Harden (move)

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Harden
かたくなる Stiffen
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Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  30 (max. 48)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0  
Can avoid being startled by other once.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Harden (Japanese: かたくなる Stiffen) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Harden increases the user's Defense stat by one stage.

Description

Games Description
Raises the user's Defense. Useful when battling physically strong Pokémon.
Raises the user's Defense.
RSE Stiffens the body’s muscles to raise Defense.
FRLG The user stiffens all the muscles in its body to raise its Defense stat.
The user stiffens all the muscles in its body to raise its Defense stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
011   Metapod Bug Bug -- --, 7 --, 7 --, 7 --, 7 --, 7 '
014   Kakuna Bug Poison -- --, 7 --, 7 --, 7 --, 7 '
074   Geodude Rock Ground 26 26       '
075   Graveler Rock Ground 29 27       '
076   Golem Rock Ground 29 27       '
088   Grimer Poison Poison 42 5 4 4 4 '
089   Muk Poison Poison 45 --, 5 --, 4 --, 4 --, 4 --, 4 '
095   Onix Rock Ground 43 23 21 19 -- -- '
098   Krabby Water Water 40 16 16 11 11 '
099   Kingler Water Water 49 16 16 -- 11 11 '
120   Staryu Water Water 22 -- -- -- -- '
121   Starmie Water Psychic --         '
127   Pinsir Bug Bug 43 25 19 13 13 11 '
140   Kabuto Rock Water -- -- -- -- -- '
141   Kabutops Rock Water -- -- -- -- -- '
143   Snorlax Normal Normal 41         '
207   Gligar Ground Flying   13 13 9 9 7 '
208   Steelix Steel Ground   23 21 19 -- -- '
211   Qwilfish Water Poison   10 10 9 9 9 '
218   Slugma Fire Fire   22 22 16 14 '
219   Magcargo Fire Rock   22 22 16 14 '
222   Corsola Water Rock   7 6 4 4 '
266   Silcoon Bug Bug     --, 7 --, 7 --, 7 '
268   Cascoon Bug Bug     --, 7 --, 7 --, 7 '
273   Seedot Grass Grass     3 3 3 '
274   Nuzleaf Grass Dark     3 3 3 '
275   Shiftry Grass Dark     --     '
290   Nincada Bug Ground     -- -- -- '
291   Ninjask Bug Flying     -- -- -- '
292   Shedinja Bug Ghost     -- -- -- '
299   Nosepass Rock Rock     7 7 7 4 '
304   Aron Steel Rock     4 4 4 -- '
305   Lairon Steel Rock     4 4 --, 4 -- '
306   Aggron Steel Rock     4 4 --, 4 -- '
337   Lunatone Rock Psychic     -- -- -- '
338   Solrock Rock Psychic     -- -- -- '
341   Corphish Water Water     7 7 7 '
342   Crawdaunt Water Dark     --, 7 --, 7 --, 7 '
343   Baltoy Ground Psychic     3 3 4 -- '
344   Claydol Ground Psychic     3 3 --, 4 -- '
347   Anorith Rock Bug     7 -- -- '
348   Armaldo Rock Bug     7 -- -- '
369   Relicanth Water Rock     -- -- -- '
413   Wormadam Bug Ground       29 29 '
422   Shellos Water Water       4 4 '
423   Gastrodon Water Ground       4 4 '
472   Gliscor Ground Flying       --, 9 --, 9 --, 7 '
524   Roggenrola Rock Rock         4 '
525   Boldore Rock Rock         --, 4 '
526   Gigalith Rock Rock         --, 4 '
582   Vanillite Ice Ice         4 '
583   Vanillish Ice Ice         --, 4 '
584   Vanilluxe Ice Ice         --, 4 '
597   Ferroseed Grass Steel         -- '
598   Ferrothorn Grass Steel         -- '
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
II III IV V VI
185   Sudowoodo Rock Rock                    
214   Heracross Bug Fighting                                  
438   Bonsly Rock Rock                    
610   Axew Dragon Dragon          
636   Larvesta Bug Fire                
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


In the anime

 
Metapod
 
Kingler
 
Aggron
The user stiffens all the muscles in its body.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Metapod glows a greenish-whitish color and becomes hard as steel.
Ash's Metapod Challenge of the Samurai Debut
Samurai's Metapod Challenge of the Samurai None
Bugsy's Metapod Gettin' the Bugs Out None
  Kingler glows pale blue and any attack that hits it bounces off.
Giovanni's Kingler The Battle of the Badge None
  Krabby's body becomes sturdy and hard.
Ash's Krabby Round One - Begin! None
  Larvitar freezes its body in place like a statue and doesn't move.
Ash's Larvitar Hatch Me if You Can Larvitar cannot legally learn Harden
  Cascoon tenses up its body and its body shines, making attacks bounce off it.
Jessie's Cascoon Seeing is Believing! None
  Corphish's body flashes white and shines, making it able to take attacks.
Ash's Corphish Just One of the Geysers None
  Aggron tenses up and its body flashes white and shines, making it able to take attacks.
Johnny's Aggron Shocks and Bonds None
  Snorlax tenses up its body and it flashes bright white for a couple seconds. Snorlax can then take attacks and not get hurt much.
Ash's Snorlax Wheel of Frontier Referred as Protect
Snorlax cannot legally learn Harden as of Generation III


In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga


In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga


In other generations

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 僵硬 Goengngaahng
Mandarin 硬梆梆 Yìngbāngbāng
變硬 Biànyìng
  Dutch Verharding
  Finnish Kovetus
  French Armure
  German Härtner
  Greek Σκλήρυνση
  Hindi सख्त होजाओ Sakht Hojao
  Indonesian Mengeras
  Italian Rafforzatore
  Korean 단단해지기 Dandanhaejigi
Portuguese   Brazil Endurecer
  Portugal Endurecimento
  Serbian Očvršćivanje
  Spanish Fortaleza


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