Minimize (move)

Minimize ちいさくなる Shrink

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  [[Generation {{{gen}}}]] Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   ???

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Minimize is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Minimize increases the user's evasion by 1 level and replaces the user's regular image with a tiny, generic image until the user faints or is switched out, or the battle ends.

Minimize will do nothing if the user's evasion has reached a level of +6.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

• Clefairy at Lv.24
• Clefable at Lv.--
• Grimer at Lv.33
• Muk at Lv.--
• Muk at Lv.33
• Chansey at Lv.38
• Staryu at Lv.37

Generation II

By leveling up

• Clefairy at Lv.19
• Grimer at Lv.23
• Muk at Lv.23
• Chansey at Lv.23
• Staryu at Lv.37
• Qwilfish at Lv.10
• Blissey at Lv.18

Generation III

By leveling up

• Clefairy at Lv.21
• Clefable at Lv.--
• Grimer at Lv.19
• Muk at Lv.19
• Chansey at Lv.23
• Staryu at Lv.33
• Qwilfish at Lv.10 (R/S/E)
• Qwilfish at Lv.9 (FR/LG)
• Blissey at Lv.18

Generation IV

By leveling up

• Clefairy at Lv.19
• Clefable at Lv.--
• Grimer at Lv.17
• Muk at Lv.17
• Chansey at Lv.20
• Staryu at Lv.33
• Qwilfish at Lv.9
• Blissey at Lv.20
• Drifloon at Lv.--
• Drifblim at Lv.--