Withdraw
water
status
Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.
Stats
| Power | None (status move) |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | Never misses |
| PP | 40 |
| Priority | 0 |
| Category | status |
| Target | user |
| Introduced | Generation I |
In game description
The user withdraws its body into its hard shell, boosting its Defense stat.
Pokemon that learn Withdraw
#0007
Squirtle
#0008
Wartortle
#0009
Blastoise
#0080
Slowbro
#0090
Shellder
#0091
Cloyster
#0138
Omanyte
#0139
Omastar
#0213
Shuckle
#0324
Torkoal
#0387
Turtwig
#0388
Grotle
#0389
Torterra
#0557
Dwebble
#0558
Crustle
#0564
Tirtouga
#0565
Carracosta
#0688
Binacle
#0689
Barbaracle
#0785
Tapu Koko
#0786
Tapu Lele
#0787
Tapu Bulu
#0788
Tapu Fini
#0840
Applin
#0841
Flapple
#0842
Appletun
#0854
Sinistea
#0855
Polteageist
#1011
Dipplin
#1012
Poltchageist
#1013
Sinistcha
#1019
Hydrapple
#1024
Terapagos
#1025
Pecharunt
Squirtle
#0008
Wartortle
#0009
Blastoise
#0080
Slowbro
#0090
Shellder
#0091
Cloyster
#0138
Omanyte
#0139
Omastar
#0213
Shuckle
#0324
Torkoal
#0387
Turtwig
#0388
Grotle
#0389
Torterra
#0557
Dwebble
#0558
Crustle
#0564
Tirtouga
#0565
Carracosta
#0688
Binacle
#0689
Barbaracle
#0785
Tapu Koko
#0786
Tapu Lele
#0787
Tapu Bulu
#0788
Tapu Fini
#0840
Applin
#0841
Flapple
#0842
Appletun
#0854
Sinistea
#0855
Polteageist
#1011
Dipplin
#1012
Poltchageist
#1013
Sinistcha
#1019
Hydrapple
#1024
Terapagos
#1025
Pecharunt
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Using Withdraw in Cobblemon
Withdraw deals no damage, so its value is entirely in what it sets up. Status moves are usually the difference in a close gym fight, and sleep or paralysis also make a wild Pokemon far easier to catch.
Check the type chart before relying on it, and look up specific targets in the Pokedex where dual-type multipliers are already worked out.