Essentials
Stats
- Power
- — (no damage)
- Accuracy
- — (cannot miss)
- PP
- 40, up to 64 with
PP Up - Target
- User
- Effect chance
- n/a
- Priority
- 0 (normal)
Flags
- Makes contact
- Has a charging turn
- Must recharge
- Blocked by Detect and Protect
- Reflectable
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Snatchable
This move will be stolen if another Pokémon has used Snatch this turn.
- Copied by Mirror Move
- Punch-based
- Sound-based
- Unusable during Gravity
- Defrosts when used
- Targets opposite side in triples
- Heals
- Ignores Substitute
- Powder-based
- Jaw-based
- Pulse-based
- Ballistics-based
- Mental effects
- Unusable during Sky Battles
- Dance
Machines

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Not a TM

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Not a TM
Effect
Raises the user's Defense by one stage.
Meta
This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.
Flavor
Flavor Text

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Heightens the user's DEFENSE.

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Withdraws the body into its hard shell to raise DEFENSE.


The user withdraws its body in its hard shell, raising its DEFENSE stat.

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The user withdraws its body into its hard shell, raising its Defense stat.

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The user withdraws its body into its hard shell, raising its Defense stat.

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The user withdraws its body into its hard shell, raising its Defense stat.

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The user withdraws its body into its hard shell, raising its Defense stat.
Foreign Names
- Japanese

- からにこもる (karanikomoru)
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- からにこもる
- Korean

- 껍질에숨기
- Chinese

- 縮入殼中
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- 缩入壳中
- French

- Repli
- German

- Panzerschutz
- Spanish

- Refugio
- Italian

- Ritirata
- Czech

- Schování
Contests
Contest
- Type

- Appeal
- ♡
- Jam
- Flavor text
- Can avoid being startled by others.
- Use after
- Use before
- None
Super Contest
- Type

- Appeal
- ♡♡
- Flavor text
- Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.
- Use after
- None
- Use before
- None
Similar moves
These moves all have the same effect as Withdraw.
| Move | Type | Class | PP | Power | Acc | Pri | Effect |
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| Harden | ![]() |
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30 | — | — | Raises the user's Defense by one stage. |
Pokémon
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Pokémon | Type | Ability | Gender | Egg Group | HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spd | Total | |
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| Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Squirtle |
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Torrent
Rain Dish |
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Monster
Water 1 |
44 | 48 | 65 | 50 | 64 | 43 | 314 | |
| 31 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Wartortle |
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Torrent
Rain Dish |
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Monster
Water 1 |
59 | 63 | 80 | 65 | 80 | 58 | 405 | |
| 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blastoise |
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Torrent
Rain Dish |
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Monster
Water 1 |
79 | 83 | 100 | 85 | 105 | 78 | 530 | |
| — | — | — | Mega Blastoise |
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Mega Launcher | ![]() |
Monster
Water 1 |
79 | 103 | 120 | 135 | 115 | 78 | 630 | ||||||
| 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 0 | Slowbro |
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Oblivious
Own Tempo Regenerator |
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Monster
Water 1 |
95 | 75 | 110 | 100 | 80 | 30 | 490 | |
| 37 | 0 | Mega Slowbro |
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Shell Armor | ![]() |
Monster
Water 1 |
95 | 75 | 180 | 130 | 80 | 30 | 590 | |||||||
| — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Shellder |
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Shell Armor
Skill Link Overcoat |
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Water 3 | 30 | 65 | 100 | 45 | 25 | 40 | 305 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cloyster |
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Shell Armor
Skill Link Overcoat |
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Water 3 | 50 | 95 | 180 | 85 | 45 | 70 | 525 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Omanyte |
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Swift Swim
Shell Armor Weak Armor |
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Water 1
Water 3 |
35 | 40 | 100 | 90 | 55 | 35 | 355 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Omastar |
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Swift Swim
Shell Armor Weak Armor |
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Water 1
Water 3 |
70 | 60 | 125 | 115 | 70 | 55 | 495 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shuckle |
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Sturdy
Gluttony Contrary |
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Bug | 20 | 10 | 230 | 10 | 230 | 5 | 505 | ||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Torkoal |
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White Smoke
Drought Shell Armor |
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Field | 70 | 85 | 140 | 85 | 70 | 20 | 470 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Turtwig |
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Overgrow
Shell Armor |
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Monster
Grass |
55 | 68 | 64 | 45 | 55 | 31 | 318 | ||||
| — | — | — | — | — | Grotle |
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Overgrow
Shell Armor |
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Monster
Grass |
75 | 89 | 85 | 55 | 65 | 36 | 405 | ||||
| — | — | — | — | — | Torterra |
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Overgrow
Shell Armor |
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Monster
Grass |
95 | 109 | 105 | 75 | 85 | 56 | 525 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Dwebble |
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Sturdy
Shell Armor Weak Armor |
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Bug
Mineral |
50 | 65 | 85 | 35 | 35 | 55 | 325 | |||||
| — | — | — | — | Crustle |
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Sturdy
Shell Armor Weak Armor |
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Bug
Mineral |
70 | 105 | 125 | 65 | 75 | 45 | 485 | |||||
| — | — | — | — | Tirtouga |
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Solid Rock
Sturdy Swift Swim |
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Water 1
Water 3 |
54 | 78 | 103 | 53 | 45 | 22 | 355 | |||||
| — | — | — | — | Carracosta |
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Solid Rock
Sturdy Swift Swim |
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Water 1
Water 3 |
74 | 108 | 133 | 83 | 65 | 32 | 495 | |||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Binacle |
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Tough Claws
Sniper Pickpocket |
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Water 3 | 42 | 52 | 67 | 39 | 56 | 50 | 306 | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Barbaracle |
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Tough Claws
Sniper Pickpocket |
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Water 3 | 72 | 105 | 115 | 54 | 86 | 68 | 500 | ||||||
| — | Tapu Koko |
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Electric Surge
Telepathy |
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Undiscovered | 70 | 115 | 85 | 95 | 75 | 130 | 570 | ||||||||
| — | Tapu Lele |
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Psychic Surge
Telepathy |
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Undiscovered | 70 | 85 | 75 | 130 | 115 | 95 | 570 | ||||||||
| — | Tapu Bulu |
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Grassy Surge
Telepathy |
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Undiscovered | 70 | 130 | 115 | 85 | 95 | 75 | 570 | ||||||||
| — | Tapu Fini |
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Misty Surge
Telepathy |
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Undiscovered | 70 | 75 | 115 | 95 | 130 | 85 | 570 | ||||||||
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