Iron Defense (move)

Iron Defense redirects here. For the Pokémon Battle e card pack, see Iron Defense (Battle e).

Iron Defense てっぺき Iron Wall

Battles Type  Steel Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) 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 Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Move Tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Can avoid being startled by others.

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Iron Defense (Japanese: てっぺき Iron Wall) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Iron Defense raises the user's Defense stat by two stages.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 41 0303 Mawile Steel 41 0304 Aron Steel Rock 17 0305 Lairon Steel Rock 17 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 17 0324 Torkoal Fire 33 0366 Clamperl Water -- 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 44 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 44 0377 Regirock Rock 41 0379 Registeel Steel 41 0386 Deoxys Psychic 35 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0371 Bagon Dragon Events 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 0007 Squirtle Water 34 0008 Wartortle Water 40 0009 Blastoise Water 46 0090 Shellder Water 40 0204 Pineco Bug 34 0204 Pineco Bug 39 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 38 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 45 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 37 0303 Mawile Steel 41 0304 Aron Steel Rock 18 0305 Lairon Steel Rock 18 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 18 0324 Torkoal Fire 44 0366 Clamperl Water -- 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 40 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 40 0377 Regirock Rock 41 0379 Registeel Steel 41 0386 Deoxys Psychic 73 0410 Shieldon Rock Steel 19 0411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 19 0436 Bronzor Steel Psychic 26 0437 Bronzong Steel Psychic 26 0476 Probopass Rock Steel -- 7 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0246 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Larvitar
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Slowbro, Slowking
Cubone, Marowak
Pupitar, Tyranitar
Aron, Lairon, Aggron
Shieldon, Bastiodon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0447 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Riolu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Torkoal

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By move tutor

In Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 0007 Squirtle Water 0008 Wartortle Water 0009 Blastoise Water 0011 Metapod Bug 0014 Kakuna Bug Poison 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 0090 Shellder Water 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 0098 Krabby Water 0099 Kingler Water 0104 Cubone Ground 0105 Marowak Ground 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 0127 Pinsir Bug 0138 Omanyte Rock Water 0139 Omastar Rock Water 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 0151 Mew Psychic 0199 Slowking Water Psychic 0204 Pineco Bug 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 0218 Slugma Fire 0219 Magcargo Fire Rock 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 0232 Donphan Ground 0247 Pupitar Rock Ground 0266 Silcoon Bug 0268 Cascoon Bug 0299 Nosepass Rock 0303 Mawile Steel 0304 Aron Steel Rock 0305 Lairon Steel Rock 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 0324 Torkoal Fire 0338 Solrock Rock Psychic 0341 Corphish Water 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 0347 Anorith Rock Bug 0348 Armaldo Rock Bug 0366 Clamperl Water 0372 Shelgon Dragon 0374 Beldum Steel Psychic 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 0379 Registeel Steel 0385 Jirachi Steel Psychic 0395 Empoleon Water Steel 0410 Shieldon Rock Steel 0411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 0413 Wormadam Bug Steel 0447 Riolu Fighting 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel 0476 Probopass Rock Steel 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon 0485 Heatran Fire Steel 0493 Arceus Flying Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0386 Deoxys Psychic 10th Movie Events 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0007 Squirtle Water 34 0008 Wartortle Water 40 0009 Blastoise Water 46 0090 Shellder Water 49 0204 Pineco Bug 39 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 46 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 37 0303 Mawile Steel 41 0304 Aron Steel Rock 18 0305 Lairon Steel Rock 18 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 18 0324 Torkoal Fire 44 0366 Clamperl Water -- 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 40 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 40 0377 Regirock Rock 41 0379 Registeel Steel 41 0386 Deoxys Psychic 73 0410 Shieldon Rock Steel 19 0411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 19 0436 Bronzor Steel Psychic 26 0437 Bronzong Steel Psychic 26 0476 Probopass Rock Steel -- 7 0524 Dangoro Dangoro Rock 20 0525 Gantoru Gantoru Rock 20 0526 Gigalith Rock 20 0544 Hoiiga Hoiiga Bug Poison 22 0589 Shubarugo Shubarugo Bug Steel 40 0597 Tesshido Tesshido Grass Steel 26 0598 Nattorei Nattorei Grass Steel 26 0622 Gobitto Gobitto Ground Ghost 17 0623 Goruugu Goruugu Ground Ghost 17 0624 Komatana Komatana Dark Steel 46 0632 Aianto Aianto Bug Steel 56 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0246 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Larvitar
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Slowbro, Aron, Lairon, Aggron
Shieldon, Bastiodon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0347 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Anorith
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0447 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Riolu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Torkoal
Komatana, Kirikizan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0529 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Mogurew | style="background: #FFF" | Mogurew
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Torkoal
Komatana, Kirikizan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0557 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Ishizumai | style="background: #FFF" | Ishizumai
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Pineco, Forretress
Scizor
Probopass
Dangoro, Gantoru, Gigalith
Tesshido, Nattorei |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0564 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Purotoga | style="background: #FFF" | Purotoga
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise
Shellder, Cloyster
Clamperl |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0582 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Vanipeti | style="background: #FFF" | Vanipeti
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Probopass
Dangoro, Gantoru, Gigalith
Tesshido, Nattorei

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Bastiodon iron defense.png Bastiodon File:Torkoal Iron Defense.png Torkoal File:Bronzong Iron Defense.png Bronzong File:Lairon Iron Defense.png Lairon
The user hardens its body's surface like iron, sharply raising its Defense.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Torkoal pulls all of its limbs into its shell and protects itself.
Flannery's Torkoal	Going, Going, Yawn		Debut
Ash's Torkoal	Manectric Charge		None
	Clamperl closes its shell and it protects itself from attacks.
Nancy's Clamperl	The Evolutionary War		None
Keith's Clamperl	The Evolutionary War		None
	Metagross's whole body glows white and it can block attacks.
Anabel's Metagross	Talking a Good Game!		None
	Regirock tenses up and blocks an attack.
Brandon's Regirock	Battling the Enemy Within!		None
	Bronzong crosses its arms and its body becomes surrounded in blue. Its body briefly shines and it can protect itself from attacks.
Lucian's Bronzong	An Elite Meet and Greet!		None
	The outline of Bastiodon's head glows light blue and a white shine goes down its face. Bastiodon can then stop attacks.
Byron's Bastiodon	Ancient Family Matters!		None
	Lairon's body becomes outlined in light blue and its body briefly shines, increasing Lairon's defense.
Paul's Lairon	A Pyramiding Rage!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The user hardens a part of its body to withstand attacks.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Mawile swings its head so the large pair of jaws on its head falls in front of its body, and the jaws become hard and shiny like steel. The jaws then can withstand attacks.
Multiple wild Mawile	VS. Beldum		Debut
	Lairon's body becomes able to take attacks.
Sapphire's Rono	VS. Azumarill II		None

In other languages

• Dutch: IJzerwering
• French: Mur de Fer
• German: Eisenabwehr
• Greek: Σιδερένια Άμυνα
• Italian: Ferroscudo
• Korean: 철벽 Cheolbyeok
• Portuguese: Defesa de Ferro (anime)
• Spanish: Def. Férrea
• Spanish (Latin American): Defensa de Acero (anime)
• Serbian: Gvozdena Odbrana

Variations of the move Acid Armor
Acid Armor • Amnesia • Autotomize • Barrier • Iron Defense • Nasty Plot • Rock Polish • Swords Dance Formerly a variation Minimize

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