Withdraw (move)

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

Withdraw redirects here. For the act of switching Pokémon in battle, see Recall.

Withdraw
からにこもる Withdraw into Shell

Battles

Type	Water
Category	Status
PP	40 (max. 64)
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	1 ♥
Jam	0
Can avoid being startled by others.

Super Contests

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

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cute
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jamming	0
Prevents the user from being startled one time this turn.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Effect

Withdraw increases the user's Defense by one stage.

If powered up by a Waterium Z into Z-Withdraw, the user's Defense stat rises by another stage.

Description

Games	Description
StadStad2	Used mainly by Pokémon with shells. By withdrawing into the shell, Defense is increased.
GS C	Heightens the user's Defense.
RS E	Withdraws the body into its hard shell to raise Defense.
FRLG	The user withdraws its body in its hard shell, raising its Defense stat.
Colo.XD	Withdraws into its hard shell to raise Defense.
DP Pt HGSSPBR BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh	The user withdraws its body into its hard shell, raising its Defense stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
007		Squirtle		Monster	Water 1	28	10	10	10	10	10	10^SM^USUM 14^PE	6
008		Wartortle		Monster	Water 1	31	10	10	10	10	10	10^SM^USUM 1, 14^PE	1
009		Blastoise		Monster	Water 1	31	1, 10	1, 10	1, 10	1, 10	1, 10	1, 10^SM^USUM 1, 14^PE	1
080		Slowbro		Monster	Water 1	37	37	37	37	37	37	1, Evo.	1
080		Slowbro Galarian Form		Monster	Water 1								1
090		Shellder		Water 3		Water 3	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4
091		Cloyster		Water 3		Water 3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
138		Omanyte		Water 1	Water 3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1^SMUSUM 4^PE	1
139		Omastar		Water 1	Water 3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1^SM^USUM 1, 4^PE	1
213		Shuckle		Bug		Bug		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
324		Torkoal		Field		Field				7	7	7	7	4
387		Turtwig		Monster	Grass				5	5	5	5	5^BDSP
388		Grotle		Monster	Grass				1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5^BDSP
389		Torterra		Monster	Grass				1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5^BDSP
557		Dwebble		Bug	Mineral					7	7	7	4^SwSh
558		Crustle		Bug	Mineral					1, 7	1, 7	1, 7	1^SwSh
564		Tirtouga		Water 1	Water 3					1	1	1	1^SwSh
565		Carracosta		Water 1	Water 3					1	1	1	1^SwSh
688		Binacle		Water 3		Water 3						7	7	4^SwSh
689		Barbaracle		Water 3		Water 3						7	7	1^SwSh
785		Tapu Koko		Undiscovered		Undiscovered							1	5^SwSh
786		Tapu Lele		Undiscovered		Undiscovered							1	5^SwSh
787		Tapu Bulu		Undiscovered		Undiscovered							1	5^SwSh
788		Tapu Fini		Undiscovered		Undiscovered							1	5^SwSh
840		Applin		Grass	Dragon								1^SwSh
841		Flapple		Grass	Dragon								1^SwSh
842		Appletun		Grass	Dragon								1^SwSh
854		Sinistea		Mineral	Amorphous								1^SwSh
855		Polteageist		Mineral	Amorphous								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 and Blue Rescue Team, Withdraw is a move with 32PP. The user raises its Defense by one stage. This move is affected by Snatch and Taunt.

In Explorers of Time, of Darkness and Sky, the move's PP has been decreased to 16.

Super Smash Bros. series

Squirtle using Withdraw

Withdraw is Squirtle's Side Special move. It hides into its shell and slides around the stage, damaging opponents it collides with. If jumped on, Squirtle will end up stuck on its back.

Description

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

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

Blastoise	Shuckle	Squirtle	Omanyte and Omastar
The user withdraws its body into its hard shell.
User	First Used In		Notes
Squirtle	Squirtle pulls all of its limbs into its shell for protection. Sometimes, the shell glows blue when the attack is being used.
Ash's Squirtle	Fire and Ice		Debut
May's Squirtle	Curbing the Crimson Tide!		None
Cloyster	Cloyster clamps its shell shut, protecting its inner body from harm.
Pete Pebbleman's Cloyster	Fire and Ice		None
Prima's Cloyster	The Mandarin Island Miss Match		None
Wartortle	Wartortle pulls all of its limbs into its shell for protection.
Captain Aidan's Team Wartortle	The Pokémon Water War		None
Omanyte	Omanyte pulls itself into its shell and covers the bottom part with a material the same color as its shell.
Multiple wild Omanyte	Fossil Fools		None
Multiple wild Omanyte	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew		None
Omastar	Omastar pulls itself into its shell and covers the bottom part with a material the same color as its shell.
Multiple wild Omastar	Fossil Fools		None
A wild Omastar	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew		None
Blastoise	Blastoise pulls its limbs, head, and hydro cannons into its shell.
A Blastoise Jessie borrows from the Battle Park	One Trick Phony!		None
Gary's Blastoise	Can't Beat the Heat!		Japanese version only
Shuckle	Shuckle pulls its head and limbs into its body and its shell glows or flashes red, protecting it from attacks or raising its defense. While in its shell, Shuckle's shell glows brightly every time it wants to raise its defense more.
Rebecca's Shuckle	Double-Time Battle Training!		None
Conway's Shuckle	Working on a Right Move!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Cloyster

The user pulls into their shell to heighten defense.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Cloyster	Cloyster closes its shell over its head.
Lorelei's Cloyster	Cloystered	Debut
Tirtouga	Tirtouga pulls its body into its shell, increasing its Defense.
Black's Costa	Mine Mayhem	None

In Problematic Probopass and Mad Magnezone II, Diamond's Torterra, Tru, was revealed to know Withdraw, but the move was used off-panel.
Diamond's Turtwig, Tru, was revealed to know Withdraw on the official web site, but he was never shown using the move.

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

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	縮入殼中 Sūkyahp Hok Jūng * 縮頭 Sūktàuh *
Chinese	Mandarin	縮入殼中 / 缩入壳中 Suōrù Ké Zhōng * 縮殼 / 缩壳 Suōké *
Czech		Stažení
Danish		Tilbagetog
Dutch		Terugtrekking
Finnish		Vetäytyminen
French		Repli
German		Panzerschutz
Greek		Απόσυρση Apósyrsi
Hindi		पीछे हटो Peeche Hato
Indonesian		Masuk Cangkang Masuk
Italian		Ritirata
Korean		껍질에숨기 Kkeopjiresumgi
Polish		Wycofanie* Rysunek* Wodny Wir*
Brazilian Portuguese		Retirada
Serbian		Povlačenje
Spanish		Refugio
Swedish		Retirering Tillbaka* Reträtten*
Vietnamese		Rúc Vào

Variations of the move Defense Curl

Defense Curl • Harden • Howl • Meditate • Sharpen • Withdraw

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