Minimize (move)

Minimize (Japanese: ちいさくなる Shrink) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Minimize
ちいさくなる Shrink

Battles

Type	Normal
Category	Status
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
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

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
Affects the user

Availability

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

Contests

Condition	Cute
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	0
Can avoid being startled by others once.

Super Contests

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

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cute
Appeal	1 ♥
Jamming	0
Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Effect

Generation I

A minimized Pokémon in Generations I and II

Minimize raises the user's evasion stat by one stage and replaces the user's regular image with a tiny, generic image until the user faints or is switched out, or the battle ends.

Generation II

Minimize now causes certain moves to double their damage.

Generation III

Pokémon that have used Minimize no longer have their sprite replaced with a tiny generic image.

Generation IV

Minimize now causes the boosted moves to double their power instead of damage, which results in virtually the same effect.

Generation V

Minimize now raises the user's evasion by two stages, instead of one.

Minimize's move boost is now applied to damage instead of power, which mimics its behavior from Generations II and III.

Generation VI onwards

Minimize's PP changed from 20 to 10.

If a boosted move hits a Pokémon that has used Minimize, it now bypasses accuracy and evasion checks. This effect is reverted when the Pokémon undergoes Dynamax after using Minimize.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Minimize, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Vulnerability to moves

Specific moves will hit with double power (Generation IV) or have their damage doubled (Generations II, III, and V onward) against targets that have used Minimize at least once. Additionally, from Generation VI onward, these moves also bypass accuracy and evasion checks in this case. If a Pokémon undergoes Dynamax after using Minimize, these moves will revert to dealing their usual damage.

Move	Type	Category	Generations
Move	Type	Category	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✘	✘	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔
Stomp	Normal	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Astonish	Ghost	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}		✔	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘
Extrasensory	Psychic	Special	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}		✔	✘	✘	✘	✘	✘
Needle Arm	Grass	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}		✔	✘	✘	✘	✘
Dragon Rush	Dragon	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}			✘	✘	✔	✔	✔
Shadow Force	Ghost	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}			✘	✘	✔	✘	✘
Steamroller	Bug	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}				✔	✔	✔
Heat Crash	Fire	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}				✘	✔	✔	✔
Heavy Slam	Steel	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}				✘	✘	✔	✔
Phantom Force	Ghost	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}					✔	✘	✘
Flying Press	Fighting	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}					✔	✔	✔
Malicious Moonsault	Dark	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}						✔
Double Iron Bash	Steel	Physical	{{{3}}}	{{{4}}}	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}						✔	✘

Description

Games	Description
StadStad2	Reduces the user's size and makes it harder to hit. Can normally be used up to six times.
GS C	Heightens evasiveness.
RS EColo.XD	Minimizes the user's size to raise evasiveness.
FRLG	The user compresses all the cells in its body to raise its evasiveness.
DP Pt HGSSPBR	The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller. The user's evasion stat is boosted.
BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh	The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller, which sharply raises its evasiveness.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
035		Clefairy		Fairy		Fairy	24	19	21	19	19^BW 25^B2W2	25	25^SM^USUM 10^PE	8
036		Clefable		Fairy		Fairy	1		1	1	1	1	1^SM^USUM	1
040		Wigglytuff		Fairy		Fairy							1^PE
088		Grimer		Amorphous		Amorphous	33	23	19	17	17^BW 18^B2W2	18^XY 21^ORAS	21^SM^USUM 12^PE	21^BDSP
088		Grimer Alolan Form		Amorphous		Amorphous							21^SM^USUM 12^PE
089		Muk		Amorphous		Amorphous	33	23	19	17	17^BW 18^B2W2	18^XY 21^ORAS	21^SM^USUM 1, 12^PE	21^BDSP
089		Muk Alolan Form		Amorphous		Amorphous							21^SM^USUM 1, 12^PE
113		Chansey		Fairy		Fairy	38	23	23	20	23	23	23^SM^USUM 20^PE	1
120		Staryu		Water 3		Water 3	37	37	33	33	33^BW 25^B2W2	25^XY 31^ORAS	31^SM^USUM 18^PE	16
121		Starmie		Water 3		Water 3								1
211		Qwilfish		Water 2		Water 2		10	10^RSE 9^FRLG	9	9	9	9	16
242		Blissey		Fairy		Fairy		18	18	20	23	23	23	1
425		Drifloon		Amorphous		Amorphous				1	1	1	1	1
426		Drifblim		Amorphous		Amorphous				1	1	1	1	1
440		Happiny		Undiscovered		Undiscovered								1
607		Litwick		Amorphous		Amorphous					3	3	3	8^SwSh
608		Lampent		Amorphous		Amorphous					1, 3	1, 3	1, 3	1^SwSh
609		Chandelure		Amorphous		Amorphous								1^SwSh
843		Silicobra		Field	Dragon								5^SwSh
844		Sandaconda		Field	Dragon								1^SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness and Explorers of Sky, Minimize is a move with 27PP. The user raises its evasiveness by one stage. This move is affected by Snatch and Taunt.

Pokkén Tournament

Minimize appears as one of Chandelure's Pokémon moves. Chandelure temporarily shrinks in size, rendering it immune to attacks until it reverts. While shrunken, Chandelure can also move to reposition itself to keep distance from the opponent.

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	Boosts the user's Evasion by one level.
MDTD S	Boosts the user's evasiveness by 1 level.
BSL	じぶんのかいひを１だんかいあげる
MDGtI	It sharply boosts your evasiveness. (The stat change returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.)
SMD	It sharply boosts your evasiveness. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

	Chansey	Chansey shrunk
The user compresses its body to become smaller, allowing it to avoid attacks.
User	First Used In		Notes
Chansey	Chansey glows a pinkish-purple color and shrinks down to avoid an attack. Afterwards, she regains her original size.
Nurse Joy's Chansey	DPS02		Debut

In the manga

Be the Best! Pokémon B+W

	Litwick

The user gets smaller, increasing the evasion stat.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Litwick	Litwick shrinks in size. Doing so increases its evasion stat.
Monta's Litwick	Pokédex Complete!	Debut

Pokémon Adventures

	Clefable

The user shrinks to an almost unseeable size.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Clefable	Clefable's body shrinks to an almost unseeable size.
Green's Clefy	Clefabulous Clefable	Debut
Grimer	Grimer's body shrinks to an almost unseeable size.
Janine's Grimer	Notorious Noctowl	None

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

	Clefairy

The user gets smaller and smaller.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Clefairy	Clefairy vanishes in smoke, shrinking itself in the process.
Red's Clefairy	The Big Battle in the Viridian Forest!!	Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

In Generation I games, if the player used Minimize, then looked at the stats of a Pokémon in their party and then exited the menu, the opponent's Pokémon sprite would change to a glitchy version of the Pokémon that was just viewed.
Minimize is one of three moves that have been used in a completed anime series, but not been seen in the English dub. The other two are Conversion and Ion Deluge.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	變小 Bin Síu
Chinese	Mandarin	變小 / 变小 Biàn Xiǎo * 縮小 Suōxiǎo *
Czech		Zmenšení
Danish		Minimere
Dutch		Verklein
French		Lilliput
German		Komprimator
Greek		Σμίκρυνση
Italian		Minimizzato
Korean		작아지기 Jagajigi
Polish		Minimalizacja
Brazilian Portuguese		Minimizar
Serbian		Umanjenje
Spanish		Reducción
Vietnamese		Thu Nhỏ

Variations of the move Acid Armor

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

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