at Lv.10
• Slowbro at Lv.37
• Shellder at Lv.--
• Cloyster at Lv.--
• Omanyte at Lv.--
• Omastar at Lv.--
• Shuckle at Lv.--

Generation IV

By leveling up

• Squirtle at Lv.10
• Wartortle at Lv.10
• Blastoise at Lv.--
• Blastoise at Lv.10
• Slowbro at Lv.37
• Shellder at Lv.4
• Cloyster at Lv.--
• Omanyte at Lv.--
• Omastar at Lv.--
• Shuckle at Lv.--
• Torkoal at Lv.7
• Turtwig at Lv.5
• Grotle at Lv.--
• Grotle at Lv.5
• Torterra at Lv.--
• Torterra at Lv.5

In other languages

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

Action

In Pokémon Leaf Green and Fire Red, Squirtle will tuck its head, arms and legs into it's shell. This results in the Squirtle moving Defense up by 1 point. Most Pokemon will do the same actions and get the same result.