Iron Defense (move)

Iron Defense てっぺき Iron Wall

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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 Unknown

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

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 is a non-damaging Steel-type move introduced in Generation III.

In the anime

• Iron Defense Anime.jpg

  Torkoal using Iron Defense.

• Bronzong Gyro Ball 1.JPG

  Bronzong's hands being tucked against its body.

One of the most effective defense moves, the Pokémon hides in its own body, or protects itself with its arms.

Pokémon

Torkoal. Its head and extremities hides in the Pokémon's shell, so the balance when is hiding is in its belly.

• Used by Flannery's Torkoal in the official battle against Ash Ketchum. Thunderbolt, Iron Tail of Pikachu and Vicegrip, Crabhammer of Corphish couldn't do any damage to Torkoal.
• Used by Ash's Torkoal from Manectric Charge! to ??? as its only defense move, used in mostly all of its battles.

Bronzong. It tucks its arms to its body and a shine goes down its body. Any attack used on it is deflected.

• Used by Lucian's Bronzong in An Elite Meet and Greet! in a battle with Ash's Buizel while it was under Dawn's command.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

• Scizor at Lv.41 (FR/LG)
• Mawile at Lv.41
• Aron at Lv.17
• Lairon at Lv.17
• Aggron at Lv.17
• Torkoal at Lv.33
• Clamperl at Lv.--
• Metang at Lv.44
• Metagross at Lv.44
• Regirock at Lv.41
• Registeel at Lv.41
• Deoxys at Lv.35 (LG)

Generation IV

By leveling up

• Shellder at Lv.40
• Pineco at Lv.34
• Forretress at Lv.38
• Scizor at Lv.37
• Mawile at Lv.41
• Aron at Lv.18
• Lairon at Lv.18
• Aggron at Lv.18
• Torkoal at Lv.44
• Clamperl at Lv.--
• Metang at Lv.40
• Metagross at Lv.40
• Regirock at Lv.41
• Registeel at Lv.41
• Shieldon at Lv.19
• Bastiodon at Lv.19
• Bronzor at Lv.26
• Bronzong at Lv.26
• Probopass at Lv.--
• Probopass at Lv.7
• Deoxys (defense) at Lv.73

By breeding

• Larvitar
• Riolu

In other languages

• Spanish: Defensa Férrea
• Portuguese (animé only): Defesa de Ferro
• Latin American Spanish (anime): Defensa de Acero